Memorial Page for Asma Jahangir (née Asma Jilani)
Jan 27, 1952 – Feb 11, 2018(66 years)Died in:Lahore, Lahore District
Pakistani human rights activist and lawyer
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Asma Jahangir (* January 27, 1952 in Lahore; † February 11, 2018 in Lahore) was a pakistani human rights activist and lawyer. She was 66 years old. She had 3 children. Her education included University of the Punjab and Kinnaird College for Women. She received 8 awards, including Four Freedoms Award – Freedom of Worship, Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders. Her cause of death was cardiac arrest.
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10 EventsBorn in Lahore, Lahore District
1952Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders
1995Ramon Magsaysay Award
1995King Baudouin International Development Prize
1998Hilal-i-Imtiaz
2010North–South Prize
2012Right Livelihood Award
2014Four Freedoms Award – Freedom of Worship
2016United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights
2018Died in Lahore, Lahore District (cardiac arrest)
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Asma Jahangir (née Asma Jilani). Forever remembered.