Tehmina Arora is a constitutional and human rights advocate with over two decades of legal experience, specializing in religious freedom, minority rights, and gender justice in South Asia. As Director of Advocacy, Asia, at ADF International, she works to advance religious freedom and advocates against discriminatory laws and policies. She helped establish the first legal assistance centre for victims of religious freedom violations in Kandhamal, Odisha, which supported victims in more than 200 cases between 2008 and 2011. 

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Ms. Arora previously served as Senior Fellow at the Religious Freedom Institute and continues to serve on the boards of charitable organisations, including the Religious Liberty Partnership. She has written extensively on female foeticide and religious freedom in Asia.  

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Ms. Arora also served as a member of the fact-finding committee constituted by the Delhi Minority Commission to investigate the 2020 Delhi riots and co-authored the commission’s official report. 

Tehmina also helped establish the Christian Legal Association and served as its General Secretary from 2005 to 2010.  

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In 2018, she received the Champion of Human Rights Award from the Delhi Minority Commission.