article_snippet: Mourners were today demanding justice for an atheist blogger hacked to death by Islamists in Dhaka over an atheist blogger opposition to religious extremism.
article_snippet: The murder of Mr Roy, an atheist who advocated secularism in Bangladesh, came amid a crackdown on Bangladesh's resurgent Islamist groups after Bangladesh's resurgent Islamist groups increased Bangladesh's resurgent Islamist groups activities in recent years.
article_snippet: Free thinking in Bangladesh is become a great danger, all the free thinkers are at great risk,' writer Shahriar Kabir told Reuters. '
article_snippet: Reuters want to know why the government failed to ensure the safety of ' writer Shahriar Kabir, despite knowing that ' writer Shahriar Kabir had been facing threats from the Islamist radicals.'
article_snippet: As Mr Hossain stood by, Kamal Hossain, the architect of Bangladesh's secular constitution, called the killing 'a heinous murder'. '
article_snippet: By killing Mr Hossain, the killers have torn apart Bangladesh's secular constitution.'
article_snippet: This murder has proved the fundamentalists utter failure.'
article_snippet: In 2013, religious extremists targeted several secular bloggers who had demanded capital punishment for Islamist leaders convicted of war crimes during Bangladesh's war for independence.
article_snippet: Media group Reporters Without Borders rated Bangladesh 146th among 180 countries in a ranking of press freedom last year.