Quotes by Asma Jahangir - Page 2

The United Nations is an organizational body where people, through their Governments, come together; and it can be the only place where there can be a melting pot.
Asma Jahangir / Lawyer
Government
People
Together
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Women's rights was thought of as a Western concept. Now people do talk about women's rights - political parties talk about it, even religious parties talk about it.
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Political Parties
Rights
Western
Concept
Parties
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Every religion curbs women rights to some extent. Some countries acted against religions and put a ban on wearing hijab, which was also a violation of human rights.
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Human Rights
Violation
Acted
Ban
Religions
Extent
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The state has not only the obligation to stay neutral in matters of religion but also to ensure that freedom of thought and conscience of all individuals is protected.
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Conscience
Obligation
Protected
Neutral
Ensure
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I had been very impressed with the courts we visited to see my father. The judges wearing wigs, the lawyers, the legal arguments - it was all exciting stuff for a kid.
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Legal
Impressed
Wigs
Courts
Judges
Visited
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It is not easy for the courts to control the intelligence agencies. There has to be concerted and coordinated effort on part of the courts, the parliament, and the government.
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Effort
Intelligence Agencies
Parliament
Agencies
Coordinated
Courts
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Divorce is the cheapest thing in Pakistan. About 30 cents. Cheaper than fish and chips. I've had clients married to very rich men for 40 years, then turned out on the road with nothing.
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Cents
Cheaper
Chips
Clients
Divorce
Married
Pakistan
Rich
Fish
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Duplicity in matters of religion is not confined to Pakistan, but it hurts the most in societies where debate on religion is asphyxiated and preachers of hate have become keepers of faith.
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Religion
Faith
Confined
Debate
Duplicity
Hate
Pakistan
Hurts
Matters
Societies
Preachers
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The morality of a society is not judged by the behaviour of an oppressed class but by the rules and laws made by the state, which either protect or exploit an already depressed section of society.
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Society
Behaviour
Class
Judged
Made
Morality
Oppressed
Protect
Rules
State
Depressed
Either
Exploit
Section
Which
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When the Bangladesh war happened, people in Pakistan who did not support it were called unpatriotic. My father was in the jail at that time, and a lot of those who knew my family used to call us children of a traitor.
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Bangladesh
Jail
Pakistan
Traitor
Unpatriotic
Time War Family
War Family Time
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We are so resilient as a people. I have so much respect for their dignity and courage. I hope the world sees this side of Pakistan, one where professionals want a democracy. The spirit of our intelligentsia cannot be broken.
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Broken
Dignity
Pakistan
Resilient
Intelligentsia
Professionals
Sees
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We never learnt the right lessons. We never went to the root of the problem. Once you start politicising religion, you play with fire and get burnt as well. Another lesson we did not learn is that Muslims are not homogenous.
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Burnt
Learnt
Lesson
Muslims
Root
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As a lawyer, many a time I took up difficult and sensitive cases dealing with minorities' and women's rights. Yes, I constantly receive threats, and to be very honest, at times it is very scary. But I have to continue my work.
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Cases
Difficult
Honest
Minorities
Rights
Scary
Sensitive
Time Work Women
Constantly
Dealing
Work Time Women
Receive
Threats
Took
Yes
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There are some societies where women are not even allowed to drive a car, and that restriction is based in the name of religion and tradition. There are other countries where a woman can be punished if she does not cover her head.
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Other Countries
Restriction
Societies
Punished
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There have always been difficult situations for activists in Pakistan. In the 1960s, people fought for linguistic and ethnic rights in relation to the Bangladesh movement and the struggle of the people in the western Balochistan province.
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Bangladesh
Pakistan
Relation
Activists
Ethnic
Fought
Linguistic
Province
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One example that has hurt me is that of Aung San Suu Kyi. I admire her a lot, but her unwillingness to protect the Rohingiya Muslims shows how intolerance has seeped into politics and the level at which it has seeped. It immobilises politicians.
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Intolerance
Muslims
San
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Agencies must know who they are accountable to. If the agencies know who they are accountable to but we cannot say who they are accountable to, then really it is a very sad situation that is bound to be misused. It is bound to affect human rights.
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Human Rights
Misused
Accountable
Affect
Agencies
We Cannot
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The interaction between human rights campaigners from Pakistan and India was a big taboo in the 1980s. When we started traveling to India to increase people-to-people contact between the two nations, we knew that we would face serious repercussions back home.
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Contact
Human Rights
Pakistan
Repercussions
Taboo
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I have protection. I have police protection. I have personal bodyguards. I have three sets of them. But believe me, this is really psychological for the family. If they want to get me, they can get me. And every time that I have been saved, it's been by coincidence.
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Coincidence
Protection
Psychological
Saved
Bodyguards
Sets
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In 1986, Pakistan got the blasphemy law. So, while we had just two cases of blasphemy before that year, now we have thousands. It shows that one should be careful while bringing religion into legislation, because the law itself can become an instrument of persecution.
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Religion
Be Careful
Blasphemy
Careful
Cases
Legislation
Pakistan
Persecution
Should
Two
Now
Had
Before
Bringing
Itself
Got
Instrument
Thousands
While
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General Zia-ul-Haq, a dictator and unscrupulous political actor, used Islam as a pretext for waging war in Afghanistan and adopting an aggressive stance towards India. By advancing a more orthodox version of Islam, he was able to hold on to a repressive regime and quell any opposition.
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Adopting
Advancing
Afghanistan
Aggressive
Dictator
India
Islam
Opposition
Orthodox
Pretext
Stance
General
Version
Towards
Hold
Quell
Regime
Repressive
Waging
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Everything is a risk in Pakistan: If you defend women, it's a risk. If you defend non-Muslims it's a risk. If you discuss religion, it's a risk. But you can't really sit there like a vegetable in your own society. And I'm committed to that society... and I feel I need to turn around and speak as I should.
Asma Jahangir / Lawyer
Religion
Women
Society
Committed
Pakistan
Risk
Should
Speak
Feel
Around
Own
Defend
Discuss
Sit
Turn
Vegetable
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Even before his detention, my father was fighting many cases. He remained in jail in Multan. He remained in jail in Bannu. But we were not allowed to go see him there. We always saw him in courts. So for me, the courts were a place where you dressed up to see your father. It had a very nice feeling to it.
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Cases
Detention
Jail
Courts
Dressed
Remained
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The Musharraf government has declared martial law to settle scores with lawyers and judges. Hundreds of innocent Pakistanis have been rounded up. Human rights activists, including women and senior citizens, have been beaten by police. Judges have been arrested and lawyers battered in their offices and the streets.
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Arrested
Battered
Beaten
Human Rights
Innocent
Police
Senior
Streets
Activists
Hundreds
Judges
Martial
Offices
Rounded
Scores
Senior Citizens
Settle
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Yes, I am very unhappy, extremely anguished at human rights violations against Kashmiris in India or against Rohingyas in Burma or, for that matter, Christians in Orissa; but obviously, I am going to be more concerned of violations taking place in my own house because I am closer to the people who I live with. I have more passion for them.
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Burma
Concerned
House
Human Rights
My Own
Passion
Rights
Unhappy
Against
Anguished
I Am People Live
Christians
Closer
Extremely
Obviously
Taking
Violations
Yes
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