Five get death sentence for murdering US-Bangladeshi writer
Avijit Roy s widow says the sentence will not bring justice for her husband or others killed by Islamic militants
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Activists and students demand justice for Avijit Roy in February 2015 after he was murdered by Islamic militants in Dhaka. (Photo: Stephan Uttom/UCA News)
A court in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka has sentenced to death five members of a banned Islamic extremist group for murdering a Bangladesh-born US citizen writer for his books and writings on secularism and atheism.
Judge Md Majibur Rahman of the Anti-Terrorism Special Tribunal passed the death sentence on Feb. 16 for the killing of Avijit Roy, a prominent writer and founder of free-thinking blog site Muktomona, in 2015. Two militants were sentenced in absentia.
The family of slain writer-blogger Avijit Roy today demanded immediate arrest of the two fugitives, including the mastermind behind the killing Sayed Mohammad Ziaul Haque alias Major (sacked) Zia. "Police administration should not be relaxed after the judgment. They should continue their efforts, to some extent, double their efforts, to arrest the two masterminds Major Zia