Tania Amir is a Bangladeshi barrister and rights activist. [1]
Amir was born on 27 September 1964. [2] Her father is Barrister M Amir-ul Islam. [3] [4] She studied at the Holy Cross Girls School, United Nations International School, St Francis Xavier's Green Herald International School, and Scholastica. [2] She graduated from the University of Buckingham in 1990 with a law degree and was called to the bar at Gray's Inn. [2]
Amir joined the Bangladesh High Court in 1991, and the Bangladesh Supreme Court in 1993 as a lawyer. [2] She founded and is the head of chambers of Amir & Amir Law Associates. [2]
Amir received the Begum Rokeya Shining Personality Award in 2005. [5] She was the chairman of the Private Rural Initiative Program' (PRIP) Trust. [6] She hosted TV show Tarokader Adda. [7]
Amir filed a petition against President Iajuddin Ahmed becoming head of the caretaker government and the Bangladesh Election Commission declaring an election date in November 2006. [8] She got into a heated argument with Attorney General AJ Mohammad Ali at the courtroom. [8] Lawyers aligned with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party made offensive comments about her that The Daily Star saw unfit to print. [8] Moudud Ahmed criticized her while Barrister Rokanuddin Mahmud defended her. [8] She was accused of vandalizing the court along with 12 other lawyers including Amir Ul Islam, Enayetur Rahim, Kamal Hossain, and Rokanuddin Mahmud. [9] She received bail in January 2007. [9] The Bangladesh High Court quashed the case in 2010. [10]
In 2008, Amir represented Kazi Salahuddin in a hearing at the Bangladesh Football Federation. [11] Ahkame Sariah Hefazat Committee, affiliated with Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, made derogatory remarks Amir over her comments on Baitul Mukarram National Mosque. [12] In 2009, she was given the Gandhi Peace Award. [13]
In 2013, Amir represented Bangladesh Tariqat Federation in a petition to remove the registration of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party for their constitution being contrary to the constitution of Bangladesh. [14] [15] The High Court declared the registration of the party illegal. [16] [17]
Amir represented Imran H Sarker in 2018. [18]
Amir and her father, Barrister M Amir-ul Islam, collected Awami League nomination papers for Kushtia-3 and Kushtia- 4 in November 2023. [19]