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Drik wins bid to stop police blockade
After 10 days of police presence preventing the public from seeing the Crossfire exhibition at Drik Gallery, visitors were finally allowed into Drik after the government agreed to withdraw police officers. On March 25, 2010, Drik Picture Library served a legal notice on the government demanding an end to the police blockade. Following a two-day case at the High Court, government lawyers confirmed to the Vacation Bench of the High Court today that the police had been withdrawn and that there would be no obstruction to the exhibition from now on.
Despite police efforts to stop the event, Pathshala South Asian Media Academy was launched on Monday, March 22, 2010, at Drik Gallery, Dhaka, bringing world class journalism training to students and media professionals.
Celebrated Indian human rights activist and writer Mahasweta Devi inaugurated the event on the streets, as police had barricaded the gates to Drik to prevent anyone from entering and leaving. Nurul Kabir, editor of the New Age, M Hamid, CEO of RTV and Jorge Villacorta, curator from Peru, also spoke on the occasion.
The Crossfire exhibition on extrajudicial killings has been extended till April 14th, 2010. However, today (March 31, 2010) is the last day to view the exhibition in its original form.
For our official statement on the forced closure, please download the PDF file here
For our updated press release (March 31, 2010), please download the PDF file here
Introduction to Drik
It was twenty years ago. A small group of people set up a picture agency in the unlikely location of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Named Drik, the Sanskrit word for vision, the agency set out to represent a group of media professionals that other agencies did not cater for, practitioners living and working in the majority world.
Drik Picture Agency was set up in 1989 with the vision that photographers and writers from the developing world would be given a chance to portray their people ...
Drik has a fully equipped photographic studio which provides services to private and business clients. Indoor and outdoor photographic facilities include a full ...
One of the finest galleries in South Asia, Drik gallery regularly hosts major international photo exhibitions. The annual World Press Photo Exhibition has been ...
Drik Publication's reputation is based on its dealings with local, regional, national and international clients with the commitment to service, quality and price ...
The Multimedia department is the electronic publishing wing of Drik. The unit helps reverse the asymmetrical flow of information through the Net. Content generation ...
A complete range of services from high quality printing for exhibitions to special effects such as solarisation, toning and specialised processing. This is provided by our ...
Drik pioneered the introduction of e-mail in Bangladesh. Many of the current ISPs such as Grameen Bank, and BRAC initially obtained connectivity through Drik ...
Drik Audiovisuals (Drik AV) was set up in the year 2000 and has produced several documentaries in collaboration with NRK and Sorvis Kommunikasjon (Norway) ...