By Rabiul Alam Dhaka: On August 29, Habiba Khatun (name changed to protect identity), a former sex worker turned NGO worker, was distributing condoms to sex workers when she became the victim of a brutal assault. A man in a blue t-shirt attacked her with a green pipe, ignoring her desperate pleas that she was merely providing support, not soliciting. After repeatedly striking her, the man turned his attention to other sex workers nearby, assaulting them as well. “As I lay injured, he continued beating a woman until she collapsed, begging for her life,” Habiba recounted. What made this attack e…