Adnan Buyung Nasution, also known as Adnan Bahrum Nasution (20 July 1934 – 23 September 2015) was an

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lawyer, advocate, and activist.

Career

Nasution founded the Legal Aid Institute in Indonesia. He was well known as a human rights and pro-democracy activist during the reign of Indonesia's late President

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. One of the partners at his law firm was former

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Suryadi. From the years 2007 to 2009, Nasution was a member of the Presidential Advisory Council's Legal Department.

Notable cases

* In 1973, Vivian Rubiyanti Iskandar retained Nasution as counsel before the West Jakarta District Court. Nasution helped produce a ruling in favour of changing Vivian's legal gender to female, making her the first legally recognised transgender person in Indonesia.

Death

Nasution

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on 23 September 2015 from

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and

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References

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