Asma Jahangir
/Overview
Asma Jahangir born Lahore, Pakistan January 27, 1952. Human rights leader; UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights, 2004-10. Led campaigns against domestic violence and military rule; arrested and beaten, 1983; arrested, 2004. Awarded Magsaysay Prize, 1995; awarded UNESCO/Bilbao Prize, 2010 ; Right Livelihood Award, 2014.
Quotations
"I devoted my life to marginalised and oppressed people. . . I will not be deterred." (Asianews.it, June 20, 2012)
"The parliament will have to be more forceful and also begin to realize that they [the army] can’t hold the economy of this country hostage, foreign policy hostage." (Aug. 13, 2011; 2010 photo Wikipedia)