Bangladesh - Another blogger murdered in Bangladesh, third in three months

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns yesterday's brutal murder of Ananta Bijoy Das, the third blogger to be killed in Bangladesh since February because of what he wrote. All three criticized religious fundamentalism, defended freedom of expression and thought, and preached toleration. Aged 33, Das was hacked to death in broad daylight on a street in the northeastern city of Sylhet by four masked men with machetes. A staunch defender of secularism, Das wrote for Mukto-Mona (Free Thought), a (...)

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