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31_48	Iqbal in publicly expressing their solidarity with the arrested bloggers.
31_49	Murder
31_50	In 2015, Roy went to Dhaka with his wife Bonya during the Ekushey Book Fair. On the evening of 26
31_51	February, he and Bonya were returning home from the fair by bicycle rickshaw. At around 8:30 pm,
31_52	they were attacked near the Teacher-Student Centre intersection of Dhaka University by unidentified
31_53	assailants. Two assailants stopped and dragged them from the rickshaw to the pavement before
31_54	striking them with machetes, according to witnesses. Roy was struck and stabbed with sharp weapons
31_55	in the head. His wife was slashed on her shoulders and the fingers of her left hand were severed.
31_56	Both of them were rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where Roy was pronounced dead around
31_57	10:30 pm. Bonya survived. In an interview with BBC's Newshour, she said that police stood nearby
31_58	when they were attacked on the spot but did not act.
31_59	In a Twitter post on the day after his death, an Islamist group, calling itself Ansar Bangla-7,
31_60	claimed responsibility for the killing. Ansar Bangla-7 is said to be the same organization as
31_61	Ansarullah Bangla Team. A case of murder was filed by Roy's father without naming any suspects at
31_62	Shahbagh thana on 27 February 2015. According to police sources, they are investigating a local
31_63	Islamist group that praised the killing.
31_64	Avijit's body was placed at Aparajeyo Bangla in front of the Faculty of Arts building (Kala Bhavan)
31_65	at Dhaka University on 1 March 2015 where people from all walks of life, including his friends,
31_66	relatives, well-wishers, teachers and students, gathered with flowers to pay their respect to the
31_67	writer. As per Roy's wish, his body was handed over to Dhaka Medical College for medical research.
31_68	On 6 March 2015, a four-member team from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) along with
31_69	members of the detective branch of Bangladesh Police inspected the spot where Roy was killed. The
31_70	FBI members collected evidence from the site and took footage to help in the investigation.
31_71	On 3 May 2015, the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) claimed responsibility for
31_72	the murder of Roy and the deaths of other "blasphemers" in Bangladesh in a report published by SITE
31_73	Intelligence Group.
31_74	Arrests
31_75	On 2 March 2015, Rapid Action Battalion arrested Farabi Shafiur Rahman, a radical Islamist. It was
31_76	suspected by the police that Farabi had shared Roy's location, identity, family photographs, etc.
31_77	with the killer(s). Farabi had threatened Roy several times through blogs and social media sites
31_78	including Facebook. He said that Roy would be killed upon his arrival in Dhaka.
31_79	Bangladesh's government decided to seek help from the Federal Bureau of Investigation to
31_80	investigate the murder of Roy. The decision was taken following an offer by the United States.
31_81	On 18 August 2015, three members of Ansarullah Bangla Team, including a British citizen, named
31_82	Touhidur Rahman who police described as "the main planner of the attacks on Avijit Roy and Ananta
31_83	Bijoy Das", had been arrested in connection with the two murders.
31_84	In February 2021 five leaders and members of banned militant outfit Ansar al-Islam were sentenced
31_85	to death and another to life in prison over the brutal murder of writer-blogger Avijit Roy.
31_86	Reactions
31_87	After the death of Roy, several students, teachers, bloggers and around the country gathered at
31_88	Dhaka University, demanding quick arrest of the killers. The Mukto-Mona website bore the message in
31_89	Bengali "We are grieving but we shall overcome" against a black background.
31_90	Secretary-General of the United Nations spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric condemned the killing and
31_91	said "On the attack of the blogger, we spoke to our human rights colleagues who obviously condemned
31_92	the attack and expressed the hope that the perpetrators will be quickly brought to justice through
31_93	the due process of law."
31_94	The head of Reporters without Borders Asia-Pacific stated "We are shocked by this act of barbarity"
31_95	and added "It is unacceptable for [police] to spend so much time searching news outlets, arresting
31_96	journalists, censoring news and investigating bloggers, when the many attacks on bloggers are still
31_97	unpunished."
31_98	The CEO of Index on Censorship, Jodie Ginsberg, said: "Our sympathies are with the family of Avijit
31_99	Roy. Roy was targeted simply for expressing his own beliefs and we are appalled by his death and
31_100	condemn all such killings."
31_101	The Asia Program Coordinator of the Committee to Protect Journalists stated "This attack is
31_102	emblematic of the culture of impunity that pervades Bangladesh, where the lack of accountability in
31_103	previous attacks on the press continues to spurn a deadly cycle of violence."
31_104	Humanist groups expressed horror at the loss of a colleague. The Center for Inquiry's chief UN
31_105	representative stated "Avijit was brilliant, yes, and a devoted advocate of free expression and
31_106	secularism, but also just a very good person." Andrew Copson of the British Humanist Association,
31_107	which awarded Roy and other bloggers the Free Expression Award in 2014, said "With Avijit's death,
31_108	Bangladesh has lost not just a son, but a forceful proponent of human rights and equality for all
31_109	its people."
31_110	The British High Commissioner Robert Gibson expressed his concern in a tweet saying, "Shocked by
31_111	the savage murder of Avijit Roy as I am by all the violence that has taken place in Bangladesh in
31_112	recent months".
31_113	In December 2021, the United States Department of State announced a $5m. bounty for information
31_114	leading to the perpetrators of the terrorist attack on Roy and Ahmed.
31_115	Legacy
31_116	In 2018, the Freedom From Religion Foundation introduced the annual Avijit Roy Courage Award, which
31_117	is given to "individuals working toward the spread of rational and logical discourse, and recognize
31_118	creative and heroic individuals who have persisted, despite hurdles, in their work to promote
31_119	science, logic and humane ideas."
31_120	Works See also
31_121	Attacks on secularists in Bangladesh Murder of Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi
31_122	Political repression of cyber-dissidents List of journalists killed in Bangladesh
31_123	References
31_124	1972 births 2015 deaths American bloggers American humanists American mechanical engineers
31_125	American people murdered abroad American writers of Bangladeshi descent American atheists
31_126	Bangladeshi atheists Bangladeshi bloggers Bangladeshi emigrants to the United States
31_127	Bangladeshi humanists Bangladeshi mechanical engineers Bangladeshi secularists Bangladeshi writers
31_128	Bangladeshi male writers Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology alumni
31_129	American critics of Islam Deaths by stabbing in Bangladesh Assassinated Bangladeshi journalists
31_130	People from Atlanta People from Dhaka People killed by Islamic terrorism People murdered in Dhaka
31_131	People persecuted by Muslims University of Singapore alumni Attacks on secularists in Bangladesh
31_132	Writers from Georgia (U.S. state) Assassinated bloggers Stabbing attacks in 2015
31_133	Terrorist incidents involving knife attacks Engineers from Georgia (U.S. state)
31_134	American male bloggers
32_0	Nadia Baher Sirry () is a Cairo-born painter of Turkish-Lebanese descent, born in 1958.
32_1	Life
32_2	Sirry is a graduate of Ain Shams University. She worked for a time at the British Institute in
32_3	Egypt before devoting herself full-time to her artistic career. She currently lives and works in
32_4	Cairo.
32_5	Membership Member of the Syndicate of Plastic Arts. Member of the National Society of Fine Arts.
32_6	Member of Cairo Atelier – union of artists and writers. Member of Fine Art Lovers Society.
32_7	Member of Art Companions Group. Member of the Egyptian Arts Preservation Society.
32_8	Private Exhibitions Shadicor art gallery (Reality and Fantasy) March 2006
32_9	Saad Zaghloul Cultural Center (Tangible Dreams) April 2006
32_10	The Russian Cultural Center in Alexandria (Between Contemplation and Dreams) August 2006
32_11	Ewart Gallery the American University in Cairo ( Contemplation of the Heart) March 2007
32_12	Alexandria Center of Arts (Touches) August 2007

31_48

Iqbal in publicly expressing their solidarity with the arrested bloggers.

31_49

Murder

31_50

In 2015, Roy went to Dhaka with his wife Bonya during the Ekushey Book Fair. On the evening of 26

31_51

February, he and Bonya were returning home from the fair by bicycle rickshaw. At around 8:30 pm,

31_52

they were attacked near the Teacher-Student Centre intersection of Dhaka University by unidentified

31_53

assailants. Two assailants stopped and dragged them from the rickshaw to the pavement before

31_54

striking them with machetes, according to witnesses. Roy was struck and stabbed with sharp weapons

31_55

in the head. His wife was slashed on her shoulders and the fingers of her left hand were severed.

31_56

Both of them were rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where Roy was pronounced dead around

31_57

10:30 pm. Bonya survived. In an interview with BBC's Newshour, she said that police stood nearby

31_58

when they were attacked on the spot but did not act.

31_59

In a Twitter post on the day after his death, an Islamist group, calling itself Ansar Bangla-7,

31_60

claimed responsibility for the killing. Ansar Bangla-7 is said to be the same organization as

31_61

Ansarullah Bangla Team. A case of murder was filed by Roy's father without naming any suspects at

31_62

Shahbagh thana on 27 February 2015. According to police sources, they are investigating a local

31_63

Islamist group that praised the killing.

31_64

Avijit's body was placed at Aparajeyo Bangla in front of the Faculty of Arts building (Kala Bhavan)

31_65

at Dhaka University on 1 March 2015 where people from all walks of life, including his friends,

31_66

relatives, well-wishers, teachers and students, gathered with flowers to pay their respect to the

31_67

writer. As per Roy's wish, his body was handed over to Dhaka Medical College for medical research.

31_68

On 6 March 2015, a four-member team from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) along with

31_69

members of the detective branch of Bangladesh Police inspected the spot where Roy was killed. The

31_70

FBI members collected evidence from the site and took footage to help in the investigation.

31_71

On 3 May 2015, the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) claimed responsibility for

31_72

the murder of Roy and the deaths of other "blasphemers" in Bangladesh in a report published by SITE

31_73

Intelligence Group.

31_74

Arrests

31_75

On 2 March 2015, Rapid Action Battalion arrested Farabi Shafiur Rahman, a radical Islamist. It was

31_76

suspected by the police that Farabi had shared Roy's location, identity, family photographs, etc.

31_77

with the killer(s). Farabi had threatened Roy several times through blogs and social media sites

31_78

including Facebook. He said that Roy would be killed upon his arrival in Dhaka.

31_79

Bangladesh's government decided to seek help from the Federal Bureau of Investigation to

31_80

investigate the murder of Roy. The decision was taken following an offer by the United States.

31_81

On 18 August 2015, three members of Ansarullah Bangla Team, including a British citizen, named

31_82

Touhidur Rahman who police described as "the main planner of the attacks on Avijit Roy and Ananta

31_83

Bijoy Das", had been arrested in connection with the two murders.

31_84

In February 2021 five leaders and members of banned militant outfit Ansar al-Islam were sentenced

31_85

to death and another to life in prison over the brutal murder of writer-blogger Avijit Roy.

31_86

Reactions

31_87

After the death of Roy, several students, teachers, bloggers and around the country gathered at

31_88

Dhaka University, demanding quick arrest of the killers. The Mukto-Mona website bore the message in

31_89

Bengali "We are grieving but we shall overcome" against a black background.

31_90

Secretary-General of the United Nations spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric condemned the killing and

31_91

said "On the attack of the blogger, we spoke to our human rights colleagues who obviously condemned

31_92

the attack and expressed the hope that the perpetrators will be quickly brought to justice through

31_93

the due process of law."

31_94

The head of Reporters without Borders Asia-Pacific stated "We are shocked by this act of barbarity"

31_95

and added "It is unacceptable for [police] to spend so much time searching news outlets, arresting

31_96

journalists, censoring news and investigating bloggers, when the many attacks on bloggers are still

31_97

unpunished."

31_98

The CEO of Index on Censorship, Jodie Ginsberg, said: "Our sympathies are with the family of Avijit

31_99

Roy. Roy was targeted simply for expressing his own beliefs and we are appalled by his death and

31_100

condemn all such killings."

31_101

The Asia Program Coordinator of the Committee to Protect Journalists stated "This attack is

31_102

emblematic of the culture of impunity that pervades Bangladesh, where the lack of accountability in

31_103

previous attacks on the press continues to spurn a deadly cycle of violence."

31_104

Humanist groups expressed horror at the loss of a colleague. The Center for Inquiry's chief UN

31_105

representative stated "Avijit was brilliant, yes, and a devoted advocate of free expression and

31_106

secularism, but also just a very good person." Andrew Copson of the British Humanist Association,

31_107

which awarded Roy and other bloggers the Free Expression Award in 2014, said "With Avijit's death,

31_108

Bangladesh has lost not just a son, but a forceful proponent of human rights and equality for all

31_109

its people."

31_110

The British High Commissioner Robert Gibson expressed his concern in a tweet saying, "Shocked by

31_111

the savage murder of Avijit Roy as I am by all the violence that has taken place in Bangladesh in

31_112

recent months".

31_113

In December 2021, the United States Department of State announced a $5m. bounty for information

31_114

leading to the perpetrators of the terrorist attack on Roy and Ahmed.

31_115

Legacy

31_116

In 2018, the Freedom From Religion Foundation introduced the annual Avijit Roy Courage Award, which

31_117

is given to "individuals working toward the spread of rational and logical discourse, and recognize

31_118

creative and heroic individuals who have persisted, despite hurdles, in their work to promote

31_119

science, logic and humane ideas."

31_120

Works See also

31_121

Attacks on secularists in Bangladesh Murder of Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi

31_122

Political repression of cyber-dissidents List of journalists killed in Bangladesh

31_123

References

31_124

1972 births 2015 deaths American bloggers American humanists American mechanical engineers

31_125

American people murdered abroad American writers of Bangladeshi descent American atheists

31_126

Bangladeshi atheists Bangladeshi bloggers Bangladeshi emigrants to the United States

31_127

Bangladeshi humanists Bangladeshi mechanical engineers Bangladeshi secularists Bangladeshi writers

31_128

Bangladeshi male writers Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology alumni

31_129

American critics of Islam Deaths by stabbing in Bangladesh Assassinated Bangladeshi journalists

31_130

People from Atlanta People from Dhaka People killed by Islamic terrorism People murdered in Dhaka

31_131

People persecuted by Muslims University of Singapore alumni Attacks on secularists in Bangladesh

31_132

Writers from Georgia (U.S. state) Assassinated bloggers Stabbing attacks in 2015

31_133

Terrorist incidents involving knife attacks Engineers from Georgia (U.S. state)

31_134

American male bloggers

32_0

Nadia Baher Sirry () is a Cairo-born painter of Turkish-Lebanese descent, born in 1958.

32_1

Life

32_2

Sirry is a graduate of Ain Shams University. She worked for a time at the British Institute in

32_3

Egypt before devoting herself full-time to her artistic career. She currently lives and works in

32_4

Cairo.

32_5

Membership Member of the Syndicate of Plastic Arts. Member of the National Society of Fine Arts.

32_6

Member of Cairo Atelier – union of artists and writers. Member of Fine Art Lovers Society.

32_7

Member of Art Companions Group. Member of the Egyptian Arts Preservation Society.

32_8

Private Exhibitions Shadicor art gallery (Reality and Fantasy) March 2006

32_9

Saad Zaghloul Cultural Center (Tangible Dreams) April 2006

32_10

The Russian Cultural Center in Alexandria (Between Contemplation and Dreams) August 2006

32_11

Ewart Gallery the American University in Cairo ( Contemplation of the Heart) March 2007

32_12

Alexandria Center of Arts (Touches) August 2007