Shahriar Kabir
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For the Bangladeshi cricketer of the same name see Shahriar Kabir (cricketer).
Shahriar Kabir (Bengali: শাহরিয়ার কবীর) is a Bangladeshi journalist, filmmaker, human rights activist, and author of more than 70 books focusing on human rights, communalism, fundamentalism, history, and the Bangladesh war of independence.
Shahriar Kabir has been imprisoned twice for protesting against government-sponsored minority persecution and was declared a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International while several international journalist forums and human rights defenders campaigned for his release.
He is the recipient of numerous awards for his contribution to Bengali literature, he has addressed at least sixty international conferences, seminars, and workshops on issues of peace, communal harmony, and human rights.
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