1. Shahriyar Kabir is a Bangladeshi journalist, filmmaker, human rights activist, war crimes researcher and author of more than 70 books focusing on human rights, communism, fundamentalism, history, and the Bangladesh war of independence.
48 Facts About Shahriar Kabir
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Shahriar Kabir was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1995.
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Shahriar Kabir is the President of the Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee.
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Shahriar Kabir is the former president of Forum for Secular Bangladesh.
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Shahriar Kabir was born in Feni District, Chittagong Division, East Pakistan and now in Bangladesh on 20 November 1950.
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Shahriar Kabir passed his higher secondary exam from Jagannath College.
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Shahriar Kabir was a student of the Department of Bengali at the University of Dhaka.
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Shariar Shahriar Kabir was one of the prominent activists of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra in Kolkata during Bangladesh Liberation War.
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Shahriar Kabir started his writings for teenagers and juveniles when he was a university student.
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Shahriar Kabir was one of the main editors of Weekly Bichitra, which played a vital role for the punishment of liberation war criminals.
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Shahriar Kabir played a major role in formation of Nirmul Committee.
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Shahriar Kabir has been active for years as a journalist writing about human rights in Bangladesh.
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Shahriar Kabir was arrested twice in the early 2000s for what the government considered illegal attacks.
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Shahriar Kabir was first arrested in November 2001, after the government of Khaleda Zia of the Bangladesh National Party had come to power.
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In December 2002, Shahriar Kabir was detained along with historian Muntasir Mamun.
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Shahriar Kabir was then released on bail in January 2002.
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Shahriar Kabir was admitted to Dhaka Community Hospital after his release along with Muntasir Mamun.
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Shahriar Kabir was the general secretary of the South Asian People's Union against Fundamentalism and Communalism.
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In 2006, Shahriar Kabir met with former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina demanding the scrapping of the deal between Awami League and Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish describing the deal as a threat to secular values.
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Shahriar Kabir was accompanied by Kabir Chowdhury, Ajoy Roy, Ferdousi Priyabhashini, and Sara Zaker.
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In November 2007, Shahriar Kabir called for the creation of a tribunal for the trial of collaborators from the Bangladesh Liberation War.
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Shahriar Kabir called Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami the "biggest enemy of Islam" for its role in the Bangladesh Liberation War.
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Shahriar Kabir was the convenor of the Antorjatik Aporadh Tribunal Dhaka Sohayak Moncho.
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Shahriar Kabir has supported efforts by the Awami League-led government, which won a two-thirds majority in the Parliament in December 2008, to establish an International Crimes Tribunal in 2009 to prosecute war crimes.
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Shahriar Kabir alleged that Ghulam Azam, a former leader of Jamaat e Islami at the time of the liberation war, had played an important role in the mass killings of the 1971 conflict, as had Jamaat as a group.
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Shahriar Kabir testified against Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, Secretary General of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.
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Shahriar Kabir was the first prosecution witness in the Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed.
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Shahriar Kabir criticized strikes by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami as an attempt to stop the International Crimes Tribunal.
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Shahriar Kabir created a documentary The Ultimate Jihad, which focused on ties between Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and terrorism.
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Shahriar Kabir expressed disappointment over the tribunal not confiscating the assets of convicted war criminals and that organizations were not tried for participating in war crimes.
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Shahriar Kabir was critical of the Awami League government for trying to prevent observation of the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples.
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Shahriar Kabir called both the 2015 Dhaka South City Corporation election and the 2015 Dhaka North City Corporation election fair.
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Shahriar Kabir was critical of the collaborator list made by the Ministry of Liberation War in 2019.
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Shahriar Kabir created a documentary on the Bangladesh Genocide called Voice of Conscience.
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Shahriar Kabir called on the government to protect the ancestorial residence of Ramnath Biswas.
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Shahriar Kabir is author for children and young adult's adventure book genre.
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Shahriar Kabir wrote books including Nuliachorir Shonar Pahar, Abuder Adventure, Carpathian er Kalo Golap etc.
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In May 2024, Shahriar Kabir called for the creation of National Minority Commission while describing the Awami League governments effort to protect minorities as a failure.
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Shahriar Kabir called Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan to revive the International Crimes Tribunal which had become dormant.
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On 17 September 2024, Shahriar Kabir was arrested in Dhaka by the Detective Branch of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police on a case over allegations of crimes against humanity and mass killing.
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Shahriar Kabir was accused in a murder case filed over the death of Imran Hossain, a student, at Kutubkhali, Jatrabari.
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Shahriar Kabir was placed in remand in the death of two protestors, who died in protests against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, along with journalists Shyamal Dutta and Mozammel Babu.
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Shahriar Kabir was later placed in a second remand by Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Haider Ali.
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Shahriar Kabir was interrupted from speaking in court by lawyers aligned with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
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Shahriar Kabir suffered two heart attacks while in custody, which his family alleged was due to medical negligence.
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Shahriar Kabir is an atheist and has spoken against Muslims.
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Shahriar Kabir's brother-in-law was Fateh Ali Chowdhury, member of the Crack Platoon.
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Additionally, Shahriar Kabir is a controversial figure known for his strong anti-Islamist stance.