[587] in peace2
pakistani human rights activist
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Priya Narasimhan)
Wed Mar 14 23:03:04 2001
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From: Priya Narasimhan <priyan@MIT.EDU>
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Hi everyone,
Take a listen to this interview from NPR's Fresh Air from this past
Monday. Here's the description.
Human Rights Lawyer Asma Jahangir. She's been
at the forefront of the movements for women's
rights, human rights and peace in Pakistan for
twenty years. She co-founded the Human Rights
Commission of Pakistan. In her work she's
defended a boy against the charge of
blasphemy-the penalty would have been death.
She's defended the right of women to chose their
own husbands. Because of her efforts she's been
arrested, received death threats, and been the
target of hostile propaganda. Jahangir is one of
the six recipients of the new Millennium peace
Prize for Women, which is cosponorsed by the UN
Development Fund for Women.
It's completely
fascinating.
http://freshair.npr.org/dayFA.cfm?display=day&todayDate=03%2F12%2F2001
Priya
