Mukto-Mona Writers' Corner

Urge the Bangladeshi government to speak up and pursue a thorough investigation.

March 26th marks one month from the date my husband, Avijit Roy, and I were brutally attacked on the Dhaka University campus. Avijit wrote about science and humanity, critiqued religious fundamentalism, and created the first online Bangla platform for Freethinking. For these reasons, religious extremists hacked Avijit to death with machetes. The attack occurred in […]

By Bonya Ahmed|March 26th, 2015|bangalee freethinker, Bangladesh, Human Rights, Mukto-Mona, Personality, Society|4 Comments

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Dozens Attend “Standing With Avijit” Rally in Washington DC 3/21/15
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Dozens Attend “Standing With Avijit” Rally in Washington DC 3/21/15

Washington, DC – On March 21, 2015, about 100 Bangladeshi-Americans, human rights advocates, and interfaith leaders gathered in Dupont Circle to highlight the recent murder of a humanist writer. The rally, titled “Standing with Avijit” responded to the February 26 murder of Bangladeshi-American writer/blogger Avijit Roy by religious extremists in Dhaka.

“We are here to rally, […]