Renowned Bangladeshi photographer and human rights activist Shahidul Alam returned to Dhaka early Saturday after being released from an Israeli prison.
Alam arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 4:45 a.m. on a Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul and was greeted by family, friends, and colleagues from Drik and Pathshala.
Alam had been detained Wednesday while aboard the Freedom Flotilla Coalition fleet en route to Gaza.
“We need a thousand more flotillas like ours until Palestine is free,” Alam said.