Attacks by Islamic extremists in Bangladesh
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In 2015, Islamic extremists killed four bloggers and a publisher in Bangladesh. A report by the Committee to Protect Journalists said Bangladesh was the fourth most deadly country for journalists.[1]
In 2013, a local al-Qaeda group called Ansarullah Bengali Team had a list of 84 names of people it wanted silenced. By 2015, 8 of them were dead: Avajit Roy, Rajeeb Haider, Jafar Munshi, Mamun Hossain, Jagatjyoti Talukder, Arif Hossain Dwip, Ziauddin Zakaria Babu and Wasikur Rahman.[2]
Jafar Munshi ( জাফর মুন্সি ) and Anjali Devi ( অঞ্জলী দেবীর ) were killed for supposed "defamation of religion", such as refusing to enforce hijab on students. Some of the people murdered were supporter of the Shahbag movement (শাহবাগ আন্দোলন ) named for the Shahbag (শাহবাগ) district: Ashraful Alam (আশরাফুল আলম ), Arif Raihan Deep (আরিফ রায়হান দীপ ), Nurul Islam Faruki (নুরুল ইসলাম ফারুকী), Jagat Jyoti Talukder (জগৎজ্যোতি তালুকদার ), and Jakaria Babu (জাকারিয়া বাবু ).[3]
Deaths in 2016
[change | change source]March
[change | change source]Nazimuddin Samad, a law student, was hacked and shot to death on a busy street in Dhaka.[4]
April
[change | change source]Xulhaz Mannan, editor Of Bangladesh’s only LGBT magazine was hacked to death.[4]
Rezaul Karim Siddique, English professor was hacked to death in the city of Rajshahi, Bangladesh, after he organized a music school.[4]
Deaths in 2015
[change | change source]February
[change | change source]Avijit Roy, a writer who started the blog Mukto-Mona, was hacked to death with machetes in Dhaka after a book fair. His wife, Rafida Bonya Ahmed, was hurt.[1]
March
[change | change source]Washiqur Rahman Babu was killed with knives at his house in Dhaka. Police said he wrote about religion on Facebook under the name Washiqur Babu.[5]
May
[change | change source]Ananta Bijoy Das was a blogger with Avaijit Roy's Mukto-Mona. He was hacked to death with machetes in Sylhet.[6]
August
[change | change source]Niladri Chakrabarti wrote under the name Niloy Neel. He was killed in his apartment.[7][8]
October
[change | change source]Faisal Abedin Deepan was killed in his office. He was a publisher who published Roy's books. Another publisher, Ahmed Rahim Tutal, was attacked, but he lived.[9]
Deaths in 2013
[change | change source]Ahmed Rajib Haider was hacked to death near his home in Dhaka in February 2013. He wrote under the name Thaba Baba on his blog Somewhere in Blog.[1]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Why this year has been deadly for bloggers in Bangladesh". 31 December 2015.
- ↑ "84 on hitlist, 8 killed: Dhaka's politics drives cycle of death". 17 April 2015.
- ↑ "Joint open letter to Prime Minister and President of Bangladesh - IHEU". 18 August 2015.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Editor Of Bangladesh's Only LGBT Magazine Is Hacked To Death".
- ↑ "Another blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh". Archived from the original on 2017-02-14. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
- ↑ "Blogger in Bangladesh Hacked to Death After Advocating Secularism". 12 May 2015.
- ↑ "Fourth Bangladeshi Blogger in Six Months Murdered". 7 August 2015.
- ↑ http://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2015/aug/08/who-was-niloy-neel[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Press, Associated (31 October 2015). "Secular publisher hacked to death in latest Bangladesh attacks" – via The Guardian.