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A Public Event Announcement - Remembering Asma Jahangir (New Delhi, 15 Feb 2018) http://www.sacw.net/article13640.html
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Road side flex in Lahore as hundreds march to attend Asma Jahangir’s funeral prayers at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium on 13 Feb.
- Thousands of men and women bid farewell to the mighty Asma Jahangir in Lahore. As a sharp lawyer and passionate human rights activist she battled bigotry, misogyny, repression and dictatorship for Pakistanis of all faiths, class and creeds. Good bye, fighter.
- Photo via Tweet from Nadeem Paracha
- Photo of front cover of the lahore newspaper Daily Times (14 Feb 2018) on Asma Jahangir’s fundral prayer meeting
Funeral bridges religious and ethnic divides by Marvi Sirmed (14 February 2018) https://dailytimes.com.pk/201679/funeral-bridges-religious-ethnic-divides/
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I. News reports from around the world from 11 Feb 2018
PAKISTAN MEDIA:
https://www.geo.tv/latest/181414-human-rights-icon-asma-jahangir-passes-away-in-lahore
Leading human rights lawyer Asma Jahangir passes away in Lahore https://www.dawn.com/news/1388771/asma-jahangir-leading-human-rights-lawyer-passes-away-in-lahore
Human rights icon Asma Jahangir passes away in Lahore https://tribune.com.pk/story/1632167/1/
Eminent lawyer and activist Asma Jahangir passes away https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/279732-eminent-lawyer-and-activist-asma-jahangir-passes-away
Asma the fearless - Editorial in Dawn (February 12, 2018) https://www.dawn.com/news/1388808
INTERNATIONAL COVERAGE:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43023082 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43023082
Pakistani leading rights activist, Asma Jehangir, dead at 66 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/pakistani-leading-rights-activist-asma-jehangir-dies-at-66/2018/02/11/891e2e2a-0f16-11e8-a68c-e9374188170e_story.html
Mort d’Asma Jahangir, militante pakistanaise des droits de l’homme http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2018/02/11/mort-d-asma-jahangir-militante-pakistanaise-des-droits-de-l-homme_5255135_3382.html
Leading Pakistani Rights Activist Asma Jahangir Dies At 66 https://www.rferl.org/a/pakistan-leading-rights-activist-asma-jahangir-dead-66/29033365.html
REPORTS IN INDIA / SOUTH ASIA:
Pakistan’s iron lady Asma Jehangir passes away http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/pakistans-iron-lady-asma-jehangir-passes-away/article22721342.ece
Asma Jahangir, Champion Of Human Rights, Critic Of Pak Army, Dies At 66 https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/top-pakistani-rights-advocate-asma-jahangir-dies-family-1811316
Threats Did Not Stop Asma Jahangir From Fighting For Rights In Pakistan https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/threats-did-not-stop-asma-jahangir-from-fighting-for-rights-in-pakistan-1811433
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/pakistani-activist-asma-jahangir-dies-of-cardiac-arrest/articleshow/62872038.cms Pakistani activist Asma Jahangir dies of cardiac arrest - PTI | Updated: Feb 11, 2018
Condolences pour in for Asma Jehangir on Twitter http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/condolences-pour-in-for-asma-jehangir-on-twitter/article22722098.ece
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II. STATEMENTS / TRIBUTES:
SAHR mourns the passing away of Asma Jahangir
February 11 2018
Press Statements
South Asians for Human Rights ( SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, is deeply saddened at the passing away of Asma Jahangir. Asma was a senior advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, a founding member of SAHR, and its current Spokesperson and bureau member. As a remarkably vocal human rights advocate, her contribution at regional and global level is immense.
Asma Jahangir was a former chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan. She held the UN mandate as Special Rapporteur on Extra Judicial Killings from 1998 to 2004 and Freedom of Religion or Belief from 2004 to 2010. At the time of her demise she was a board member of International Crisis Group and UN Special Rapporteur of Human Rights in Iran.
SAHR offers its deepest condolences to Asma’s family at this difficult time. Her sudden demise is a irreplaceable loss not only to SAHR but to her fellow human rights comrades in Pakistan, South Asia and the world.
On behalf of the members of South Asians for Human Rights
Sultana Kamal, Chairperson
Mohamed Latheef, Co-chairperson
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The UN Secretary General on the death of my tireless human rights activist Asma Jahangir . pic.twitter.com/pmRp2Oo4wv
— Munizae Jahangir (@MunizaeJahangir) February 12, 2018
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Pakistan: My friend Asma by I A Rehman
A little lawyer from Lahore became the greatest defender of human rights in the subcontinent. What a life to celebrate for a long, long time http://www.sacw.net/article13648.html
The Importance of Being Asma by Mohammed Hanif
For a couple of years, Mohammed Hanif followed Asma Jahangir on her annual fact-finding missions to Balochistan. http://www.sacw.net/article13647.html
Against Deification | Maryam Hussain
Little Big Woman | Najam Sethi (The Friday Times Issue: 16 Feb 2018)
In Memoriam: Asma Jahangir, 1952-2018 by International Crisis Group https://www.crisisgroup.org/who-we-are/crisis-group-updates/memoriam-asma-jahangir-1952-2018
Pakistan: Asma Jahangir leaves behind a powerful human rights legacy
Amnesty International (12 February 2018) https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/02/asma-jahangir-leaves-a-brave-human-rights-legacy
Asma Jahangir obituary by Victoria Schofield (13 February 2018) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/13/asma-jahangir-obituary
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III LINKS TO SOME PAST INTERVIEWS AND PORTRAITS OF ASMA JAHANGIR
Profile: Asma Jahangir: The street fighter https://herald.dawn.com/news/1153540
Who is Asma Jahangir? http://indianexpress.com/article/who-is/who-is-asma-jahangir-pakistan-lawyer-human-rights-activists-5059594/
Asma Jahangir Interview by Amitav Ghosh (1997) http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?p=6123
A conversation with Asma Jehangir by Ritu Menon (2001) http://himalmag.com/a-conversation-with-asma-jehangir-interview/
Days of Rage: Challenges for the nation’s future by William Dalrymple
( 2007) https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/07/23/days-of-rage
Blood and guts by Declan Walsh https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jul/21/pakistan.declanwalsh
IV SELECT VIDEO RECORDINGS:
25 Oct 2017 - Remarks by Ms. Asma Jahangir, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, at the 31st meeting of the Third Committee http://webtv.un.org/meetings-events/treaty-bodies/watch/asma-jahangir-special-rapporteur-on-human-rights-in-iran-at-the-third-committee-31st-meeting-general-assembly-72nd-session/5621682190001/?term=&sort=popular
Asma Jahangir: Personal Journey to Justice (2016) [Jahangir received an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the University of Pennsylvania on May 16, 2016]
2014 Right Livelihood Award Laureate Asma Jahangir on defending human rights in Pakistan
2014 Right Livelihood Award Laureate Asma Jahangir on defending human rights in Pakistan from Right Livelihood Award on Vimeo.
Walking Together for Freedom with Asma Jahangir (2012)
Asma Jahangir: "Will Pakistan’s Democracy Survive?" (2009)
