Six members of a militant Islamist group were sentenced to death by a court in Bangladesh for the brutal murder of two gay rights activists five years ago.
Xulhaz Mannan, 35, editor of Bangladesh’s leading gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ +) magazine, and actor Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy, 25, were stabbed to death in an alleged attack in Mannan’s home in the capital, Dhaka, in April 2016. . by Ansar Al Islam, the regional branch of Al Qaeda.
The killings were part of a series of attacks on atheist bloggers, academics and other minorities that shocked the South Asian nation of 170 million and led many to hide or flee abroad.
Many people fear that Joe Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan could lead to the same fate for gay people in that country too.
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