Leah Levin

Leah Levin OBE (1 April 1926 – 25 May 2024) was a Lithuanian-born British human rights activist.

Levin was born Sarah Leah Kacev on 1 April 1926 in Lithuania and grew up as Leah Katzeff in Piketberg, South Africa.

Levin was director of the Justice organisation from 1982 to 1992.

[2] Under her tenure the organisation helped to free the Birmingham Six.

[4] She was the author of UNESCO's “Human Rights: Questions and Answers” which is one of the world's most widely disseminated books on human rights.