Avijit Roy
Avijit Roy (Bengali: অভিজিৎ রায়; 12 September 1972 – 26 February 2015) 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. 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.
Avijit Roy | |
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অভিজিৎ রায় | |
| Born | 12 September 1972 |
| Died | 26 February 2015 (aged 42) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Cause of death | Murder by Islamic terrorists |
| 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 |
| Known for | Blogging in Bangladesh |
| Notable work | New Atheism, science, anarchism and religion, homosexuality |
| Spouse | Rafida Ahmed Bonya |
| Children | Trisha Ahmed |
| Parent(s) | Ajoy Roy (father) Shefali Roy (mother) |
| Website | home |
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