About Christine Jackson
Lived 1942 – 2013 (aged 70–71). Christine Jackson was a British human rights defender.
Christine Jackson (c. 1942 – 11 October 2013), was an English campaigner for human rights.
Biography Jackson was born in 1942 in Birmingham, West Midlands and had two sisters and three brothers. She was educated at Kings Norton Girls' Grammar School. In 1961, she married Peter Jackson, who she had met at a political demonstration in London. She also conducted humanist funerals.
She died of breast cancer on 11 October 2013, aged 71.
The Liberty Human Rights Christine Jackson Human Young Person Award is awarded annually in her memory. Winners have included Meltem Avcil and Helawit Hailemariam.
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British activist
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Christine Jackson was born in 1942.
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Christine Jackson died on 11 October 2013.
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Christine Jackson was a human rights defender.
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