2013 Bengali blog blackout

Online protest in Bangladesh May 2013 March 2021 thumbnail|Picture used by online activists to show the solidarity with 2013 Bengali blog blackout On 4 April 2013 (07:00 GMT) all Bengali blogs were blacked out for an indefinite time to protest the arrest of four bloggers in Bangladesh (Moshiur Rahman Biplob, Rasel Pervez, Subrata Adhikari Shuvo and Asif Mohiuddin).bn:বাংলা কমিউনিটি ব্লগ এলায়েন্সের যাত্রা শুরু হলো BCBA starts its journey https://banglacommunityblogalliance.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/bangla-community-blog-alliance-starts/ Bangla Community Blog Alliance 6 April 2013 bn 22 August 2015 The blackout was to back a demand for the unconditional release of the arrested bloggers.Bloggers in Bangladesh protest over arrest of writers https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22030388 9 April 2013 BBC News 4 April 2013Bangladesh blogs blacked out on arrests of atheists http://www.indianexpress.com/news/bangladesh-blogs-blacked-out-on-arrests-of-atheists/1097914/ 9 April 2013 The Indian Express 5 April 2013 A fundamentalist group named Hefajat-e-Islam Bangladesh started a campaign to hang freethinking bloggers, and demanding tough blasphemy laws.Bangladesh tense ahead of Islamist march http://arabia.msn.com/news/world/1772028/bangladesh-tense-ahead-islamist-march/ 9 April 2013 MSN News 4 April 2013 https://archive.today/20130616111218/http://arabia.msn.com/news/world/1772028/bangladesh-tense-ahead-islamist-march/ 16 June 2013 dead In response, the government started monitoring Bengali blog sites and sending letters to their authorities to terminate the alleged "anti-religious" blogs and provide information about the alleged "anti-religious" bloggers.Bangladeshi blogger targeted by Islamists and officials http://www.ifex.org/bangladesh/2013/03/27/blogger_censored/ 9 April 2013 ifex 27 March 2013 Individual bloggers showed their solidarity with this blackout by changing their profile photos on Facebook and by tweeting with the #MuzzleMeNot hashtag. Different international organizations expressed deep concern about taking free-thinking bloggers into custody.Bloggers in Bangladesh Worry They Could be Next Targets of Government Crackdown http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/08/bangladesh-bloggers_n_3038694.html 9 April 2013 HuffPost 8 April 2013Take Action: Support Imprisoned Atheist Bloggers in Bangladesh American Humanist AssociationArrests of 'atheist bloggers' shows Bangladesh authorities are "walking into a trap set by fundamentalists" http://iheu.org/story/arrests-atheist-bloggers-shows-bangladesh-authorities-are-walking-trap-set-fundamentalists International Humanist and Ethical Union 9 April 2013 After 92 hours of blackout, blogs returned online by publishing a press release on their central Facebook page.8 April 2013 bn:'ব্ল্যাক আউট' শেষে ব্লগগুলো সক্রিয় Blogs are come out from blackout http://www.samakal.com.bd/lead-news/2013/04/08/879 Samakal bn 9 April 2013 https://archive.today/20130616111209/http://www.samakal.com.bd/lead-news/2013/04/08/879 16 June 2013 dead Background From the beginning of the Shahbag protest, bloggers came out on the streets to demand capital punishment of Abdul Quader Molla, a war criminal of the Bangladesh liberation war and a leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. During the protests, a controversial author, pro-Shahbag blogger and online activist Sunnyur Rahman, popularly known as 'Nastik Nobi' (Atheist Prophet) in the blog community, was stabbed on 7 March 2013.Blogger Saniur files case banglanews24.com http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/03/07/another-blogger-stabbed-at-pallabi 7 March 2013 18 June 2013 Another pro-Shahbag blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider who was critical of Jamaat-e-Islami, was killed by a few Jamaat activists.Shahbagh blogger killed in Pallabi http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=44790 15 February 2013 The Daily Star 15 February 2013Shahbagh protest to go relentless http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/02/15/shahbagh-protest-to-go-relentless 15 February 2013 bdnews24.com 15 February 2013 15 February 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130215191255/http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/02/15/shahbagh-protest-to-go-relentless dead Afterwards, a Jamaat backed Islamic fundamentalist organisation started a violent protest demanding the death penalty for all allegedly "anti-Islamic" bloggers, and they termed all participants of the Shahbag movement as atheist.Hardline Muslims rally in Bangladesh amid shutdown https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/04/06/hardline-muslims-rally-bangladesh/2058851/ USA Today Associated Press 6 April 2013 The spokesperson of the Shahbag movement Imran H. Sharkar said, Hifazat-e-Islam is desperate to thwart the war crimes trial and the process of banning Jamaat-e-Islami.Hifazat out to save Jamaat, says Imran http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/04/06/hifazat-out-to-save-jamaat-says-imran 9 April 2013 bdnews24.com 4 April 2013 Afterwards, the government of Bangladesh started monitoring the blogosphere and sent letters to the Bengali blog authorities to terminate the alleged "anti-religious" blogs and to provide information about the alleged "anti-religious" bloggers.100,000 Bangladeshi Protestors Rallied To Demand The Execution of Atheist Bloggers http://www.businessinsider.com/protestors-demanding-execution-of-atheist-bloggers-2013-4 9 April 2013 6 April 2013 On the night of 1 April 2013, three bloggers were arrested by the detective branch (DB) police. Blogger Rasel Pervez, a prominent physicist and blogger and Mashiur Rahman Biplob were arrested on 1 April 2013 from their house. Subrata Adhikari Shuvo, who is a masters student of the Bengali department at the University of Dhaka, was also arrested on the same day from his university dormitory.Four Bangladeshi bloggers arrested for "blasphemous" posts http://www.ifex.org/bangladesh/2013/04/04/bloggers_arrested/ 7 April 2013 ifex 4 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130409205959/http://ifex.org/bangladesh/2013/04/04/bloggers_arrested/ 9 April 2013 dead Another blogger Asif Mohiuddin was called to the police station on 3 April 2013, and when he went there, he was arrested.Blogger Asif arrested http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/blogger-asif-arrested/ 7 April 2013 The Daily Star 4 April 2013 Earlier, the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission forced the Bengali blog somewhereinblog.net to remove all writingsGod, Almighty only in name but impotent in reality (Blog title; transl.) Asif Mohiuddin somewhereinblog.net http://www.somewhereinblog.net/blog/realAsifM present blog page reads: "blog has been withdrawn or cancelled for violating terms and conditions" (transl.) of Asif Mohiuddin.25 March 2013 Bangladesh gags award-winning blogger http://www.dw.de/bangladesh-gags-award-winning-blogger/a-16697713 Deutsche Welle 7 April 2013 The move was criticized by Human Rights Watch,Bangladesh: Crackdown on Bloggers, Editors Escalates Human Rights Watch https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/15/bangladesh-crackdown-bloggers-editors-escalates 15 April 2013 "the government is abandoning any serious claim that it is committed to free speech," said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. Amnesty International, Center for Inquiry, Reporters Without Borders, Committee to Protect Journalists, and several other bodies.Roy Avijit 8 May 2013 The Struggle of Bangladeshi Bloggers http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/13-05-08/#feature Skeptic 6 June 2013 See also Avijit Roy Worldwide Protests for Free Expression in Bangladesh References Category:Internet-related activism Category:Internet-based and online protests Category:Internet censorship Category:April 2013 in Bangladesh Category:2013 protests