Dhaka: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has condemned the murder of Xulhaz Mannan and urged the Bangladesh authorities to bring the perpetrators to justice.

‘Authorities must immediately investigate the murder of Xulhaz Mannan, and bring the perpetrators to justice,’ said CPJ’s Asia programme coordinator Bob Dietz.

Journalists and intellectuals are under attack in Bangladesh, and the government has done little to end the murderous mayhem or to ensure the safety of at-risk groups, Bob said.

The senior editor at gay rights magazine Roopbaan, who also worked at the US Agency for International Development, was stabbed to death at his home in Dhaka alongside a friend, said the CPJ statement.

A third person, described in some reports as a security guard, was injured, it said.