Book Review: Spy Tiger – The 05 File – A child soldier turned double...
“The 05 File,” a self-biography of the life of Kagusthan Ariaratnam, co-written with award-winning journalist Michael Bramadat-Willcock, is an intimate look into the inner workings of the LTTE intelligence wing and the Directorate of Military Intelligence in Sri Lanka. It recounts the harrowing details of the recruitment of Mr....
Urgent Appeal Regarding the Arrest of Journalist Anis Alamgir and Escalating Threats to Press...
17.12.2025
Ms. Irene Khan
UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nations.
Subject: Urgent Appeal Regarding the Arrest of Journalist Anis Alamgir and Escalating Threats to Press Freedom in Bangladesh
Dear Ms. Khan,
On behalf of the...
Kajsa Ollongren, EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, answers SADF’s letter on Shahriar Kabir
The South Asia Democratic Forum (SADF) welcomes the response of the European Union’s High Representative/Vice-President to its concerns regarding the deteriorating situation in Bangladesh. This exchange highlights the growing international attention to issues of freedom of expression, rule of law, and political violence in the country.
This letter forms part...
Letter to António Costa Regarding the UN Working Group on Shahriar Kabir
Ex.mo Senhor
Presidente do Conselho Europeu
António Costa
Rue de la Loi 175
1048 Bruxelles Belgique
Subject: Immediate EU Action Needed: UN Declares Shahriar Kabir’s Detention Arbitrary
Dear Mr. President,
I am writing on behalf of the South Asia Democratic Forum (SADF) to urgently draw your attention to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention’s...
Press Release on Shahriar Kabir
UN Declares Shahriar Kabir’s Detention Arbitrary, Urges Immediate Release and Reparations
Stockholm, 21 November 2025 – The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), in its Opinion No. 40/2025 taken at its 103rd Session (23-25 August), has ruled that the detention of Shahriar Kabir (who is arrested since 17...
SADF NEWSLETTER 5 – Call For Action to FREE SHAHRIAR KABIR
In the words of Dr. Ryhan Rashid (from our podcast on 17.01.25): ‘Let me tell you about Shahriar Kabir. Shahriar Kabir has spent his whole life fighting for a secular society, fighting for minority rights, demanding justice for genocide, fending against the rise of religious extremism in Bangladesh. But...
Free Shahriar Kabir
24 September 2024
Dr. Muhammad Yunus
Chief Advisor
Interim Government of Bangladesh
We write as human rights activists and human rights defenders across Europe and beyond to express our deepest concern regarding the arrest of Mr. Shahriar Kabir, a reputed freelance journalist in Bangladesh, a documentary filmmaker, a writer, a humanist, and above...
India’s support for Israel is not a given – opinion
India's support for Israel is not a given - opinion
Paulo Casaca commenting to the press on the seven January 2024.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZcqbU8cQbE
Translation to English of the original in French of SADF director’s letter published by...
https://journal.lesoir.be/anonyme.php?&backurl=https://journal.lesoir.be/index.php#Le_Soir/web,2023-05-05,BRUXELLES|LS_QUOTIDIEN,2023-05-05,N_BRUXELLES,1|14
Mr. Olivier De Raeymaeker
Director of ‘Le Soir’
Rue Royale 100
1000 Bruxelles
Mr Director
I request the publication of the following response to the article, published on February 23, entitled ‘Story Killers: the mysterious financing of SADF, the Brussels think-tank run by a former MEP’.
The South Asia Democratic Forum (SADF) is a think-tank...