--- title: LGBT Magazine Editor Hacked to Death in Bangladesh description: Xulhaz Mannan was an editor and gay-rights activist canonical: https://time.com/4306502/lgbt-editor-murder-bangladesh/ author: Julia Zorthian article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-25T16:08:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T13:42:04.000Z article:section: World og:title: LGBT Magazine Editor Hacked to Death in Bangladesh og:description: Xulhaz Mannan was an editor and gay-rights activist og:url: https://time.com/4306502/lgbt-editor-murder-bangladesh/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4748a74f1b92ce7f/698890883c163983ff45cfc2/bangladesh-editor-killed-lgbt-magazine.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: bangladesh editor killed LGBT magazine og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: LGBT Magazine Editor Hacked to Death in Bangladesh twitter:description: Xulhaz Mannan was an editor and gay-rights activist twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4748a74f1b92ce7f/698890883c163983ff45cfc2/bangladesh-editor-killed-lgbt-magazine.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # LGBT Magazine Editor Hacked to Death in Bangladesh  by [Julia Zorthian](/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Updated: Dec 13, 2023 1:42 PM CUTPublished: Apr 25, 2016 4:08 PM CUT  Bangladeshi students set fire during a protest against the murder of a secular activist in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on April 7, 2016 Bangladeshi students set fire during a protest against the murder of a secular activist in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on April 7, 2016Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images  by [Julia Zorthian](/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Updated: Dec 13, 2023 1:42 PM CUTPublished: Apr 25, 2016 4:08 PM CUT A gay-rights activist who edited the only LGBT magazine in Bangladesh was [hacked to death](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36128729 "undefined") on Monday. Xulhaz Mannan, 35, who edited the magazine _Roopbaan,_ was killed along with another person when attackers [entered an apartment](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/25/editor-bangladesh-first-lgbt-magazine-killed-reports-say-roopbaan "undefined") in the capital city of Dhaka, BBC reports. The murder is the latest in a [string of brutal attacks on writers](http://time.com/4095606/bangladesh-secular-publisher-killed/ "undefined") and members of religious-minority groups by suspected Islamist militants in the country. **Read More:** [_Fatal Speech_](http://time.com/4075121/fatal-speech/ "undefined") Mannan also worked for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and his killing was condemned as “barbaric” by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday evening. “Xulhaz … was a trusted colleague, a beloved friend, and advocate for human rights and dignity in Bangladesh,” Kerry said in a [statement](http://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2016/04/256574.htm "undefined"), pledging “full support” to the Bangladeshi government in its investigation into the murders. “In many ways, \[Mannan\] embodied the spirit of the people of Bangladesh and the pride with which they guard their traditions of tolerance, peace, and diversity,” Kerry added. Before the most recent attack on Monday, a group of people arrived at the apartment building and [identified themselves as couriers](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/25/editor-bangladesh-first-lgbt-magazine-killed-reports-say-roopbaan "undefined") to gain entrance, according to reports. The murder comes two days after an English professor was killed in a [similar attack](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/24/world/asia/bangladesh-professor-killed.html "undefined"). \[[_BBC_](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36128729 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4306502/lgbt-editor-murder-bangladesh/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4306502/lgbt-editor-murder-bangladesh/"},"headline":"LGBT Magazine Editor Hacked to Death in Bangladesh","datePublished":"2016-04-25T16:08:27.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T13:42:04.000Z","description":"Xulhaz Mannan was an editor and gay-rights activist","url":"https://time.com/4306502/lgbt-editor-murder-bangladesh/","keywords":["Bangladesh","Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4748a74f1b92ce7f/698890883c163983ff45cfc2/bangladesh-editor-killed-lgbt-magazine.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julia Zorthian","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4748a74f1b92ce7f/698890883c163983ff45cfc2/bangladesh-editor-killed-lgbt-magazine.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"bangladesh editor killed LGBT magazine","caption":"bangladesh editor killed LGBT magazine","creditText":"Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/bangladesh/","name":"Bangladesh"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4306502/lgbt-editor-murder-bangladesh/","name":"LGBT Magazine Editor Hacked to Death in Bangladesh"}}]}] ```