Leading Pakistani human rights advocate Asma Jahangir has died, a family member said on Sunday, in a stinging blow to the country’s embattled rights community. “Asma Jahangir was the bravest human being I ever knew. “The government was only confirming the fact that two men were political agents and working for the cause of Pakistan,” Pakistani daily The Dawn had quoted the lawyer. She braved death threats, beatings and imprisonment to win landmark human rights cases and stand up to dictators. “There was a time that human rights was not even an issue in this country.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 11, 2018 10:41 UTC