Asma Jahangir

Asma Jahangir posthumously awarded 2018 UN Human Rights Prize

Created: October 27, 2018

Asma Jahangir, Pakistan’s human rights activist and lawyer, has been posthumously awarded the 2018 UN Human Rights Prize along with three other winners. The other winners of the prize are Rebeca Gyumi of Tanzania, Brazil’s first indigenous lawyer Joenia Wapichana ..

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Asma Jahangir, renowned human rights lawyer passes away

Created: February 12, 2018

Asma Jilani Jahangir (66), Pakistan’s renowned human rights lawyer, social activist and an outspoken critic of the country’s powerful military establishment, has passed away in Lahore on February 11, 2018. She was known for her outspoken nature and unrelenting pursuit ..

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