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Asma Jilani Jahangir
(27 January 1952 – 11 February 2018) was a leading
Pakistani
lawyer. Born in
Lahore
, she was an advocate of the
Supreme Court of Pakistan
, President Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan and a human rights activist
[1]
who works both in Pakistan and internationally to prevent the
persecution
of religious
minorities
, women, and
exploitation
of children.
She won several international awards for her activism
[2]
including
Right Livelihood Award
and the
Four Freedoms Award
in 2010 for promoting Religious Freedom.
Jahangir suffered from
brain haemorrhage
while going into
cardiac arrest
in Lahore on 11 February 2018 and died when was taken to the hospital at the age of 66.
[3]