UNB, Dhaka :
The Amnesty International has said Bangladesh authorities must ensure that those activists and writers now under threat are effectively protected in accordance with their wishes.
The vicious killing of another secular activist in Bangladesh is a grave reminder that the authorities are failing to protect people exercising their right to freedom of expression, said the global rights watchdog.
Four masked men attacked Nazimuddin Samad, 26, with a machete in Dhaka late Wednesday night before shooting him dead.
“There can be no justification for the brutal killing of Nazimuddin Samad, who has apparently paid with his life for nothing but being brave enough to speak his mind. This is not just a senseless murder, it is a blatant attack on the right to freedom of expression,” said Champa Patel, South Asia Director from Amnesty International.
Nazimuddin Samad was a student activist who had organised campaigns for secularism on social media. He was named on a ‘hit list’ of 84 bloggers published by a group of radical Islamists in 2013, said the AI.
The Amnesty International has said Bangladesh authorities must ensure that those activists and writers now under threat are effectively protected in accordance with their wishes.
The vicious killing of another secular activist in Bangladesh is a grave reminder that the authorities are failing to protect people exercising their right to freedom of expression, said the global rights watchdog.
Four masked men attacked Nazimuddin Samad, 26, with a machete in Dhaka late Wednesday night before shooting him dead.
“There can be no justification for the brutal killing of Nazimuddin Samad, who has apparently paid with his life for nothing but being brave enough to speak his mind. This is not just a senseless murder, it is a blatant attack on the right to freedom of expression,” said Champa Patel, South Asia Director from Amnesty International.
Nazimuddin Samad was a student activist who had organised campaigns for secularism on social media. He was named on a ‘hit list’ of 84 bloggers published by a group of radical Islamists in 2013, said the AI.
