Bangladeshi Photographer Shahidul Alam's release

100 Days in Jail: 34 South Asian luminaries call for release of Shahidul

Thirty-four prominent South Asians, including Arundhati Roy, Shabana Azmi, Amitav Ghosh, Mohammad Hanif and Nepal's former Chief Justice Sushila Karki, wrote to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina demanding the immediate release of Shahidul Alam, according to a report in the Nepal Times.