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Zakia Jafri

Indian human rights activist (1938/1939–2025)

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born
1938
died
2025
age at death
87
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human rights defender

1938 – 2025

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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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