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| {{Infobox writer | |||
| | name = Avijit Roy | |||
| | native_name = অভিজিৎ রায় | |||
| | native_name_lang = bn | |||
| | image = Avijit Roy.jpg | |||
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| | caption = Roy in 2012 | |||
| | birth_date = {{Birth date|1972|09|12|df=y}} | |||
| | birth_place = ] | |||
| | death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|02|26|1972|09|12|df=y}} | |||
| | death_place = ], Bangladesh | |||
| | occupation = Critic, columnist, IT engineer | |||
| | language = ], English | |||
| | nationality = American, Bangladeshi | |||
| | education = PhD in Biomedical Engineering | |||
| | alma_mater = ], ] | |||
| | period = | |||
| | genre = ], ], ] | |||
| | spouse = Rafida Ahmed Bonya | |||
| | children = Trisha Ahmed<ref name="cnn27Feb2015" /> | |||
| | relatives = ] (father)<br />Shefali Roy (mother)<ref>{{cite news |script-title=শেষ শ্রদ্ধার পর অভিজিতের মরদেহ বাসায় |url=http://www.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/article/464926/শেষ-শ্রদ্ধার-পর-অভিজিতের-মরদেহ-বাসায় |language=bn |newspaper=]}}</ref> | |||
| | website = {{URL|mukto-mona.com/wordpress|mukto-mona.com}} | |||
| }} | |||
| '''Avijit Roy''' ({{lang-bn|অভিজিৎ রায়}}; 12 September 1972 – 26 February 2015)<ref name="BBC">{{cite news |title=Obituary: US-Bangladesh writer Avijit Roy |url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-31664262 |work=BBC News |date=27 February 2015}}</ref> was a ] ], writer and blogger known for creating and administrating the ''Mukto-Mona,'' an Internet community for ], ], ], ] and ] of mainly ] and other ] descent.<ref name="tg27Feb2015" /> Roy was an advocate of free expression in Bangladesh, coordinating ] against government censorship and imprisonment of atheist bloggers. He was hacked to death by machete-wielding assailants in ], Bangladesh, on 26 February 2015; Islamic militant organization ] claimed responsibility for the attack.<ref name="pa27Feb2015">{{cite news |title=Ansar Bangla-7 claims Avijit killing responsibility |url=http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/59777/Ansar-Bangla-7-claims-Avijit-killing |work=Prothom Alo |publisher=Transcom Group |date=27 February 2015 |accessdate=16 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="bdnews2602015">{{cite news |title=Assailants hack to death writer Avijit Roy, wife injured |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/02/26/assailants-hack-to-death-writer-avijit-roy-wife-injured |newspaper=bdnews24.com |location=Dhaka |date=26 February 2015 |accessdate=26 February 2015}}</ref> | |||
| ==Early life and education== | |||
| His father, ], was a professor of physics at ] who received the ].<ref name="na26022015">{{cite news |title=Blogger Avijit hacked to death on DU campus|url=http://newagebd.net/98434/blogger-avijit-hacked-to-death-on-du-campus/#sthash.Vp1lYqIQ.dpbs |work=New Age |location=Dhaka |date=26 February 2015 |accessdate=26 February 2015}}</ref> Avijit earned a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from ].<ref>{{cite news|title=Avijit epitomises spirit of humanity |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/02/28/avijit-epitomises-spirit-of-humanity |newspaper=] |date=28 February 2015 |accessdate=28 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bangladeshis protest after atheist writer Avijit Roy hacked to death|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/27/bangladeshi-protests-over-of-atheist-writer-avijit-roy |work=]|date=27 February 2015 |accessdate=28 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Engineers vehicles of civilization, militancy its enemy: Inu |url=http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=474271&date=2015-02-27 |work=] |accessdate=1 March 2015}}</ref> He earned a master's and doctoral degree in Biomedical Engineering from ].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Khan |first1=Mozammel H. |title=A Shocking Crime |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/op-ed/politics/shocking-crime-4250 |work=The Daily Star |type=Op-Ed |date=28 February 2015 |accessdate=28 February 2015}}</ref> | |||
| ==Career== | |||
| In 2006, he moved to ] and worked as a software engineer.<ref name="BBC"/><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Rishi Iyengar |title=Bangladesh Authorities Arrest Suspect in American Blogger's Murder |url=http://time.com/3728029/bangladesh-blogger-avijit-roy-murder-suspect-arrested |work=] |accessdate=3 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="guardian01" /> Roy published eight books in Bengali.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} | |||
| ===Mukto-Mona=== | |||
| Roy was the founder<ref name="cfi2013">{{cite web |url=http://www.centerforinquiry.net/blogs/entry/avijitroy |title=No Flag Large Enough to Cover the Shame – Guest Post from Dr. Avijit Roy |author=Avijit Roy |date=1 May 2013 |website=]}}</ref> of the Bangladeshi ''Mukto-Mona'' (freethinkers) website which was one of the nominees of ] (Best of Blogs) Award in the Best of Online Activism category.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mukto-mona.com/Moderators/moderators.html |title=Mukto-Mona moderators |work=Mukto-Mona |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202084039/http://www.mukto-mona.com/Moderators/moderators.html |archivedate=2 December 2012}}</ref><ref name="dw"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/bangladesch-blogger-101.html |title=Islam-kritischer Blogger ermordet |work=] |accessdate=27 February 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227185939/http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/bangladesch-blogger-101.html |archivedate=27 February 2015 }}</ref> The site published death threats that author ] had received before he was assassinated.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mukto-mona.com/Articles/humayun_azad/truncated_life_Dstar.htm |title=Humayun Azad – A Truncated Life |work=Mukto-Mona |accessdate=18 August 2015}}</ref> Mukto-Mona began as a ] in May 2001, but became a website in 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.centerforinquiry.net/blogs/entry/avijit_roy_and_his_legacy_guest_post_by_jahed_ahmed |title=Avijit Roy and His Legacy: Guest Post by Jahed Ahmed |work=Center for Inquiry |accessdate=18 August 2015}}</ref> | |||
| Roy described his writing as "taboo" in Bangladesh.<ref name="heavy">{{cite web |url=http://heavy.com/news/2015/02/avijit-roy-dead-killed-murder-stabbed-islamic-critic-funeral-tribute-rip-wife-rafida-bonna |title=Avijit Roy Dead: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know |website=] |date=26 February 2015}}</ref> He had received death threats from fundamentalist bloggers for his articles and books.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://freethinker.co.uk/2014/03/20/islamic-death-threats-force-online-bangladeshi-book-store-to-stop-sales-of-books-by-avijit-roy/ |title=Islamic death threats over books by Avijit Roy |work=] |date=20 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="bdnews farabi">{{cite news |title=RAB arrests Farabi over Avijit murder |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/03/02/rab-arrests-farabi-over-avijit-murder |newspaper=bdnews24.com |date=2 February 2015 |accessdate=31 May 2015}}</ref> ], a Bangladeshi e-commerce site, stopped selling Roy's books after its owner received death threats from Islamists.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bangladesh online bookstore drops author after death threats |url=http://www.ucanews.com/news/bangladesh-online-bookstore-drops-author-after-death-threats/70517 |work=] |date=18 March 2014 |accessdate=18 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://policyresearchgroup.com/bangladesh-nepal/radical_lslamists_threaten_bangladeshi_american_writer_avijit_ro.html |title=Radical {{sic|nolink=y|ls|lamists}} threaten Bangladeshi American Writer Avijit Roy |date=6 April 2014 |work=Policy Research Group Strategic Insight |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20150221050952/http://policyresearchgroup.com/bangladesh-nepal/radical_lslamists_threaten_bangladeshi_american_writer_avijit_ro.html |archive-date=21 February 2015 |accessdate=6 March 2016}}</ref> | |||
| ===Protests and advocacy=== | |||
| {{peacock|section|date=September 2015}} | |||
| {{quote|Our aim is to build a society which will not be bound by the dictates of arbitrary authority, comfortable superstition, stifling tradition, or suffocating orthodoxy but would rather be based on reason, compassion, humanity, equality and science.|Avijit Roy<ref name="guardian01">{{cite news |title=Atheist Blogger Avijit Roy Returning Bangladesh Risky |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/07/atheist-blogger-avijit-roy-returning-bangladesh-risky |newspaper=] |archive-url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/07/atheist-blogger-avijit-roy-returning-bangladesh-risky |archive-date=7 March 2015}}</ref>}} | |||
| A Bangladeshi group, Blogger and Online Activist Network (BOAN), initiated the ] that sought capital punishment for the Islamist leader and war criminal ] as well as the removal of ] from politics.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bangladesh's rising voices |url=http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201302190008-0022555 |newspaper=Al Jazeera |date=19 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=4 years since the Shahbagh movement |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/war-crimes/2017/02/05/4-years-since-shahbagh-movement/ |newspaper=Dhaka Tribune |date=5 February 2017}}</ref> Islamist groups responded by organising ] calling for the execution of "atheist bloggers" accused of insulting Islam, and the introduction of a ].<ref>{{cite news |title=Hardline Muslims rally in Bangladesh amid shutdown |url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/04/06/hardline-muslims-rally-bangladesh/2058851 |work=USA Today |agency=Associated Press |date=6 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Farid Ahmed |date= 8 April 2013 |title=Bangladesh Islamists rally for blasphemy law |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/06/world/asia/bangladesh-blasphemy-protest |work=]}}</ref> Many atheist bloggers who supported the Shahbag protests came under attack, and ] was killed by Islamist groups on 15 February 2013.<ref name="dw">{{cite news |title=Activist, blogger and DW Bobs nominee Avijit Roy killed in Dhaka |url=http://www.dw.de/activist-blogger-and-dw-bobs-nominee-avijit-roy-killed-in-dhaka/a-18283869 |work=Deutsche Welle |date=26 February 2015}}</ref> A month before the protest, blogger ] was attacked outside his house by four youths influenced by ],<ref>{{cite news |title=4 held over attempt to kill blogger |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/4-held-over-attempt-to-kill-blogger |work=] |date=2 April 2013 |accessdate=27 February 2015}}</ref> and ], known as ''Nastik Nobi'' (''Atheist Prophet''), was stabbed on 7 March 2013.<ref>{{cite news |title=Blogger Saniur files case |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/03/07/another-blogger-stabbed-at-pallabi |newspaper=bdnews24.com |date=7 March 2013 |accessdate=18 June 2013}}</ref> | |||
| Asif Mohiuddin, a winner of the ] for online activism, was on an Islamist hit list that also included the murdered sociology professor Shafiul Islam.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.rsf.org/bangladesh-bloggers-on-hit-list-posted-by-19-11-2014,47250.html |title=Bloggers on hit-list posted by supposed Islamist group in Bangladesh |date=19 November 2014 |website=Reporters without Borders}}</ref> Mohiuddin's blog was shut down by the ], and he was jailed for posting "offensive comments about Islam and Mohammed."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dw.de/bangladesh-gags-award-winning-blogger/a-16697713 |title=Bangladesh gags award-winning blogger |work=Deutsche Welle |date=25 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.rsf.org/bangladesh-unjustifiable-decision-to-send-30-07-2013,44992.html |title=Blogger granted bail on health grounds |date=7 August 2013 |website=Reporters without Borders}}</ref> The secular government arrested several other bloggers and blocked about a dozen websites and blogs, as well as giving police protection to some bloggers.<ref name="tg27Feb2015">{{cite news |title=American atheist blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/27/american-atheist-blogger-hacked-to-death-in-bangladesh |work=The Guardian |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=27 February 2015}}</ref> | |||
| International organisations, including ],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/15/bangladesh-crackdown-bloggers-editors-escalates |title=Bangladesh: Crackdown on Bloggers, Editors Escalates |date=15 April 2013 |website=]}} "the government is abandoning any serious claim that it is committed to free speech", said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch."</ref> ],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/ASA13/007/2013/en/ |title=Bangladesh: Further information: Detained editor alleges torture |date=17 April 2013 |website=Amnesty International |quote=Blogger Asif Mohiudeen, arrested on 3 April for allegedly posting blasphemous comments online, remains in detention and at risk of torture}}</ref> ]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.rsf.org/bangladesh-call-for-detained-blogger-s-11-04-2013,44367.html |title=Call for detained blogger's immediate release |date=11 April 2013 |website=Reporters without Borders |quote=Reporters Without Borders condemns the baseless judicial proceedings brought against the detained blogger Asif Mohiuddin, who could be tried and convicted on a charge of blasphemy and "hurting religious sentiments" at his next hearing}}</ref> and the ]<ref name=cpj2013>{{cite web |url=https://www.cpj.org/2014/02/attacks-on-the-press-in-2013-bangladesh.php |title=Attacks on the Press – Bangladesh |date=February 2014 |website=Committee to Protect Journalists}}</ref> condemned the imprisonment of bloggers and the climate of fear for journalists. | |||
| Avijit Roy wrote that he was disgusted that the Bangladeshi media portrayed young bloggers as "crooks in the public eye"<ref name="cfi2013"/> and wrote to Western media outlets and the ]<ref name="cfi2013"/> and the ]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://iheu.org/humanists-appalled-at-the-murder-of-secular-activist-and-writer-avijit-roy|title=Humanists appalled at the murder of secular activist and writer Avijit Roy |date=26 February 2015 |website=International Humanist and Ethical Union}}</ref> for support. Roy went on to coordinate ] in ], New York City, Washington, D.C., London, Ottawa and other cities in support of the jailed bloggers.<ref name="huffingtonpost.com">{{cite news |title=Atheists Rally Around Jailed Bangladeshi Bloggers |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/25/atheists-rally-around-jailed-bangladeshi-bloggers_n_3156555.html |work=The Huffington Post |agency=] |date=25 April 2013 |accessdate=6 June 2013}}</ref><ref name="skeptic">{{cite web |url=http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/13-05-08/#feature |title=The Struggle of Bangladeshi Bloggers |author=Avijit Roy |date=8 May 2013 |website=skeptic.com |accessdate=6 June 2013}}</ref> He was joined by writers, activists, and prominent secularists and intellectuals around the world including ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ] in publicly expressing their solidarity with the arrested bloggers.<ref name="skeptic" /> | |||
| ==Murder== | |||
| In 2015, Roy went to Dhaka with his wife during the ].<ref name="tds26022015">{{cite news |title=Writer Avijit Roy hacked dead, wife hurt near TSC |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/writer-avijit-roy-hacked-dead-wife-hurt-66888 |date=26 February 2015 |work=The Daily Star |location=Dhaka |accessdate=26 February 2015}}</ref> On the evening of 26 February, he and his wife were returning home from the fair by bicycle rickshaw.<ref name="tg27Feb2015" /> At around 8:30 pm, they were attacked near the ] by unidentified assailants. Two assailants stopped and dragged them from the rickshaw to the pavement before striking them with machetes, according to witnesses.<ref name="tg27Feb2015" /> Roy was struck and stabbed with sharp weapons in the head. His wife was slashed on her shoulders and the fingers of her left hand were severed.<ref name="na26022015"/> Both of them were rushed to ]. There Roy was pronounced dead around 10:30 pm.<ref name="heavy" /> His wife survived. In an interview with ], Roy's wife said that police stood nearby when they were attacked on the spot but did not act.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bangladesh Police Stood Close By, Didn't Act: Slain Blogger Avijit Roy's Wife |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2015/03/11/avijit-roy-wife_n_6845010.html |work=] |agency=Reuters |date=11 March 2015 |accessdate=14 March 2015}}</ref> | |||
| In a Twitter post on the day after his death, an Islamist group, calling itself Ansar Bangla-7, claimed responsibility for the killing.<ref name="pa27Feb2015" /> Ansar Bangla-7 is said to be the same organization as ].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/qaeda-unit-behind-avijit-killing-80362|title=Al-Qaeda branch claims responsibility for murder of writer-blogger Avijit Roy: Rab, police doubt reported claim |work=The Daily Star |date=4 May 2015 |accessdate=5 May 2015}}</ref> A case of murder was filed by Roy's father without naming any suspects at ] on 27 February 2015.<ref name="cnn27Feb2015">{{cite news |last=Sanchez |first=Ray |date=27 February 2015 |title=Prominent Bangladeshi-American blogger Avijit Roy killed |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/27/asia/bangladeshi-american-blogger-dead/ |work=] |accessdate=28 February 2015}}</ref> According to police sources, they are investigating a local Islamist group that praised the killing.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |title=US-Bangladesh blogger Avijit Roy hacked to death |url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-31656222 |work=BBC News |date=27 February 2015 |accessdate=28 February 2015}}</ref> | |||
| Avijit's body was placed at ] in front of the Faculty of Arts building (Kala Bhavan) at ] on 1 March 2015 where people from all walks of life, including his friends, relatives, well-wishers, teachers and students, gathered with flowers to pay their respect to the writer.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hacked American blogger Avijit Roy laid to rest in Bangladesh |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/Hacked-American-blogger-Avijit-Roy-laid-to-rest-in-Bangladesh/articleshow/46421031.cms |work=] |date=1 March 2015 |accessdate=1 March 2015}}</ref> As per Roy's wish, his body was handed over to ] for medical research.<ref>{{cite news |last=Monideepa Banerjie |title=Dhaka Pays Last Respects to Murdered Bangladeshi-American Blogger Avijit Roy |url=http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/dhaka-pays-last-respects-to-bangladeshi-american-blogger-avijit-roy-743363 |work=] |date=1 March 2015 |accessdate=18 August 2015}}</ref> | |||
| On 6 March 2015, a four-member team of ] (FBI) along with ] inspected the spot where Roy was killed. The FBI members collected evidence from the site and took footage to help in the investigation.<ref>{{cite news |title=FBI team visits Avijit murder scene at DU |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/op-ed/politics/fbi-visits-avijit-murder-scene-du-5448 |newspaper=] |date=6 March 2015 |accessdate=7 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=FBI team collects evidence of Avijit murder |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2015/mar/07/fbi-team-collects-evidence-avijit-murder |work=] |accessdate=7 March 2015}}</ref> | |||
| 3 May 2015, the leader of ] (AQIS) claimed responsibility for the murder of Roy and the deaths of other "blasphemers" in Bangladesh in a report published by ].<ref>{{cite new |title=Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent 'claims' murder of US citizen in Bangladesh |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/bangladesh/11580758/Al-Qaeda-in-the-Indian-Subcontinent-claims-murder-of-US-citizen-in-Bangladesh.html |work=] |agency=Reuters |accessdate=18 August 2015}}</ref> | |||
| ===Arrests=== | |||
| On 2 March 2015, ] arrested Farabi Shafiur Rahman, a radical Islamist. It was suspected by the police that Farabi had shared Roy's location, identity, family photographs, etc. with the killer(s).<ref>{{cite news |title=Atheist blogger Avijit Roy 'was not just a person … he was a movement' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/07/atheist-blogger-avijit-roy-returning-bangladesh-risky |work=]|accessdate=7 March 2015}}</ref> Farabi had threatened Roy several times through blogs and social media sites including ]. He said on different posts and comments that Roy would be killed upon his arrival in Dhaka.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bangladesh Avijit Roy murder: Suspect arrested |url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-31690514 |work=BBC News |date=2 March 2015 |accessdate=2 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bangladesh authorities arrest man over atheist blogger's murder |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/02/bangladesh-authorities-arrest-man-atheist-bloggers-murder-avijit-roy |work=] |date=2 March 2015 |accessdate=2 March 2015}}</ref> | |||
| Bangladesh's government decided to seek help from the Federal Bureau of Investigation to investigate the murder of Roy. The decision was taken following an offer by the ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/FBI-to-help-probe-murder-of-US-blogger-Avijit-Roy-in-Bangladesh/articleshow/46444297.cms?|title=FBI to help probe murder of US blogger Avijit Roy in Bangladesh|date=2 March 2015|work=]|accessdate=3 March 2015}}</ref> | |||
| On 18 August 2015, three members of ], including a British citizen, named Touhidur Rahman who police described as "the main planner of the attacks on Avijit Roy and Ananta Bijoy Das", had been arrested in connection with the two murders.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bangladesh arrests British citizen, said to be 'main planner' of murders of two bloggers |url=http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/bangladesh-arrests-british-citizen-said-to-be-main-planner-of-murders-of-two |newspaper=The Straits Times |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=18 August 2015}}</ref> | |||
| ===Reactions=== | |||
| After the death of Roy, students, teachers, bloggers and intellectuals around the country gathered at ], demanding quick arrest of the killers.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Manik |first1=Julfikar Ali |last2=Najar |first2=Nida |date=28 February 2015|title=Avijit Roy, Bangladeshi-American Writer, Is Killed by Machete-Wielding Assailants|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/28/world/asia/bangladeshi-american-blogger-avijit-roy-killed.html?_r=0 |work=] |accessdate=18 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Immediate arrest of Avijit killers demanded |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2015/feb/27/protesters-demand-immediate-arrest-avijit-killers |date=27 February 2015 |accessdate=18 August 2015}}</ref> The ''Mukto-Mona'' website bore the message in Bengali "We are grieving but we shall overcome" against a black background.<ref name=":0"/> | |||
| ] spokesperson ] condemned the killing and said "On the attack of the blogger, we spoke to our human rights colleagues who obviously condemned the attack and expressed the hope that the perpetrators will be quickly brought to justice through the due process of law."<ref>{{cite news |title=UN condemns Avijit killing |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/02/28/un-condemns-avijit-killing |newspaper=bdnews24.com |accessdate=28 February 2015}}</ref> | |||
| The head of ] Asia-Pacific stated "We are shocked by this act of barbarity" and added "It is unacceptable for to spend so much time searching news outlets, arresting journalists, censoring news and investigating bloggers, when the many attacks on bloggers are still unpunished."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.rsf.org/bangladesh-call-for-effective-protection-27-02-2015,47635.html |title=Call for effective protection after another blogger hacked to death |date=27 February 2015 |website=Reporters Without Borders}}</ref> | |||
| The CEO of ], Jodie Ginsberg, said: "Our sympathies are with the family of Avijit Roy. Roy was targeted simply for expressing his own beliefs and we are appalled by his death and condemn all such killings."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2015/02/index-on-censorship-condemns-brutal-murder-of-blogger-avijit-roy/ |title=Index on Censorship condemns brutal murder of blogger Avijit Roy |date=27 February 2015}}</ref> | |||
| The Asia Program Coordinator of the ] stated "This attack is emblematic of the culture of impunity that pervades Bangladesh, where the lack of accountability in previous attacks on the press continues to spurn a deadly cycle of violence."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cpj.org/2015/02/blogger-hacked-to-death-another-injured-in-bangladesh.php |title=Blogger hacked to death, another seriously injured in Bangladesh |website=Committee to Protect Journalists}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=American blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh |url=http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/2/27/american-blogger-hacked-to-death-in-bangladesh.html |date=27 February 2015 |work=Aljazeera}}</ref> | |||
| Humanist groups expressed horror at the loss of a colleague. The ]'s chief UN representative stated "Avijit was brilliant, yes, and a devoted advocate of free expression and secularism, but also just a very good person."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.centerforinquiry.net/news/statement_on_the_murder_of_dr._avijit_roy_bangladeshi_ally_and_friend |title=Statement on the Murder of Dr. Avijit Roy, Bangladeshi Ally and Friend |date=26 February 2015 |website=Center for Inquiry}}</ref><ref name="cnn27Feb2015" /> ] of the ], which awarded Roy and other bloggers the Free Expression Award in 2014,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://humanism.org.uk/2014/08/09/bangladeshi-bloggers-asif-mohiuddin-late-ahmed-rajib-win-free-expression-award-world-humanist-congress/ |title=Bangladeshi bloggers Asif Mohiuddin and the late Ahmed Rajib win Free Expression Award at World Humanist Congress |date=9 August 2014|website=British Humanist Association |accessdate=2 April 2015}}</ref> said "With Avijit’s death, Bangladesh has lost not just a son, but a forceful proponent of human rights and equality for all its people."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://humanism.org.uk/2015/02/27/humanist-blogger-avijit-roy-hacked-death-islamic-fundamentalists-dhaka |title=Humanist blogger Avijit Roy hacked to death by Islamic fundamentalists in Dhaka |date=27 February 2015 |website=British Humanist Association |accessdate=2 April 2015}}</ref> | |||
| The British High Commissioner Robert Gibson expressed his concern in a tweet saying, "Shocked by the savage murder of Avijit Roy as I am by all the violence that has taken place in Bangladesh in recent months".<ref>{{cite news |title=British high commissioner shocked by Avijit murder |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/02/27/british-high-commissioner-shocked-by-avijit-murder |work=bdnews24.com |date=27 February 2015}}</ref> | |||
| == Works == | |||
| * {{cite book | |||
| |last=Roy | |||
| |first=Avijit | |||
| |trans-title=Caravan Of Darkness Walking With Light In Hand | |||
| |script-title=আলো হাতে চলিয়াছে আঁধারের যাত্রী | |||
| |title=Alo Hate Choliyache Andharer Jatri | |||
| |language=bn | |||
| |location=Dhaka | |||
| |publisher=Ankur Prakashani | |||
| |isbn=9844641241 | |||
| }} | |||
| * {{cite book | |||
| |last=Roy | |||
| |first=Avijit | |||
| |author-mask=2 | |||
| |date=2007 | |||
| |trans-title=In Search Of Life And Intelligence In The Universe | |||
| |script-title=মহাবিশ্বে প্রাণ ও বুদ্ধিমত্তার খোঁজে | |||
| |title=Mahabishe Pran O Budhimattar Khonje | |||
| |language=bn | |||
| |location=Dhaka | |||
| |publisher=Obshor Prokashan | |||
| |isbn=9844152127 | |||
| }} | |||
| * {{cite book | |||
| |last=Roy | |||
| |first=Avijit | |||
| |author-mask=2 | |||
| |date=2008 | |||
| |title=Bisshash Er Virus | |||
| |script-title=বিশ্বাসের ভাইরাস | |||
| |trans-title=The Virus of Faith | |||
| |language=bn | |||
| |url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24632014 | |||
| |website=Mukto-Mona.com | |||
| |location=Dhaka | |||
| |publisher=Shuddhashar Prokashani | |||
| }}<ref name=Independent>{{cite news |author=Lizzie Dearden |date=27 February 2015 |title=American-Bangladeshi atheist blogger Avijit Roy hacked to death by suspected Islamist extremists |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/americanbangladeshi-atheist-blogger-avijit-roy-hacked-to-death-by-suspected-islamist-extremists-10074747.html |work=The Independent}}</ref> | |||
| * {{cite book | |||
| |last=Roy | |||
| |first=Avijit | |||
| |author-mask=2 | |||
| |date=2010 | |||
| |title=Somokamita: Ekti Boigganik Ebong Shomaj Monostattik Onushandhan | |||
| |script-title=সমকামিতা : একটি বৈজ্ঞানিক এবং সমাজ-মনস্তাত্বিক অনুসন্ধান | |||
| |trans-title=''Homosexuality: A Scientific and socio-psychological investigation'' | |||
| |language=bn | |||
| |location=Dhaka | |||
| |url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24592809 | |||
| |work=Mukto-Mona.com}} | |||
| * {{cite book | |||
| |last1=Abir | |||
| |first1=Raihan | |||
| |last2=Roy | |||
| |first2=Avijit | |||
| |author-mask2=2 | |||
| |date=2011 | |||
| |title=Obisshahser Dorshon | |||
| |script-title=অবিশ্বাসের দর্শন | |||
| |trans-title=The Philosophy of Disbelief | |||
| |language=bn | |||
| |location=Dhaka | |||
| |publisher=Jagriti Prokashoni | |||
| |isbn=978-984-8972-02-1 | |||
| }} | |||
| * {{cite book |last=Roy |first=Avijit |author-mask=2 |date=2014 |title=Bisshash Er Virus: Bisshash Er Bibortinio Bishleshon |script-title=বিশ্বাসের ভাইরাস: বিশ্বাসের বিবর্তনীয় বিশ্লেষণ) |language=bn |location=Dhaka |publisher=Jagriti Prokashoni |isbn=9789849091455}} | |||
| ==See also== | |||
| {{portal|Bangladesh|Human rights|Freedom of speech}} | |||
| * ] | |||
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| ==References== | |||
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