Communal violence has been reported in several areas of Burma, related to the upcoming general election on November 5, 2015.
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Secularist blogger Siddhartha Dhar was included on the list of 84 bloggers targeted for perceived insults against Islam. After the murder of his colleague, Ananta Bijoy Das, he was forced to flee Bangladesh.
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Belarusian author Svetlana Alexievich was recognized with the 2015 Nobel Literature Prize for giving voice to a “history of emotion.”
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The famous “apricot” story published on Humans of New York is a fitting metaphor for the refugee crisis in Europe, writes columnist Yaghoub Yadali.
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Israeli police are restricting Palestinian access to the holy city.
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Sampsonia Way presents a short story about the circumstances of secularist blogger Ananta Bijoy Das’s death. Anisur Rahman is unable to publish this piece in Bangladesh.
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Poet and journalist Anisur Rahman talks about the Bangladeshi government’s accountability in the attacks on secularist bloggers.
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