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Evening Standard
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Rod Minchin

Inspiring graduate was first in her family to go to school after fleeing Taliban

Gurvin Chopra, whose family fled the Taliban in Afghanistan and who became the first person in her family to go to school, has graduated with a master’s degree in human rights law (University of Bristol/PA) -

A woman whose family fled the Taliban and who became the first person in her family to go to school has graduated with a master’s degree in human rights law.

Gurvin Chopra, 23, whose parents fled religious persecution in Afghanistan, made a speech to a crowd of around 1,000 graduating students and their loved ones in Bristol, in which she spoke about what a “privilege it is to pursue an education”.

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