UNB, Dhaka :
Six US Congressmen have urged US Secretary of State John Kerry to make sure that those behind the brutal killing of Bangladesh-American blogger Avijit Roy are brought to justice.
“The United States cannot allow extremists to operate with impunity. We must stand strong for freedom of speech and freedom of thought,” said the letter signed by Congressmen Mike Honda, Ed Royce, Eliot Engel, Grace Meng,
Steve Chabot and Ami Bera. Spokesperson of the US Embassy in Dhaka Monica L Shie confirmed UNB about the letter which was sent to John Kerry on February 27.
The US Embassy and Department of State must remain engaged, and work with Bangladesh’s government to ‘insist’ that Avijit’s killers are brought to justice, and to ensure that threats to other secularists and writers in Bangladesh are taken ‘seriously’, it mentioned.
“We’re deeply troubled by the brutal public murder of American writer Dr Avijit Roy,” reads the letter, a copy which was obtained by UNB.
The Congressmen said Avijit was a prominent Bangladeshi-American writer and blogger. He championed free speech, and advocated for liberal secular discourse in Bangladesh, through his books and Mukto-Mona blog platform.
Six US Congressmen have urged US Secretary of State John Kerry to make sure that those behind the brutal killing of Bangladesh-American blogger Avijit Roy are brought to justice.
“The United States cannot allow extremists to operate with impunity. We must stand strong for freedom of speech and freedom of thought,” said the letter signed by Congressmen Mike Honda, Ed Royce, Eliot Engel, Grace Meng,
Steve Chabot and Ami Bera. Spokesperson of the US Embassy in Dhaka Monica L Shie confirmed UNB about the letter which was sent to John Kerry on February 27.
The US Embassy and Department of State must remain engaged, and work with Bangladesh’s government to ‘insist’ that Avijit’s killers are brought to justice, and to ensure that threats to other secularists and writers in Bangladesh are taken ‘seriously’, it mentioned.
“We’re deeply troubled by the brutal public murder of American writer Dr Avijit Roy,” reads the letter, a copy which was obtained by UNB.
The Congressmen said Avijit was a prominent Bangladeshi-American writer and blogger. He championed free speech, and advocated for liberal secular discourse in Bangladesh, through his books and Mukto-Mona blog platform.
