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Support Bangladeshi Free-thinkers and Atheist Bloggers!

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On June 30, 2015
  • 0 Comments
  • Bangladeshi, bloggers
We are freelance writers from Bangladesh. Most of us have started our writings through blogging in 2006 and 2007 when a Bengali blog, called, ‘somewhereinblog’, was first founded. Somewhereinblog has appeared as a wonderful opportunity to express and share our experiences, daily diaries, our happiness and sorrows in our own language/terms. Initially we have used […]
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While we remember the dead, let us also remember those fighting to live

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On April 25, 2013
  • 4 Comments
  • Bangladesh, bloggers, garment factory collapse
Today 25 April has been declared a day of mourning in Bangladesh for the victims of the nation’s worst factory disaster. The death toll of the collapsed garment factory has risen to 160; more than a 1000 have been injured. Rescuers continue to hunt for survivors. Those who died in the building collapse did not need […]
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Defend Bangladeshi Bloggers, Events, Ex-Muslims in Morocco and More

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On April 15, 2013
  • 0 Comments
  • Bangladesh, bloggers, CEMB, ex-muslim, Morocco
Hello We are writing to give you an update on some important actions and events. 25 APRIL: INTERNATIONAL DAY TO DEFEND BANGLADESHI BLOGGERS The Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain and others have called for 25 April to be an international day to defend Bangladesh’s bloggers and activists. Please spread the word, sign this petition today, […]
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On 25 April 2013 we stand with Bangladeshi bloggers and activists!

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On April 11, 2013
  • 19 Comments
  • Bangladesh, bloggers, Islamism
In January, 29 year old blogger Asif Mohiuddin was stabbed. In February, 35 year old atheist blogger involved in the Shahbag protests, Ahmed Rajib, was brutally killed. Islamists continue to threaten prominent bloggers and have called for the “execution of 84 atheist bloggers for insulting religion”. Rather than defend freedom of expression and protect freethinkers, […]
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Stop threats and murder of atheist bloggers in Bangladesh

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On April 2, 2013
  • 2 Comments
  • atheist, Bangladesh, bloggers
The threats, intimidation and murder of atheists in Bangladesh continue, and now Islamists are demanding the state give them a hand with the killing. Islamists are calling for the death penalty for atheist bloggers for supposedly blasphemous blogs or else face the prospect of Islamist groups descending on the capital, Dhaka. The state’s response? A […]
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