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Jalila Haider - Pakistan
Discover human rights lawyer Jalila Haider, recipient of the 2026 Right Livelihood Award. Learn about her courageous defence of persecuted minorities and women in Pakistan.
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JALILA HAIDER (Pakistan) - Human Rights Attorney & Political Activist
On September 30th 2026, Haider was awarded the prestigious Right Livelihood Award for “breaking barriers, as the first female lawyer from her Hazara community, to challenge ethnic, state and patriarchal persecution, guided by the conviction that no human being is illegal.”
Better World Info proudly supports and congratulates Haider for her tireless dedication to global justice, minority communities, and human rights.
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- Jalila Haider - RLA 523895
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- Jalila Haider - Wikipedia 523894
- Persecution of Hazaras - Wikipedia 523926
- Minority Rights Group - Shi’a and Hazaras in Pakistan 523917
- Hazara Women Protest Leaders’ Struggle to Lead Protests - LUMS 523912
- Young Hazara Woman Leads Hunger Strike for Justice - Women's Regional Network 523910
- The International Criminal Court should recognize that Hazara women are persecuted both as women and as Hazaras - Kabul Now 25.09.26 523967
- Hazaras Are Most Vulnerable Community Under Taliban Rule, Says Research Group - Afghanistan International 14.08.26 523915
- Impact of Ethnic Violence on Shia Hazaras of Pakistan - Sage Journals 18.01.26 523972
- Video: Memory and Identity from the Standpoint of Hazara Refugee Women - The Institute of Ismaili Studies 25.09.25 523968
- The Hazaras: An Overlooked Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan - New Lines Institute 31.07.25 523928
- MRG alarmed by ongoing and systematic persecution of Hazaras - Minority Rights Group 19.06.25 523966
- Persecuted lives: Hazara women in Pakistan and beyond - Ulster University 06/25 523971
- “I fought silently before, I’ll fight this too”: Quetta lawyer faces PECA charges for supporting Baloch activist - Voice Pk 27.04.25 523909
- ‘The death of Hazaras is permissible.’ What it’s like to protest the Taliban as a minority woman - Atlantic Council 10.09.24 523964
- Policy briefing: A multi-layered minority: Hazara Shia women in Pakistan - IDS 05.09.24 523963
- Taliban gender apartheid: Genocide of Hazara women - Genocide Watch 10.04.24 523965
- The unseen victims: Hazara women in conflict zones - SUPWR 08.03.24 523970
- Hazara Women: How Gender and Ethnicity Intersect in the Taliban’s Repression - Just Security 07.03.24 523961
- Religion, Ethnicity, and Gender: The Taliban’s Intersectional Attack on Hazara Women - Drops Afghanistan 03/25 523969
- Under the Veil of Oppression: The Agonizing Plight of Afghanistan’s Hazara Women - Wilson Center 31.01.24 523960
- Life as a Hazara Woman in Afghanistan: In Conversation with Soomaya Javadi - CJLPA 18.01.24 523962
- The persecution of the Hazara community: A history of suffering and silence - Muslim Vibe 10.11.23 523920
- Why Is Rule Of Law Still A Distant Dream In Pakistan? - Dissent Today 20.04.23 523911
- Challenges of Hazara community in Pakistan - ANI News 03.04.23 523973
- Video: Get ready to be inspired! Watch the incredible story of Jalila Haider, an activist and International Women of Courage award winner - U.S. Consulate General Karachi 31… 523897
- The Hazara Community At Risk Of Genocide in Afghanistan - Forbes 06.09.22 523921
- Video: Breaking out of the cage: A documentary on Pakistan’s Hazara women fighting back – BBC World Service 07.04.22 523924
- 'Every year we dig mass graves': the slaughter of Pakistan’s Hazara - Guardian 05.04.21 523929
- Violent Persecution of the Shi’a Hazaras of Pakistan - UAB 17.03.21 523959
- “Go in disguise to receive medical treatment”- religious discrimination in Pakistan - IDS 09.07.20 523923
- Jalila Haider honoured with International Women of Courage Award - Mag The Weekly 14.03.20 523901
- Activist Jalila Haider Receives International Women Of Courage Award In US - Naya Daur 05.03.20 523913
- Meet Jalila Haider, the First Woman Hazara Lawyer in Pakistan - Wire 14.02.20 523906
- Prominent Pakistani lawyer-activist banned from foreign travel - Peoples Dispatch 22.01.20 523902
- Famous Pakistani Rights Defender Detained for Hours - VOA 20.01.20 523904
- Activist Jalila Haider released after brief detention at Lahore airport - Tribune 20.01.20 523905
- Video: Jalila Haider on Persecution of Minorities in Pakistan - Voicepkdotnet 22.11.19 523914
- Hazara woman from Pakistan named in BBC's 100 Women of 2019 - Geo News 16.10.19 523908
- Fear and persecution in Pakistan’s Hazara community - Independent 03.08.19 523918
- "Under siege": Fear and defiance mark life for Pakistan's Hazaras - Reuters 11.07.19 523919
- "Women need to fight with all their might" – Interview with Pakistani human rights activist Jalila Haider - DW 07.11.18 523903
- "Women need to fight with all their might" - Qantara 29.10.18 523907
- Pakistan’s Hazara Community Under Attack - HRW 30.04.18 523916
- 'Hell on Earth': Inside Quetta's Hazara community - BBC 01.05.13 523927
- Quetta's Hazara community living in fear - New Humanitarian 07.02.12 523922
- Tale of survival: Hazara weavers who outlasted the Taliban now struggle as refugees in Pakistan - Relief Web 02.01.02 523925