Salma Sobhan

Salma Sobhan
সালমা সোবহান
Born
Salma Rasheeda Akhtar Banu[1]

(1937-08-11)11 August 1937
London, United Kingdom
Died30 December 2003(2003-12-30) (aged 66)[1]
Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Spouse
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(m. 1962)​
Parent(s)Mohammed Ikramullah (father)
Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah (mother)
Relatives

Salma Sobhan (née Rasheda Akhtar Banu; 11 August 1937 – 30 December 2003)[1] was a Bangladeshi lawyer, academic and human rights activist. She became the first woman barrister in Pakistan in 1959.[2] A member of the law faculty of the University of Dhaka, she was a co-founder of Ain-O-Salish Kendra (ASK), a national human rights watchdog. She was also a key figure at the Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs (BILIA).

  1. ^ a b c "Eminent HR activist Barrister Salma Sobhan passes away". The Daily Star. 31 December 2003.
  2. ^ Hameeda Hossain (2012). "Sobhan, Salma". In Sirajul Islam; Ahmed A. Jamal (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. Retrieved 22 July 2017.