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Avijit Roy

Bangladeshi-American engineer, blogger and activist (1972-2015) · Bangladesh · On the map · Activists · Died at 42

Avijit Roy was a Bangladeshi-American engineer, online activist, writer, and blogger known for creating and administrating the Mukto-Mona, an Internet blogging community for Bangladeshi freethinkers, rationalists, skeptics, atheists, and humanists.

Avijit Roy is read about 25 times a day, in 25 languages.

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Roy was an advocate of free expression in Bangladesh and coordinated international protests against government censorship and imprisonment of atheist bloggers. He was killed by machete-wielding assailants in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 26 February 2015; the Islamic militant organization Ansarullah Bangla Team claimed responsibility for the attack.

Country
Bangladesh
Category
Activists
Type
Activist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1972 to 2015 · aged 42