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Died 25 April 2016, Dhaka, Bangladesh | ||
Xulhaz mannan bangladesh lgbt editor hacked to death bbc news
Xulhaz Mannan (Bengali: জুলহাজ মান্নান; 12 October 1976 – 25 April 2016) was an employee of the United States embassy in Dhaka and the founder of Bangladesh's first and only LGBT magazine. He was killed in his apartment along with another LGBT activist Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy in a stabbing attack.
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- Xulhaz mannan bangladesh lgbt editor hacked to death bbc news
- Xulhaz mannan and mahbub rabbi tonoy have been murdered
- Early life and education
- Career
- Death
- Reactions
- References
Xulhaz mannan and mahbub rabbi tonoy have been murdered
Early life and education
Mannan's mother is a retired education ministry officer and elder brother was the vice president of Dhaka stock exchange. His elder sister is a pharmacist, living in the US. His father, who died several years ago was actively involved with the Bangladeshi independence movement in 1971.
Mannan was born 12 October 1976. He completed his SSC and HSC (1993) at Dhaka Residential Model College. He was involved in cultural activities from junior school. He then completed his B.Com at City College, Dhaka. Later he studied at Dhaka University and finished with honors in International Relations. In 2003 he received a master's degree of Social Sciences in Peace and Conflict Studies.
Career
He started his career in MGH group, and later joined the US embassy, Dhaka, as a protocol officer of the ambassador till 2015 and then switched to US Aid in September 2015. He was involved in many activities outside work. He was a script writer for a NTV production at the very beginning. Photography, travel, hiking, event organizing were some of his hobbies.
Mannan was founder and publisher of Roopbaan, the only magazine for the LGBT community in Bangladesh launched in 2014. He had worked in the human rights sector specially for the LGBT community in Bangladesh. He successfully arranged a "rainbow rally" in Dhaka on 14 April 2015, however the rally was canceled in 2016 on police instruction.
On 27 April 2016, Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina criticized his writings by comparing them with adult content.
Death
He had received death threats after trying to organise a youth LBGT "Rainbow Rally" in early April 2016. Mannan was killed in his apartment along with LGBT activist Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy in a stabbing attack. A witness reported five men leaving the scene chanting "Allahu Akbar" ("Allah is Great"). Ansar-al-Islam, an Al-Qaida-linked group claimed responsibility for the murders.