Bangladesh Blogger Killing
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The Blogger Killings: How Bangladesh Cracked Down On Free Speech, Atheism
In 2015, bloggers and atheists were hacked to death on the streets.
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2 Bangladeshi Militants, On Death Row For Killing Blogger, Flee Court
Two Islamist militants, who were sentenced to death for killing prominent Bangladeshi-American secular blogger Avijit Roy and his publisher, escaped dramatically from the premises of a crowded court.
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Bangladesh Court Sentences 5 To Death For Killing US Blogger Avijit Roy
A court in Bangladesh sentenced to death five members of an Islamist militant group on Tuesday for killing a US blogger critical of religious extremism six years ago.
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Prominent Bangladeshi Writer Dragged Out Of Shop, Shot Dead
A prominent Bangladeshi writer and publisher was dragged out of a shop and shot dead by unidentified attackers in central Bangladesh, ending a lull in the killings of secular bloggers and activists in the Muslim-majority country.
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Bangladesh Arrests Terror Suspect In US Blogger Killing
Bangladesh police said on Sunday they had arrested a suspected leader of an Islamist group wanted in connection with the death in 2015 a US blogger critical of religious extremism.
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Bangladesh Arrests Suspected IT Head Of Terrorist Group Blamed For Killing Bloggers
Police in Bangladesh said on Tuesday they had arrested the IT chief of a banned militant Islamist group that has been blamed for the killing of several secular bloggers and gay rights activists.
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Bangladesh Arrests Main Suspect In Secular Blogger Murder Case
Bangladesh police have arrested the main suspect in the murder case of a law student and secular blogger who was killed by terrorists after he posted comments against radical Islamists on Facebook.
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Main Suspect Arrested In Bangladesh Blogger Murder Case
Bangladesh police have arrested the main suspect in the murder case of a law student and secular blogger who was killed by terrorists after he posted comments against radicals on Facebook.
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Main Suspect In Avijit Roy Murder Case Killed By Bangladesh Police
Bangladesh police today killed an extremist with a bounty of Taka 500,000 on his head for murdering secular bloggers, as authorities stepped up their nationwide crackdown on extremists in the Muslim-majority nation that has seen a string of brutal attacks on minorities and activists.
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Who Will Protect Us, Asks Family Of Hindu Tailor Killed In Bangladesh
In a village in Tangail, 5 hours north-west of Dhaka, the grief is raw. The wife and two daughters of Nikhil Joardher, 50, a tailor, break down repeatedly, as they describe how he was dragged from his shop and hacked to death by the roadside.
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Unknown Caller From UK Threatens To Kill Bangladesh Top Blogger
Bangladesh's prominent blogger Imran H Sarker, who has launched protests against the killings of the bloggers and minorities in the Muslim-majority country, has received a death threat from an unidentified caller from the UK, a day after a liberal professor was brutally murdered.
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Bangladesh Al-Qaeda Claims Responsibility For Student Death
A banned Islamist group in Bangladesh tied to the al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent has claimed responsibility for the killing of a student opponent of radical Islam.
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Liberal Bangladeshi Blogger Killed By Machete-Wielding Attackers
Attackers in Bangladesh wielding machetes killed a liberal blogger, police said today, the latest in series of murders of secular activists by suspected Islamist militants.
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2 Sentenced To Death For Bangladesh Blogger Murder
A Bangladesh court sentenced two students to death today for the 2013 murder of a secular blogger, delivering the first convictions over a series of such killings that have rattled the Muslim-majority nation.
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Another Bangladeshi Publisher Gets Death Threat
A day after the killing of a publisher of secular books in Bangladesh, another publisher on Sunday received threats to his life through SMS.
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The Blogger Killings: How Bangladesh Cracked Down On Free Speech, Atheism
In 2015, bloggers and atheists were hacked to death on the streets.
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2 Bangladeshi Militants, On Death Row For Killing Blogger, Flee Court
Two Islamist militants, who were sentenced to death for killing prominent Bangladeshi-American secular blogger Avijit Roy and his publisher, escaped dramatically from the premises of a crowded court.
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Bangladesh Court Sentences 5 To Death For Killing US Blogger Avijit Roy
A court in Bangladesh sentenced to death five members of an Islamist militant group on Tuesday for killing a US blogger critical of religious extremism six years ago.
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Prominent Bangladeshi Writer Dragged Out Of Shop, Shot Dead
A prominent Bangladeshi writer and publisher was dragged out of a shop and shot dead by unidentified attackers in central Bangladesh, ending a lull in the killings of secular bloggers and activists in the Muslim-majority country.
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Bangladesh Arrests Terror Suspect In US Blogger Killing
Bangladesh police said on Sunday they had arrested a suspected leader of an Islamist group wanted in connection with the death in 2015 a US blogger critical of religious extremism.
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Bangladesh Arrests Suspected IT Head Of Terrorist Group Blamed For Killing Bloggers
Police in Bangladesh said on Tuesday they had arrested the IT chief of a banned militant Islamist group that has been blamed for the killing of several secular bloggers and gay rights activists.
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Bangladesh Arrests Main Suspect In Secular Blogger Murder Case
Bangladesh police have arrested the main suspect in the murder case of a law student and secular blogger who was killed by terrorists after he posted comments against radical Islamists on Facebook.
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Main Suspect Arrested In Bangladesh Blogger Murder Case
Bangladesh police have arrested the main suspect in the murder case of a law student and secular blogger who was killed by terrorists after he posted comments against radicals on Facebook.
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Main Suspect In Avijit Roy Murder Case Killed By Bangladesh Police
Bangladesh police today killed an extremist with a bounty of Taka 500,000 on his head for murdering secular bloggers, as authorities stepped up their nationwide crackdown on extremists in the Muslim-majority nation that has seen a string of brutal attacks on minorities and activists.
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Who Will Protect Us, Asks Family Of Hindu Tailor Killed In Bangladesh
In a village in Tangail, 5 hours north-west of Dhaka, the grief is raw. The wife and two daughters of Nikhil Joardher, 50, a tailor, break down repeatedly, as they describe how he was dragged from his shop and hacked to death by the roadside.
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Unknown Caller From UK Threatens To Kill Bangladesh Top Blogger
Bangladesh's prominent blogger Imran H Sarker, who has launched protests against the killings of the bloggers and minorities in the Muslim-majority country, has received a death threat from an unidentified caller from the UK, a day after a liberal professor was brutally murdered.
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Bangladesh Al-Qaeda Claims Responsibility For Student Death
A banned Islamist group in Bangladesh tied to the al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent has claimed responsibility for the killing of a student opponent of radical Islam.
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Liberal Bangladeshi Blogger Killed By Machete-Wielding Attackers
Attackers in Bangladesh wielding machetes killed a liberal blogger, police said today, the latest in series of murders of secular activists by suspected Islamist militants.
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2 Sentenced To Death For Bangladesh Blogger Murder
A Bangladesh court sentenced two students to death today for the 2013 murder of a secular blogger, delivering the first convictions over a series of such killings that have rattled the Muslim-majority nation.
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Another Bangladeshi Publisher Gets Death Threat
A day after the killing of a publisher of secular books in Bangladesh, another publisher on Sunday received threats to his life through SMS.
