By TwoCircles.net News Desk,
New Delhi: Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) has mourned the sudden demise of Prof. Iqbal Ansari, who left this world yesterday following a heart attack. Prof. Ansari was a tireless defender of citizens’ rights and one of the most firm defenders of civil liberties in India, said APCR Secretary Prof. K A Siddique Hassan in a press statement.
“Throughout his life, he remained deeply committed to the cause of civil liberties and fearlessly took stands on various issues especially communalism and religious freedom. Prof. Ansari was a guiding spirit for APCR and our movement for the establishment of rule of law, civil rights’ protection and advancement of human rights in India,” said Prof. Hassan adding his untimely death is an irreparable loss for civil and human rights’ movements in India.