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Trending: Bangladesh’s Murdered Bloggers

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01/08/2015

Bangladesh’s Murdered Bloggers

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Why were three bloggers murdered in Bangladesh?

BBC Trending visits Bangladesh where a string of atheist bloggers have been brutally murdered for their views.

This year three atheist bloggers in Bangladesh were brutally attacked and murdered - seemingly for challenging religious belief. The suspects are Islamic extremists.  It comes after a polarised online debate between secular and atheist bloggers, and Islamists. 

This week, BBC Trending is on location in the capital Dhaka, meeting bloggers living in fear and discussing what is happening with a special panel,  including the country's Minister of Information Hasanul Haq Inu, and a public audience. We look at how the clash between secular and religious views trended and then turned sour, and meet voices from all sides of the debate - drawn from the internet generation. Plus, who are the Goats of Bangladesh - and why are they going viral on Facebook.

Produced by Estelle Doyle. 

(Photo Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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