Bangladesh documentary on blogger murders wins The Bobs award

A Bengali documentary on serial attacks on bloggers and online activists has won The Bobs (Best of Online Activism) jury award of Germany’s international broadcaster, Deutsche Welle.

News Desk, bdnews24.com
Published: 2016-05-06 17:37:05.0 BdST Updated: 2016-05-06 17:37:05.0 BdST

‘Razor's Edge’ won the award 2016 in the Citizen Journalism category, Deutsche Welle said in a media release.

According to it, the film examines the life-threatening situation secular bloggers and writers face in Bangladesh and the government's unwillingness to confront the spree of murders committed by religious extremists.

A blogger and his wife have made the documentary under the pseudonym ‘Nastiker Dharmakatha or Religious Statement of an Atheist’.

The jury of the competition announced the names of the winners at a press conference at Berlin on Monday.

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