Tania Amir
Bangladeshi barrister and rights activist
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Tania Amir is a Bangladeshi barrister and rights activist.[1]
Early life
Amir was born on 27 September 1964.[2] Her father is Barrister M Amir-ul Islam.[3][4] She studied at the Holy Cross Girls School, United Nations International School, St Francis Xavier's Green Herald International School, and Scholastica.[2] She graduated from the University of Buckingham in 1990 with a law degree and was called to the bar at Gray's Inn.[2]
Career
Amir joined the Bangladesh High Court in 1991, and the Bangladesh Supreme Court in 1993 as a lawyer.[2] She founded and is the head of chambers of Amir & Amir Law Associates.[2]
Amir received the Begum Rokeya Shining Personality Award in 2005.[5] She was the chairman of the Private Rural Initiative Program' (PRIP) Trust.[6] She hosted TV show Tarokader Adda.[7]
Amir filed a petition against President Iajuddin Ahmed becoming head of the caretaker government and the Bangladesh Election Commission declaring an election date in November 2006.[8] She got into a heated argument with Attorney General AJ Mohammad Ali at the courtroom.[8] Lawyers aligned with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party made offensive comments about her that The Daily Star saw unfit to print.[8] Moudud Ahmed criticized her while Barrister Rokanuddin Mahmud defended her.[8] She was accused of vandalizing the court along with 12 other lawyers including Amir Ul Islam, Enayetur Rahim, Kamal Hossain, and Rokanuddin Mahmud.[9] She received bail in January 2007.[9] The Bangladesh High Court quashed the case in 2010.[10]
In 2008, Amir represented Kazi Salahuddin in a hearing at the Bangladesh Football Federation.[11] Ahkame Sariah Hefazat Committee, affiliated with Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, made derogatory remarks Amir over her comments on Baitul Mukarram National Mosque.[12] In 2009, she was given the Gandhi Peace Award.[13]
In 2013, Amir represented Bangladesh Tariqat Federation in a petition to remove the registration of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party for their constitution being contrary to the constitution of Bangladesh.[14][15] The High Court declared the registration of the party illegal.[16][17]
Amir represented Imran H Sarker in 2018.[18]
Amir and her father, Barrister M Amir-ul Islam, collected Awami League nomination papers for Kushtia-3 and Kushtia- 4 in November 2023.[19]