Avijit's wife Bonya speaks up (video)

Rafida Ahmed Bonya, wife of slain blogger Avijit Roy, conveyed her concerns on the murdered blogger Ananta Bijoy Das who was hacked to death today.

Through a video posted in 'American Atheist', a Facebook page, she raised the issue of religious fundamentalism in the country and the growing attacks on atheist bloggers.

“Bangladesh was not always like this, it’s a relatively new country which was based on secularism, but now religious fundamentalism has taken a deep root”, said Bonya, the Bangladeshi-American secular activist and blogger.  

Fundamentalists are scared of words, she said, and they are gruesomely scared of people speaking out.

She questioned the role and silence of the country’s government on such repeated incidences.  

Das was an organiser of the local Gonojagoron Mancha and blogger of the Mukto-Mona blog site, first online platform in Bangla moderated by Avijit Roy. He was hacked to death by four unidentified assailants.