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LAST YEAR AFTER EXTREMISTS HACKED TO DEATH A PUBLISHER OF SECULAR BOOKS – RABI DEVOTED AN EPISODE OF HIS T-V TALK SHOW TO THE KILLING. SOUNDBITE: (English) ASHIF ENTAZ RABI, Bangladeshi Blogger: \"While the TV show was going on many phone calls are coming to threaten me and three days after the TV talk show, the website of that militant group they published my picture that he invite some kind of anti-Islamic people in the TV show and it's not acceptable so let's punish him, let's send him to God and from that moment, I was playing some kind of hide and seek game.\" RABI SAYS THE BANGLADESHI AUTHORITIES HAVE OFFERED HIM AND HIS FAMILY LITTLE PROTECTION – TELLING HIM INSTEAD TO TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF... PART OF HIS GAME OF HIDE AND SEEK – A HASTILY PLANNED VISIT TO THE U.S.  SOUNDBITE: (English) ASHIF ENTAZ RABI, Bangladeshi Blogger: \"For the last six months, I was not able to sleep so if I want to tell you why I'm here, I will tell you that I have come here to have a sound sleep before my death.\" RAISing AWARENESS ABOUT THE INCREASING DANGERS SOCIAL ACTIVISTS AND WRITERS FACE, RABI IS MEETING TOP STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIALS.WHILE RABI RECALLS HIS COUNTRY AS ONCE being MODERATE - SINCE OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR -- AT LEAST TEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HACKED TO DEATH IN TARGETED ASSASSINATIONS IN BANGLADESH.JUST LAST WEEK THE BANGLADESHI BRANCH OF AL-QAIDA CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BRUTAL DEATHS OF TWO GAY RIGHTS ACTIVISTS.ON TUESDAY, PEN AMERICA – A FREE SPEECH GROUP – ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS CALLED FOR A U-N INVESTIGATION INTO THE MURDERS. YET RABI'S GOVERNMENT DENIES THAT GROUPS LIKE AL-QAIDA AND THE ISLAMIC STATE HAVE A PRESENCE THERE - SO FAR FEW ARRESTS OR PROSECUTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE MURDERS. He IS ALSO SEEKING EMERGENCY SANCTUARY FOR HIMSELF AND OTHERS ON THE EXTREMISTS' HIT LIST. SOUNDBITE: (English) ASHIF ENTAZ RABI, Bangladeshi Blogger: \"I hope that at least the U.S. State Department they will open a small door for me so that, so that I can, I can live a little longer.\" PADMANANDA RAMA, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus054703VOICEOVER: AMID THE LAUGHS OF THE WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT'S DINNER THIS WEEKEND – ONE GUEST ENJOYED HIS INVITE FOR A MORE SERIOUS REASON.SOUNDBITE: (English) ASHIF ENTAZ RABI, Bangladeshi Blogger: \"I considered the dinner at the White House my last supper so I'll go back and embrace the death.\"ASHIF ENTAZ RABI - A BANGLADESHI BLOGGER – RESIGNED TO THE REALITY OF THE DANGER HE FACES AT HOME. LAST YEAR AFTER EXTREMISTS HACKED TO DEATH A PUBLISHER OF SECULAR BOOKS – RABI DEVOTED AN EPISODE OF HIS T-V TALK SHOW TO THE KILLING. SOUNDBITE: (English) ASHIF ENTAZ RABI, Bangladeshi Blogger: \"While the TV show was going on many phone calls are coming to threaten me and three days after the TV talk show, the website of that militant group they published my picture that he invite some kind of anti-Islamic people in the TV show and it's not acceptable so let's punish him, let's send him to God and from that moment, I was playing some kind of hide and seek game.\" RABI SAYS THE BANGLADESHI AUTHORITIES HAVE OFFERED HIM AND HIS FAMILY LITTLE PROTECTION – TELLING HIM INSTEAD TO TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF... PART OF HIS GAME OF HIDE AND SEEK – A HASTILY PLANNED VISIT TO THE U.S.  SOUNDBITE: (English) ASHIF ENTAZ RABI, Bangladeshi Blogger: \"For the last six months, I was not able to sleep so if I want to tell you why I'm here, I will tell you that I have come here to have a sound sleep before my death.\" RAISing AWARENESS ABOUT THE INCREASING DANGERS SOCIAL ACTIVISTS AND WRITERS FACE, RABI IS MEETING TOP STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIALS.WHILE RABI RECALLS HIS COUNTRY AS ONCE being MODERATE - SINCE OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR -- AT LEAST TEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HACKED TO DEATH IN TARGETED ASSASSINATIONS IN BANGLADESH.JUST LAST WEEK THE BANGLADESHI BRANCH OF AL-QAIDA CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BRUTAL DEATHS OF TWO GAY RIGHTS ACTIVISTS.ON TUESDAY, PEN AMERICA – A FREE SPEECH GROUP – ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS CALLED FOR A U-N INVESTIGATION INTO THE MURDERS. YET RABI'S GOVERNMENT DENIES THAT GROUPS LIKE AL-QAIDA AND THE ISLAMIC STATE HAVE A PRESENCE THERE - SO FAR FEW ARRESTS OR PROSECUTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE MURDERS. He IS ALSO SEEKING EMERGENCY SANCTUARY FOR HIMSELF AND OTHERS ON THE EXTREMISTS' HIT LIST. SOUNDBITE: (English) ASHIF ENTAZ RABI, Bangladeshi Blogger: \"I hope that at least the U.S. State Department they will open a small door for me so that, so that I can, I can live a little longer.\" PADMANANDA RAMA, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS POOLWashington - 1 MAY 20161. Various of White House Correspondent's Dinner AP TELEVISIONWashington - 3 May 2016 2. Bangladeshi Blogger Ashif Entaz Rabi speaking 3. SOUNDBITE: (English) ASHIF ENTAZ RABI, Bangladeshi Blogger: (see transcript below) 4. Rabi walking with PEN America Freedom of Expression director AP TELEVISIONDhaka, Bangladesh - 31 October 2015  5. Various of officials transporting publisher of secular books 6. Various of students marching and scene around his death AP TELEVISIONWashington - 3 May 2016 7. SOUNDBITE: (English) ASHIF ENTAZ RABI, Bangladeshi Blogger: (see transcript below/SOT Separated by White Flash) AP TELEVISIONDhaka, Bangladesh  - 30 April 2016 8. Police investigating the killing of a Hindu man AP TELEVISIONWashington - 3 May 2016 9. Rabi outside White House AP TELEVISIONDhaka, Bangladesh  - 30 April 2016 10 . Police investigating the killing of a Hindu man AP TELEVISIONDhaka, Bangladesh – 26 April 201611. Various of Xulhaz Mannan's body 12. Various of Xulhaz Mannan's funeral and body at Dhaka morgue AP TELEVISIONWashington - 3 May 2016 13. Rabi speaking 14. 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