A failed state

The spectre of terror that has haunted secular activists in Bangladesh has returned with a vengeance with the hacking to death of a popular university professor, a student activist and blogger who campaigned for secularism, and the editor of a gay rights magazine. A society that does not give space to its intellectuals is forced sooner rather than later to accept extremism. Such attacks have become frequent because Bangladesh has failed to ensure the most basic of human freedoms — the right to life.

Meghana A.

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