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A Bangladeshi writer's death in jail sparks protests and an outcry from rights groups, months after his arrest under internet laws which critics say are used to muzzle dissent. IMAGES
Dhaka, Feb 16 (EFE/EPA).- A court in Bangladesh on Tuesday awarded death sentence to five members of a banned Islamist outfit, linked to the al Qaeda terror group, and life imprisonment to one for killing a liberal writer and blogger in 2015.Judge Mojibur Rahman of the Dhaka Anti-Terrorism Tribunal also imposed a fine of 50,000 taka (around $600) to each of those found guilty of killing the Bangladeshi-American Avijit Roy, prosecutor Golam Sharuar Khan told EFE.Shafiur Rahman Farabi, who escaped the death sentence, will have to serve another two years in jail unless if he did not pay the fine. (Camera: MONIRUL ALAM).SHOT LIST: POLICE OFFICERS STAND GUARD DURING A TRIAL OF THE ACCUSED MURDERERS OF BLOGGER-WRITER AVIJIT ROY IN DHAKA, BANGLADESH.
A Hindu priest in Bangladesh was hacked to death on Friday, the latest in a series of violent attacks against liberal activists and religious minorities in the country.
A Hindu temple worker is hacked to death in western Bangladesh, the latest in a series of attacks on religious minorities by suspected Islamists. IMAGES
A publisher of a murdered online critic of religious militancy has been hacked to death in the Bangladesh capital. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
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