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Third bangladeshi blogger hacked to death news al jazeera. On the final day of a year that has seen four secular bloggers and a publisher in bangladesh brutally murdered, two students have been sentenced to death for the 20 slaying of an atheist blogger. On february 2012, rahman md jillur wrote a story on his blog and he became an online activist. Where atheism can get you killed politico magazine. Open letter to prime minister hasina wajed english pen. Ahmed is the current moderator of avijit roys muktomona website. Blogger killed in bangladesh the bangladeshi police said ananta bijoy dasha, a blogger who advocated secularism, was killed by four attackers wielding sharp weapons on. A group of machetewielding attackers hacked him to death in the north. Another blogger murdered in bangladesh, third in three. Blogger is hacked to death in bangladesh after promoting. He was hacked to death today by islamic terrorists in bangladesh. Four men chased down ananta bijoy dash near his home in the city of.

Avijit roys book publisher hacked to death in dhaka youtube. Death sentences for blogger killers in a deadly year for. Few writers realized the significance of promoting scientific thoughts at the grass root level. He was working as an adjutant to prabal neog, the former commanding officer of the battalion, till neogs arrest. Now, slain blogger avijit roys publisher hacked to death. A writer critical of religious fundamentalism and enthusiastic about. Aug 11, 2019 roy described his writing as taboo in bangladesh. In february 2015, he left his house in sylhet to go to work at a bank. He was also the editor of jukti reason and had written a book on darwin and the evolution of. In 20, blogger ahmed rajib haider was murdered after he advocated for war crimes tribunals against people responsible for mass killings at the end of bangladeshs 1971 war of independence against pakistan. A secular blogger in bangladesh has been hacked to death in northeastern bangladesh in the third such deadly attack since the. Masked men wielding machetes hacked the secular blogger to death in northeastern.

All were murdered in the same gruesome machetehacking method. He was brutally killed since he was a free thinker and rational writer in muktomona blog. May 12, 2015 3rd blogger hacked to death in bangladesh, al qaeda outfit owns up. A bangladeshi blogger who criticized religious extremism has been murdered. The publisher of author avijit roy, who was slain by extremists earlier this year for his critical view on religion, was hacked to death in dhaka. Attacks by islamic extremists in bangladesh simple. On october 31, 2015, secular book publisher faisal arefin deepan was hacked to death. Muktomona writers corner statement on the murder of. Known for championing the cause of secularism, they were killed in the span of less than three months this year by. Kamrul hasan, commissioner of sylhet police, told local journalists that the four assailants fled the scene.

He wrote blog posts that criticised aspects of islam, as well as a poem eulogising bangladeshi secular writer taslima nasreen, who fled to europe in 1994 after threats to her safety. Avijit roys book publisher hacked to death in dhaka. Things in bangladesh go from bad to worse, another blogger. Article 19 has also recorded a fatal attack on journalist abu sayem, fatally stabbed in his own residence in july. Writers killed makes chilling read otago daily times online. His comment on the inside cover reads, the philosophy of disbelief written by avijit roy and raihan abir is a must read for bengali speaking skeptics, agnostics, atheists, humanists and for all free thinkers. Mr roy, a bangladeshiborn us writer, had criticised. May, 2015 soundbite bengali police officer rahamatullah, saying. Blogger hacked to death in bangladesh is the fourth to be. Bangladeshi blogger who wrote on site promoting secularism is. Al qaeda on the indian subcontinent claimed responsibility. Join facebook to connect with ananta bijoy and others you may know. The attacks on the secularist bloggers in bangladesh ultius.

Roy, who was killed at a bangladeshi book fair in similar fashion in february. Bangladeshi blogger murdered in third fatal attack this. He had written blog posts for a website that is often critical of religious extremism. Yet another blogger has been hacked to death in bangladesh for writing for atheistic website mukto mona. He wrote in mutkomona as well as in istishon, and facebook under the name of niloy neel twitter.

Attacks on bloggers critical of islam have taken on a disturbing regularity in bangladesh, with yet another writer hacked to death tuesday. Niladri chakrabarti wrote under the name niloy neel. All three criticized religious fundamentalism, defended freedom of expression and thought, and preached toleration. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Four men with masks attacked him near his house and killed him with machetes. He is the third secularatheist writer to be killed in. He had also been holding the post of deputy commander of. He wrote on the bengali freethinking blog muktomona, and authored three books on science, evolutionary science, and revolution. He had authored three books on science, evolution, and revolution in the soviet union, and headed the sylhetbased science and rationalist. Bangladeshi blogger who wrote on site promoting secularism. Bangladesh groups hit list targets more secular bloggers.

Third secular blogger killed on bangladesh street financial. Another science writer blogger was hacked to death in. Margaret atwood, karl ove knausgaard, salman rushdie condemn. Attacks on progressive writers and critics of islam are happening with increasing regularity in bangladesh, where nearly 90 percent of citizens are.

Finally, a third attack occurred on the 12th of may. He had written about superstitions, but he wasnt among the writers. Bangladeshi publisher of works by secular authors honored. The final posts of a murdered blogger the atlantic. On august 7, 2015, atheist blogger niloy neel was hacked to death in dhaka by suspected islamist militants. Blogger is hacked to death in bangladesh after promoting secular thought. His name was on the list of bloggers described as antiislamic and blasphemous. In february, attackers killed avijit roy, a bangladeshiamerican blogger, while he was leaving a book fair, and seriously injured his wife. Ajoy roy, father of murdered atheist writer avijit roy, an university professor and humanist, first started to translate the god delusion in bengali in 2007 knowing how important it was to deliver the book s message of science and reason for building a humanist, secular, rational society. A bangladeshi blogger who criticized religious extremism. Attacks by islamic extremists in bangladesh wikipedia. He had also written numerous books, one on evolution. On 2015, he got in trouble after writing some articles against islam. Soundbite bengali police officer rahamatullah, saying.