Attacks On Atheist Bloggers In Bangladesh

A number of atheist and secularist bloggers were murdered or seriously injured by Islamic militants in Bangladesh as of early 2013. Notable incidents included the attacks of Ahmed Rajib Haider (murdered),^[1] Asif Mohiuddin (survived),^[2] Sunnyur Rahaman (survived),^[3] Shafiul Islam (murdered),^[4] Avijit Roy (murdered),^[5] Oyasiqur Rhaman (murdured),^[6] Ananta Bijoy Das (murdured),^[7] Niloy Chatterjee (murdured),^[8] Faisal Arefin Dipan (murdured), Ranadeep Basu, Tareque Rahim,^[9] Nazimuddin Samad (murdered),^[10] and Ahmedur Rashid Chowdhury (murdured).^[11] Many of the bloggers were active in the Shahbag movement, which demanded the death penalty for war criminal Abdul Quader Molla.

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