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Iqbal Masih

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Pakistani enslaved child, activist against child labour and bonded labour

Lived 1982 to 1995 · aged 13
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Iqbal Masih was a Pakistani child labourer and activist who was a member of the Bonded Labour Liberation Front (BLLF) in Pakistan, campaigning against abusive child labour in the country.

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Plaque in memory of Iqbal Masih in Almería, SpainPlaque in memory of Iqbal Masih in Almería, SpainEhsan Ullah Khan visits the Iqbal Masih Square in Santiago de Compostela, SpainEhsan Ullah Khan visits the Iqbal Masih Square in Santiago de Compostela, Spain'The girls and boys of Vitoria-Gasteiz in homage to Iqbal Masih', memorial in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain'The girls and boys of Vitoria-Gasteiz in homage to Iqbal Masih', memorial in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

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1994Reebok Human Rights Award

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About this person

Iqbal Masih was a Pakistani child labourer and activist who was a member of the Bonded Labour Liberation Front (BLLF) in Pakistan, campaigning against abusive child labour in the country. He was assassinated on 16 April 1995, at the age of 12, and was posthumously awarded the Tamgha-e-Shujaat by the government of Pakistan.

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Lived 1982 to 1995 · aged 13
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