Amina Masood Janjua
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Amina Masood Janjua | |
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آمنہ مسعود جنجوعہ | |
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| Chairman of Defense of Human Rights Pakistan (DHR) | |
| Assumed office 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Abdul Rashid Ghazi |
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| Born | April 28, 1964 |
| Citizenship |  Pakistani |
| Spouse | Masood Ahmed Janjua |
Amina Masood Janjua, (Urdu: آمنہ مسعود جنجوعہ; born 28 April 1964) is a Pakistani human rights activist and artist. She is recognized for her advocacy against enforced disappearances in Pakistan, particularly following the disappearance of her husband, Masood Ahmed Janjua, on 30 July 2005.[1]
She is chairperson of the Defense of Human Rights Pakistan and Public Service Trust commonly referred to as DHR Pakistan, through which she campaigns for the recovery of missing persons and the protection of civil liberties.[2][3]
In 2010, the organization was officially registered as a trust and by January 2012, they had registered 1,030 disappearances, of which 400 had been resolved, with the missing person returning to their family.[3][4][5]
