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Bangladesh’s Murdered Bloggers

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Trending visits Bangladesh where a string of atheist bloggers have been brutally murdered for their views.

This year three atheist bloggers in Bangladesh were brutally attacked and murdered - seemingly for challenging religious belief. The suspects are Islamic extremists. It comes after a polarised online debate between secular and atheist bloggers, and Islamists.

This week, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Trending is on location in the capital Dhaka, meeting bloggers living in fear and discussing what is happening with a special panel, including the country's Minister of Information Hasanul Haq Inu, and a public audience. We look at how the clash between secular and religious views trended and then turned sour, and meet voices from all sides of the debate - drawn from the internet generation. Plus, who are the Goats of Bangladesh - and why are they going viral on Facebook.

Produced by Estelle Doyle.

(Photo Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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