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The Bangladesh Blogger Murders

Duration: 25 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC News North AmericaLatest broadcast: on BBC News Asia Pacific

This year, in Bangladesh, four atheist internet bloggers have been brutally murdered by men with machetes, apparently for challenging religious belief. The suspects are all Islamic extremists. The killings follow a polarised online debate between atheists and Islamists. As the Editor of BBC Trending, Mukul Devichand, reports the mood now amongst bloggers is a mixture of fear and defiance. Show less

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