An atheist blogger in Bangladesh is hacked to death by religious fanatics

The World | Feb 27, 2015
Bengali American blogger Avijit Roy, an atheist, "carried a huge target on his back" in increasingly conservative Bangladesh for his writings. His death by machete on Thursday is just the latest sign that religious dissent is under threat in Roy's native country.

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