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.

## References[edit]

1. ↑ "Killers hacked Rajib first, then slit his throat: police", bdnews24.com, 16 February 2013.
2. ↑ "'Militant atheist' blogger stabbed in Bangladesh", 17 April 2017.
3. ↑ "Another blogger stabbed at Pallabi", 7 March 2013.
4. ↑ "Bangladesh professor who pushed for ban on full-face veils hacked to death: police", The Straits Times, 16 November 2014.
5. ↑ "Atheist US blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh", The Daily Telegraph, 27 February 2015. Retrieved on 17 April 2017.
6. ↑ "Knife attack kills Bangladesh blogger Washiqur Rahman", BBC News, 30 March 2015. Retrieved on 17 April 2017.
7. ↑ "Slain blogger Ananta Bijoy Das' last words in 'devil's world'", 12 May 2015.
8. ↑ "Blogger killed once again", 8 August 2015.
9. ↑ Bangladeshi secular publisher hacked to death (31 October 2015). Retrieved on 17 April 2017.
10. ↑ "Liberal Bangladeshi blogger killed by machete-wielding attackers", Reuters, 7 April 2016.
11. ↑ "Tutul wins PEN Int'l Writer of Courage award", 15 October 2016.