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| ]'''Robina Qureshi''' (born 1967 in ], ]) is a ] campaigner |
]'''Robina Qureshi''' (born 1967 in ], ]) is a ] campaigner. | ||
| One of seven sisters, Qureshi's parents were from ] and came to Glasgow in the 1960s. She is Executive Director of Positive Action in Housing, a charity which aims to challenge ] and discrimination, particularly in refugee communities. | One of seven sisters, Qureshi's parents were from ] and came to Glasgow in the 1960s. She is Executive Director of Positive Action in Housing, a charity which aims to challenge ] and discrimination, particularly in refugee communities. | ||
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Robina Qureshi (born 1967 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a human rights campaigner.
One of seven sisters, Qureshi's parents were from Pakistan and came to Glasgow in the 1960s. She is Executive Director of Positive Action in Housing, a charity which aims to challenge racism and discrimination, particularly in refugee communities.
Qureshi is a notable critic of Britain's asylum policies and has campaigned to close detention centres for asylum seekers. She has been at the forefront of challenging dawn raids against Scotland's asylum seekers, taking part in dawn raid protests and shutting down Home Office buildings with Paddy Hill of the Birmingham Six and actor Peter Mullan. She has been in several films, including the controversial Gas Attack, for which she won a best actress award.
In September 2006, tabloid newspapers revealed that Qureshi was in a relationship with actor and film maker Peter Mullan.
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