Amina Masood Janjua
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Amina Masood Janjua | |
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آمنہ مسعود جنجوعہ | |
| Born | April 28, 1964 |
| Spouse | Masood Ahmed Janjua |
Amina Masood Janjua, (Urdu: آمنہ مسعود جنجوعہ; born 28 April 1964) is a Pakistani human rights activist and artist. She is known for highlighting enforced disappearances in Pakistan and for campaigning for the release of her husband, Masood Ahmed Janjua, who disappeared on 30 July 2005.[1] She is the chairperson of the rights group Defense of Human Rights Pakistan (DHR).[2] She provides legal support to prisoners in foreign countries, arranging financial support for the families of victims of enforced disappearance and eradication of torture from jails and detention centers.
Life
[edit]Janjua and her husband, Masood Ahmed Janjua, had three children (two teenage sons and a young daughter) at the time of his disappearance in July 2005.[3][4] The family lived in Westridge, Rawalpindi, Punjab.[5] Following his disappearance, Amina Janjua continued her husband's work in business and at the College of Information and Technology.[5]
Beginning in September 2006, Janjua headed the organization Defense of Human Rights.[3] In 2010, it was officially registered as a trust.[4] By January 2012, the organization had registered 1,030 disappearances, of which 400 had been resolved, with the missing person returning to their family.[3] Janjua has represented the organization abroad, including in Manila, Philippines (September 2014) and at the Third World Forum inBuenos Aires, Argentina (March 2023).[6]
Janjua has been involved with protests against the Pakistani government for their alleged inaction on the issue since 2006. Her eldest son, then aged 17, was beaten and arrested at one such protest in 2007.[5] She appears regularly on local and foreign media as the spokesperson of missing persons and occasionally contributes articles in Urdu and English dailies of the country.[7]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Pakistan urged to end enforced disappearances". Amnesty International. 30 August 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ "Defence of Human Rights Pakistan".
- ^ a b c "Pakistan Counts Its Disappeared". The New York Times. 18 January 2012. Archived from the original on 23 January 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ a b "16 Years Disappeared: One Woman's Struggle to Find Her Husband". Amaliah. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ a b c "Kin and Rights Groups Search for Pakistan's Missing". The New York Times. 14 January 2007. Archived from the original on 1 May 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ Janjua, Amina Masood (28 July 2024). "FIRST PERSON: FIGHTING DESPAIR WITH HOPE". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "Tracking the 'disappeared'". Deutsche Welle. 9 April 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
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[edit]- 1964 births
- Living people
- 21st-century Pakistani people
- 21st-century Pakistani women
- Enforced disappearances in Pakistan
- Human rights abuses in Pakistan
- Kidnapping in Pakistan
- Missing people activists
- Pakistani democracy activists
- Pakistani human rights activists
- Pakistani women's rights activists
- Pakistani civil rights activists
- Political repression in Pakistan
- University of the Punjab