Irene Khan

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Bangladeshi person author human rights activist lawyer

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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Irene Zubaida Khan 1

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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