
Spanish: 
Siendo yo un bloguero ateo,
los peores
correos de odio que recibo son de gente que
solo me predica. Tal vez me digan que iré al infierno,
pero ni siquiera eso sucede tan a menudo.
Ahora, si eres un bloguero ateo y
vives en un país como Bangladesh,
tu vida corre peligro si escribes sobre
por qué el Islam está errado, o por qué
Dios tal vez
no existe.
De hecho, un grupo
de cuatro hombres
que blogueaban --independientemente, creo--
pero blogueaban dentro del país,
no solo fueron arrestados
por su blogueo hace meses,
uno de ellos casi muere al ser apuñalado.
Estuvo a punto de morir por sus creencias,
pero de alguna manera
sobrevivió.
Esas son las cosas
que tienen que enfrentar.
La semana pasada fueron
acusados por un tribunal.
Eso significa que podrían terminar
en la cárcel por más de una década
y pagar una multa elevada
encima de eso.
Todo porque estaban
blasfemando; ofendieron la
sensibilidad religiosa de algunos.

English: 
As an atheist blogger myself,
the worst
hate mail I tend to get is just people preaching to me.
You know, maybe tell me I'm going to hell,
but even that doesn't happen that often.
But if you're an atheist blogger and
you're in a country like Bangladesh,
now your life is in danger when you're
writing about why Islam is wrong or why,
you know,
God may not exist.
And in fact, there was
a group of four men
who were blogging --independently I believe --
but they were blogging in the country,
and not only were they arrested
for their blogging months ago,
at least one of them was nearly stabbed to death.
I mean, he was close to being assassinated for his beliefs,
but he found a way
to make it through.
But that's what
they have to face.
And very-- In this past week
they just got indicted by a court
and this means that they could end up
going to jail for over a decade
and pay a fine that's
very heavy on top of that.
All because they're,
you know,
blaspheming, they're offending
people's religious sensibilities.

Spanish: 
Ese es un crimen punible con una sentencia
de cárcel, o una gran multa en ese país.
Da miedo pensar en eso, porque
como estadounidense siento que
no hay mucho que se pueda
hacer al respecto,
excepto contar su historia
y hacer que la gente se entere.
Pero parece no haber
salida para ellos.
Parece no haber
una forma segura de escapar.
Y esto viene por
un tipo en la India,
un famoso escéptico de la India,
que recientemente fue asesinado allí.
Asesinado a balazos,
porque, presumiblemente,
era muy expresivo
como escéptico.
La gente de otros países,
países del Medio Oriente, países donde
la gente religiosa
en verdad tiene el poder,
está en peligro
si habla de cosas que
nosotros los estadounidenses
damos por hecho.
En todo caso, espero que se mantengan
al tanto de esta historia. Que la gente
esté consciente de lo que está pasando. Hay un enlace
debajo si quieres estar al tanto de lo que está sucediendo.
esté consciente de lo que está pasando. Hay un enlace
debajo si quieres estar al tanto de lo que está sucediendo
Pero entérate de
lo que está pasando
y habla de ello si puedes,
porque es horrible y

English: 
And that's a crime punishable by a
jail sentence, or a big fine in that country.
It's scary to think about that, because
I feel like as an American there's--
there's not much
I can do about it,
other than tell their story
and make people aware of it.
But it doesn't seem like
there's any way out for them.
I don't-- There doesn't seem to be
a safe way for them to escape.
And this is
coming off of
a guy in India,
a famous skeptic in India
who recently got assassinated there.
He was shot to death,
because, presumably,
because he was so vocal
as a skeptic.
So, people in other countries,
Middle Eastern countries, countries where,
you know, religious people
really have the power,
it is unsafe for them to be
talking about things that,
you know, we as Americans
take for granted. So,
if anything, I hope people stay
on top of this story. I hope people
are made aware of what's going on. There's a link
below if you want to learn more about what's going on.
But just know
what's happening
and speak out about it if you can,
because it's awful and

English: 
hopefully these guys will
eventually go free and not have
to worry about their safety
just because of
what they believe.
My name is Hemant Mehta and
I write at FriendlyAtheist.com
We'd love to hear from you, so please
leave your questions and comments below.

Spanish: 
ojalá estos sujetos
a la larga salgan libres y no tengan
que preocuparse por su seguridad
debido a sus creencias.
Mi nombre es Hemant Mehta y escribo
en FriendlyAtheist.com
Nos encantaría saber de ti. Por favor,
deja tus preguntas y comentarios aquí debajo.
