Leah Levin
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Leah Levin | |
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| Born | Sarah Leah Kacev 1 April 1926 Mažeikiai, Lithuania |
| Died | 25 May 2024 (aged 98) |
| Alma mater | University of Cape Town University of Zimbabwe |
| Occupation | Human rights activist |
| Children | 3 |
Leah Levin OBE (1 April 1926 – 25 May 2024) was a Lithuanian-born British human rights activist.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Levin was born Sarah Leah Kacev on 1 April 1926 in Lithuania and grew up as Leah Katzeff in Piketberg, South Africa.[1]
Levin attended University of Cape Town and the University of Zimbabwe. Levin was director of the Justice organisation from 1982 to 1992.[2] Under her tenure the organisation helped to free the Birmingham Six.[3]
She was an honorary graduate at the University of Essex.[4] She was the author of UNESCO's Human Rights: Questions and Answers, which is one of the world's most widely disseminated books on human rights.[5][6][7]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Her sons Jeremy Levin and David Levin are businessmen.
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