bloggers
Motion Timeline: 29 killings in 4 years
Since 2013, at least 29 secular activists, publishers, minorities and advocates of free thinking have been killed in grisly attacks, which are believed to be works of militants. Trial for only one...
CPJ welcomes blogger Rajib murder convictions
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) welcomes convictions in the case of Bangladeshi blogger Rajib Haider, who was hacked to death in February 2013.
110 journalists killed in 2015, says Reporters Without Borders
A total of 110 journalists are killed around the world in 2015, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Tuesday, warning that more were being deliberately targeted for their work in supposedly...
HR groups call on US to grant asylum to Bangladesh bloggers
A coalition of human rights groups calls on the USA to grant temporary visas to secular writers from Bangladesh after a series of bloody attacks by Islamist militants.
'Save voices of Bangladeshi free thinkers'
Rafida Ahmed Banya, the widow of Bangladeshi-American blogger Avijit Roy, urges the international community to come forward to help save the voices of Bangladeshi journalists, writers, bloggers,...
UK minister concerned over attacks on publishers
UK Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Hugo Swire expresses deep concern over the attacks on publishers and bloggers in Bangladesh.
Open letter urges arrest of ‘blogger-killers’
Following a string of brutal “machete” murders of Bangladeshi bloggers, an open letter today calls upon the Bangladeshi government to stop “victim-blaming” the bloggers and focus on catching the...
Free speech under attack as never before: HRW
Human Rights Watch today observed that the free speech in Bangladesh is under attack as never before in the country.
No time to shilly shally
Five bloggers have been killed in the last five years. And except for the alleged killers of Ahmed Rajiv Haider, no others have been brought to justice yet.
Protect bloggers, prosecute those targeting free speech: HRW
Human Rights Watch urges Bangladesh government to declare an unequivocal commitment to free speech instead of proposing self-censorship.
Opinion: Is this rule of law?
Human rights leaders are blaming the long pervasive culture of impunity as one of the major reasons for the gruesome killings of children and bloggers.