Avijit Roy
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Avijit Roy (Bengali: অভিজিৎ রায়; 12 September 1972 – 26 February 2015)[6] was a Bangladeshi-American engineer, online activist, writer, and blogger known for creating and administrating the Mukto-Mona, an Internet blogging community for Bangladeshi freethinkers, rationalists, skeptics, atheists, and humanists.[7] Roy was an advocate of free expression in Bangladesh and coordinated international protests against government censorship and imprisonment of atheist bloggers. He was killed by machete-wielding assailants in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 26 February 2015; the Islamic militant organization Ansarullah Bangla Team claimed responsibility for the attack.[8][9]
Avijit Roy | |
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অভিজিৎ রায় | |
Born | (1972-09-12)12 September 1972 |
Died | 26 February 2015(2015-02-26) (aged 42) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Cause of death | Murder by Islamic terrorists[1] |
Nationality | American, Bangladeshi |
Education | BS in mechanical engineering; MS and PhD in biomedical engineering |
Alma mater | BUET (BS) National University of Singapore (MS, PhD) |
Occupation(s) | Engineer, blogger, writer |
Years active | 2001-2015[2] |
Known for | Blogging in Bangladesh |
Notable work | New Atheism, science, anarchism and religion, homosexuality[3] |
Spouse | Rafida Ahmed Bonya |
Children | Trisha Ahmed[4] |
Parent(s) | Ajoy Roy (father) Shefali Roy (mother)[5] |
Website | home |