Ibn Abdur Rehman

Rehman was born on 1 September 1930 in Pataudi State, British India (present day Gurgaon district, Haryana, India). When partition of India happened in 1947, he was still studying at Aligarh Muslim University. He reportedly lost many relatives in the riots that followed the partition in his region of birth. He survived because he was away from the region as a student. Then he moved to Pakistan and was able to finish his MSc. degree in Physics from the University of the Punjab in Lahore, Pakistan. ==Career==

I. A. Rehman first started writing columns for newspapers in 1950. A protégé of the great Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz, he became chief editor of the Pakistan Times newspaper in 1989. In 2015, many human rights activists including I.A. Rehman urged the Pakistani government to 'criminalise child labour in hazardous environments'. According to Dawn, one activist doctor said, "I have seen cases where children have contracted tuberculosis because they worked in hazardous environments. Making children work such jobs should be criminalized." ==Death and legacy==

He died on 12 September 2020 in Lahore, Pakistan at age 90. On his death, a spokesperson for the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) reportedly called him a "titan of human rights....his integrity, conscience and compassion were unparalleled". ==Awards and recognition==

• Ramon Magsaysay Award for Peace and International Understanding in 2004 ==References==