{{distinguish|Rehman Rashid}} {{Infobox person | name = Rashid Rehman | image = Rashid Rehman.jpeg | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1958|10|13}} | birth_place = Karachi, Pakistan | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2014|05|7|1958|10|13}} | death_place = Multan, Pakistan | occupation = Lawyer | spouse = | children = 3 }}
'''Rashid Rehman''' (13 October 1958 – 7 May 2014) was a Pakistani lawyer and a regional coordinator for the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP).<ref>{{cite news |author=Andrew Buncombe |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/rashid-rehman-shooting-pakistan-human-rights-lawyer-who-received-death-threats-over-highprofile-blasphemy-case-is-shot-dead-9336059.html |title=Rashid Rehman shooting: Pakistan human rights lawyer who received 'death threats' over high-profile blasphemy case is shot dead |newspaper=The Independent |date=2014-03-19 |accessdate=2014-05-09}}</ref> He was well known for his work with clients who were poor or who were charged under Pakistan's vigorous blasphemy laws.
After he became the defence lawyer for Junaid Hafeez in a controversial and widely publicized blasphemy case, he received death-threats, lastly in court in April 2014 by prosecution lawyers, but Rehman refused to abandon his client. As a result of this incident, complaints were laid with police and the District Bar Association but no action had been taken or protection provided when he was shot and killed by gunmen on 7 May 2014, and two colleagues injured.<ref name=Dawn>{{cite web | url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1104788 | title=Rights advocate Rashid Rehman Khan gunned down in Multan | newspaper=Dawn | date=May 7, 2014 | accessdate=December 22, 2019 | agency=AFP}}</ref>
== See also == * Shahid Azmi
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==External links== * [https://www.nation.com.pk/editorials/09-May-2014/rashid-rehman-murdered Rashid Rehman Murdered] * [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27319433 BBC News Pakistan 'blasphemy lawyer' shot dead in Multan office] * [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Rights-advocate-Rashid-Rehman-Khan-gunned-down-in-Pakistan/articleshow/34795229.cms Times of India. Rights advocate Rashid Rehman Khan gunned down in Pakistan] * [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-blasphemy-idUSBREA4709N20140508 Gunmen kill Pakistan lawyer defending blasphemy case] * [http://tribune.com.pk/story/706117/in-memoriam-civil-society-lawyers-protest-murder-of-rashid-rehman/ In memoriam: Civil society, lawyers protest murder of Rashid Rehman] * [https://www.dawn.com/news/1105240/lets-wait-for-the-next-rashid-rehman-to-be-murdered Let's wait for the next Rashid Rehman to be murdered] * [https://www.dawn.com/news/1104788/rights-advocate-rashid-rehman-khan-gunned-down-in-multan Rights advocate Rashid Rehman Khan gunned down in Multan]
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