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If we have to carry forward her legacy we have to challenge our own ruling establishments in India” said human rights lawyer Indira Jaising. Amid couplet recitals by Urdu poet Gauhar Raza and others, the packed amphitheatre also resolved, in unison, to carry forward Ms.
Jehangir’s legacy by continuing the struggle for human rights across borders and the battle against the divisive patriarchal communal forces. Dare establishments“We are here not just to pay our condolences but to carry forward her legacy. more-in“Asma’s death is not only a loss to Pakistan but to all those who love democracy, who love peace, human rights and inclusion,” said feminist activist Kamla Bhasin at a gathering organised by several organisations and individuals in memory of Pakistani lawyer, feminist and human rights activist Asma Jehangir. Two days before her death, on a chilly wintry night in Islamabad, she stood with the Pashtun agitators and said I know how the military has been usurping your rights..