Dr. Richard Benkin, human rights advocate received a phone call from besieged Bengali journalist, Shoaib Chourdhury. At approximately 1:00PM, Dhaka time today, Mr. Choudhury was viciously attacked at his newspaper by what he termed ‘hooligans,’ including open Islamic radicals and members of the ruling Bangladesh National Party (BNP). He identified one of his attackers as Helal Khan, International Affairs Secretary, Cultural Wing of the BNP. As they were beating him, his attackers called Mr. Choudhury an “agent of Jews.” He has received treatment for his injuries, but security for both he and his family has not be renewed. It was withdrawn this week after Deputy Commissioner Shafiqul Islam received an anonymous letter complaining about the protection provided Mr. Choudhury after a bomb attack on his paper this past summer was deemed ‘false.’ This vicious attack on Mr. Choudhury comes just days before his scheduled appearance before an acknowledged Islamist judge (a member of the radical Jamaat ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh) in a Dhaka courtroom October 12th. Mr. Choudhury, an anti-terrorist Muslim and interfaith advocate, faces sedition charges and a possible death sentence for his efforts...