Ibn Abdur Rehman

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Ibn Abdur Rehman, born 1 September 1930 in Harayana, India[1], is a Pakistani peace and human-rights advocate. In 1989, he became chief editor of the Pakistan Times. He is founding chair or the Pakistan-India Peoples’ Forum for Peace and Democracy and since 1990, director of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan[2]. Rehman has been influential for promoting peace in the Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts and in Kashmir as well as for other human-rights issues in Pakistan.

In 2004, he received th Ramon Magsaysay Award for Peace and International Understanding.

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• 2004 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Peace and International Understanding - Laxminarayan Ramdas and Ibn Abdur Rehman. Retrieved on 2008-01-14.
• Indian American Center for Political Awareness. Retrieved on 2008-01-14.
• Pakistan India Peoples Forum for Peace and Democracy - Through a decade of stormy waters by B.M. Kutty and Karamat Ali. Retrieved on 2008-01-14.
• The Hindu : National : I will continue to fight: Rehman. Retrieved on 2008-01-14.