Dhaka, Oct. 8 -- Prominent Bangladeshi photographer and activist Shahidul Alam has been "abducted" along with other activists aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla after Israeli forces intercepted the vessels in international waters, according to a statement from his media organisation Drik.

Drik said all those on board the Freedom Flotilla vessel "Conscience", including photographers, journalists, doctors, health workers, writers, and human rights defenders, had been detained by Israeli forces on Wednesday.

Citing Adalah - The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, which is representing the detained activists, Drik said: "At this moment, the Israeli Navy is taking the abductees to a port in Israel."

The organisation described the...