Irene Khan

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Irene Khan is a Bangladeshi human rights advocate and former Secretary-General of Amnesty International, recognized globally for her work on justice, poverty, and women's rights.

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instanceOf Bangladeshi person
author
human rights activist
lawyer
areaOfActivism civil and political rights
economic, social and cultural rights
refugee rights
awardReceived Sydney Peace Prize
countryOfCitizenship People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
surface form: Bangladesh
dateOfBirth 1956-12-24
educatedAt Harvard Law School
University of Manchester
employer Amnesty International
endTime 2009
ethnicGroup Bengali
surface form: Bengali people
familyName Khan
fieldOfWork human rights
poverty alleviation
social justice
women's rights
gender female
givenName Irene
hasOccupation human rights advocate
public speaker
writer
hasPublishedWork The Unheard Truth: Poverty and Human Rights
knownFor advocacy for women's rights
advocacy on poverty as a human rights issue
leadership of Amnesty International
languageSpoken Bengali
English
memberOf International Commission of Jurists
movement feminism
human rights movement
name Irene Khan self-linksurface differs
surface form: Irene Zubaida Khan
notableIdea framing poverty as a human rights violation
notableWork The Unheard Truth: Poverty and Human Rights
occupation Secretary-General of Amnesty International
placeOfBirth Dhaka
positionHeld Secretary-General of Amnesty International
residence United Kingdom
startTime 2001
workLocation London, England
surface form: London

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Sydney Peace Prize hasRecipient Irene Khan
Irene Khan name Irene Khan self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Irene Zubaida Khan