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- Shahid Azmi (1977 – 11 February 2010) was an Indian lawyer and human rights activist. Azmi was accused of crime at a young age; in 1992, aged 15, he was arrested for violence during the 1992 Bombay riots.
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Shahid Azmi (1977 – 11 February 2010) was an Indian lawyer and human rights activist. Azmi was accused of crime at a young age; in 1992, aged 15, he was arrested for violence during the 1992 Bombay riots. Let off lightly as a juvenile, and due to lack of any proper evidence against him.
Feb 10, 2023 · Thirteen years after advocate Shahid Azmi was murdered, his trial which was stayed for six months, will resume next week. Azmi, known for representing clients he believed to be falsely implicated...
Feb 10, 2021 · It has been 11 years since advocate Shahid Azmi was killed in his office for representing clients he believed to be falsely implicated in terror crimes. However, only three witnesses out of 107...
Sep 28, 2012 · Shahid - the eponymous film about Shahid Azmi, the defence lawyer for one of three men accused of involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks - had its world premiere at the recent Toronto Film...
Feb 11, 2023 · "I’ve died a hundred times and if death did come knocking, I would look it in the eye", said Late Shahid Azmi, who was shot dead on this day in 2010 in his chamber. In his practice of about...
Feb 11, 2022 · Who was Shahid Azmi? Born and brought up in a slum of Mumbai, Shahid Azmi was a victim of the 1992 Bombay riots, at the very young age of 16. Disheartened by the way Muslims were targeted in Mumbai after the Babri Masjid riots, Azmi left Mumbai and joined a separatist organization in Kashmir.
In a career spanning no more than seven years Azmi came to be regarded as one of the most articulate criminal lawyers in the fraternity. His reputation made him legal counsel for several organisations helping the families of people falsely implicated on charges of terror.
