Bangladesh: Verdict Due Soon in Killing of Gay Rights Activists
AP A verdict is expected soon for eight suspects charged with murder over the killing of two Bangladeshi gay-rights activists who were hacked to death in a Dhaka apartment five years ago, officials said. But the work they did advocating for the sexual minority all but perished along with them, according to fellow campaigners. “The social movement to establish the rights of the LGBTQ people in Bangladesh after the Xulhaz-Tonoy murder has almost gone. Many of the activists have either gone into hiding or left the country,” an activist who asked to be identified only as Min tol...
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