UN chief mourns Asma Jahangir’s death, calls her ‘human rights giant’

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 12 (APP):United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Sunday expressed his deep sorrow over the passing away of Asma Jehangir, a leading Pakistani lawyers and a UN human rights special rapporteur, saying, “We have lost a human rights giant.”
“News of the death of Asma Jahangir today is echoing within her native Pakistan and across the world,” he said in a statement issued at UN Headquarters in New York.
“She was a tireless advocate for inalienable rights of all people and for equality” whether in her capacity as a Pakistani lawyer in the domestic justice system, as a global civil society activist, or as a Special Rapporteur,” the secretary-general said.
“Asma was brilliant, deeply principled, courageous and kind. I convey my heartfelt condolences to Asma’s family, friends and colleagues, including in the United Nations and civil society within which she was such a leader.
“Asma will not be forgotten,” Guterres added.