Razia Sultana (lawyer)

Razia Sultana (2019)

Razia Sultana ( Bengali রাজিয়া সুলতানা ; * 1973 in Maungtaw , Rakhine State , Burma ) is a Bangladeshi lawyer and human rights activist . She received the United States Department of State's International Women of Courage Award in 2019 .

Commitment and honor

Sultana is one of Myanmar's ethnic group of Rohingya on. She represents Rohingya refugees before the International Court of Justice in The Hague and documented the systematic sexual violence against women and girls.

On March 7, 2019, Razia Sultana received the “International Women of Courage Award”. Among the ten winners of the year were women from Djibouti , Jordan and Montenegro . The award was presented to them by Melania Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo .

Published reports

Witness to horror.
Rape by Command.
The Killing Fields of Alethankyaw. (Posts)

Web links

Commons : Razia Sultana - Collection of Images

State Department : Biographies of the Finalists for the 2019 International Women of Courage Awards - Razia Sultana, Bangladesh . (English)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b US State Department: Biographies of the Finalists for the 2019 International Women of Courage Awards - Razia Sultana, Bangladesh . (English, accessed on August 14, 2020)

personal data
SURNAME	Sultana, Razia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bangladeshi human rights attorney
DATE OF BIRTH	1973
PLACE OF BIRTH	Maungtaw, Rakhine State , Burma

[state.gov-1] US State Department: Biographies of the Finalists for the 2019 International Women of Courage Awards - Razia Sultana, Bangladesh . (English, accessed on August 14, 2020)