Salma Sobhan (née Rasheda Akhtar Banu; 11 August 1937 – 30 December 2003) was a Bangladeshi lawyer, academic and human rights activist. She became the first woman barrister in Pakistan in 1959. 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.
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11 August 1937 London, United Kingdom
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30 December 2003 (aged 66) Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Zodiac | Leo |
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