Niloy Chakrabarti was only the latest atheist blogger to be hacked to death in the country this year. The government crackdown on 'blasphemers' has sent others into hiding. What is the future for the country's liberal writers? In February 2015, Avijit Roy and his wife, Rafida Bonya Ahmed, travelled from their home in Atlanta, Georgia, to Dhaka, the capital Bangladesh. This was their home town, and they were attending the annual Ekushey book fair, which runs all month. They had been unable to att...
Niloy Chakrabarti was only the latest atheist blogger to be hacked to death in the country this year. The government crackdown on 'blasphemers' has sent others into hiding. What is the future for the country's liberal writers? In February 2015, Avijit Roy and his wife, Rafida Bonya Ahmed, travelled from their home in Atlanta, Georgia, to Dhaka, the capital Bangladesh. This was their home town, and they were attending the annual Ekushey book fair, which runs all month. They had been unable to att...
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