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Zakia Jafri
Indian human rights activist (1938/1939–2025)
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dead
- born
- 1938
- died
- 2025
- age at death
- 87
- known for
- human rights defender
1938 – 2025

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who zakia jafri is
Zakia Naseem Jafri was an Indian human rights activist known for her legal efforts related to the 2002 Gujarat riots. She became widely recognised as the widow of Ehsan Jafri, a Congress Member of Parliament who was killed during the riots.
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