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Title: UK government ‘raises LGBT rights concerns’ with Bangladesh
Post by: stephaniec on May 31, 2016, 05:48:25 PM
UK government 'raises LGBT rights concerns' with Bangladesh

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/05/30/uk-government-raises-lgbt-rights-concerns-with-bangladesh/

Pink News/By Nick Duffy    05/30/2016

"The UK government has raised concerns with Bangladesh after a gay journalist was murdered by terror-affiliated groups.
Xulhaz Mannan, the editor of Bangladesh's only LGBT magazine Roopban, was hacked to death alongside friend Mahbub Tonoy last month, in the latest of a string of killings.
An affiliate of terrorist group Al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the murder and posted a gory video appearing to show the man's body.
One militant has been arrested in connection with the attack."