Who was Ahmed Rajib Haider?

Author: Leandro Alegsa

Q: Who was Ahmed Rajib Haider?


A: Ahmed Rajib Haider was an architect and blogger from Bangladesh who organized protests against war criminals from the 1971 war and spoke out against the fundamentalist Islamist political party Jamaat-e-Islami.

Q: When was Ahmed Rajib Haider killed?


A: Ahmed Rajib Haider was killed on February 15, 2013.

Q: How many people attended Ahmed Rajib Haider's funeral?


A: More than 100,000 people attended Ahmed Rajib Haider's funeral in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.

Q: What did the protests organized by Ahmed Rajib Haider focus on?


A: The protests organized by Ahmed Rajib Haider focused on war criminals from the 1971 war and the fundamentalist Islamist political party Jamaat-e-Islami.

Q: Why did protesters demonstrate against Abdul Quader Mollah?


A: Protesters demonstrated against Abdul Quader Mollah because he was convicted of murder, rape, and torture and was sentenced to prison by a special war tribunal. The protesters wanted the death sentence.

Q: Who was Jashim Uddin Rahmani?


A: Jashim Uddin Rahmani was the leader of a mosque in Dhaka who said it was legal to kill bloggers.

Q: What was the fate of the two students who killed Ahmed Rajib Haider?


A: In December 2015, the two students who killed Ahmed Rajib Haider were sentenced to death. The police said that they got their ideas from Jashim Uddin Rahmani.


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