In Brief Naqib Khpulwak, an assistant law professor at the American University in Kabul, Afghanistan, was among the 16 students and faculty killed in a terrorist attack on the campus in August 24, 2016. Case History Khpulwak taught courses on property rights and family law, and he cotaught courses in alternative conflict resolution and international law. He also worked as a counselor and volunteer lecturer for organizations in Afghanistan, including NRC Afghanistan and Nangar

In Brief Nazimuddin Samad, a 28-year-old secular activist and law student at Jagannath University, was killed in Dhaka, Bangladeshi capital, on April 7, 2016. According to the BBC, Samad was attacked at a traffic jam by three men armed with machetes before being shot. Case History Samad was known to have been critical of state religion set in the Bangladeshi Constitution. He once said on Facebook, “Evolution is a scientific truth. Religion and race are [an] invention of the s