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ISIS franchise in Bangladesh bakery siege
After a deadly ISIS siege of a Dhaka cafe, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made the absurd statement that the attackers "don't have any religion."
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Bangladesh detains 1,600 in crackdown on Islamists
Authorities in Bangladesh detained approximately 1,600 people this week in an effort to hunt down radical Islamist militants amid an ongoing wave of attacks.
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Bangladesh executes Islamist for war crimes
Bangladeshi authorities executed Motiur Rahman Nizami for war crimes during the the 1971 war of independence—the fifth Jamaat-e-Islami leader to be hanged.
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Bangladesh: deadly repression of anti-coal protest
Police opened fire on peasant protestors at the site of a coal-fired power plant project in the Chittagong district of Bangladesh, killing at least four.
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Bangladesh: executions amid net silence
The Bangladeshi government imposed a social media blackout ahead of the execution of two opposition figures convicted of war crimes committed during the 1971 independence war.
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Bangladesh defends war criminal execution plans
Bangladesh asked Amnesty International to retract its criticism of the country's execution plans for opposition politicians convicted of war crimes at a local tribunal.
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Bangladesh: ISIS claims sectarian terror attack
ISIS claimed responsibility for blasts that targeted Shi'ites as they gathered in Dhaka for a procession marking the holy day of Ashura.
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Bangladesh upholds death sentence for Islamist
The Supreme Court of Bangladesh upheld the death sentence of Islamist opposition leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed for crimes committed during the 1971 War of Liberation.
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Bangladesh bans Islamist group in blogger attacks
Bangladesh authorities banned the Ansarullah Bangla Team, an Islamist militant group suspected of involvement in the murders of three atheist bloggers this year.
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Bangladesh: protest murder of secular blogger
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Dhaka to denounce the murder of blogger Avijit Roy, who was hacked to death with machetes following threats over his atheist views.
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Bangladesh sentences another Islamist to death
The International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh sentenced Abdus Subhan to death—the ninth Jamaat-e-Islami leader convicted of war crimes since the tribunal opened in 2010.
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Bangladesh sentences Islamist leader to death
The International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh sentenced Islamist leader ATM Azharul Islam to death—leading to calls for a general strike from his supporters.