Assa (name)

	Assa (name) Assa is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Assa Koïta (born 1991), French rugby union player Assa Singh, plaintiff in the 1969 Malaysian legal case '' Assa Singh v Menteri Besar of Johore'' Assa Sylla (born 1996), French actress and writer * Assa Traoré (born 1985), French activist Surname * Nadia Akpana Assa (born 1995), Norwegian athlete * Yerahmiel Assa (1919–2011), Israeli politician See also Asa (given name) Asa is a given name in several parts of the world. In English, the usual pronunciation is or . Asa (אסא): derived from the Hebrew language, as the name appears in the Old Testament to designate the Asa of Judah, third King of Judah, who re ... {{given name, type=both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Assa Koïta Assa Koïta (born 28 June 1991 in Vitry-sur-Seine) is a retired French female rugby union player. She played Lock for and AC Bobigny 93 women's. She played at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup and was named to the tournament Dream Team. Koita was a member of the squad that won their fourth Six Nations title in 2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul .... She announced here retirement in August 2020. In January 2021, the former international suggested a likely link between her non-selection for the French national team from 2015 and the fact that she chose to wear the veil. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Koita, Assa 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Vitry-sur-Seine Rugby union players from Île-de-France Black French sportspeople French female rugby uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Assa Singh V Menteri Besar Of Johore ''Assa Singh v. Menteri Besar of Johore'' (1969) 2 MLJ 30 was a case heard in the Federal Court of Malaysia concerning the applicability of the Restricted Residence Enactment 1933 (RRE) after Malaysian independence in 1957. The Federal Court held that although the application of the RRE had resulted in the violation of Singh's rights under Articles 5 and 9 of the Constitution, these violations were Constitutional because Article 162 permitted the grandfathering of pre-independence laws. Background Assa Singh was arrested under the provisions of the RRE by the Police with a view to forcibly relocating him to another district to preserve security and public order. Singh filed a suit claiming that this was a violation of his rights under Articles 5 (personal liberty) and 9 (freedom of movement) of the Constitution. The trial judge then referred Singh's case to the Federal Court to determine the constitutionality of the RRE. Yatim, Rais (1995). ''Freedom Under Executive Power i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Assa Sylla Assa Aïcha Sylla (born 3 June 1996) is a French actress and writer. She debuted in the film '' Girlhood'' (2014), which earned her César and Black Reel Award nominations. She has since starred in the French version of '' Skam'' (2018–2020), the Netflix series '' Mortel'' (2019), and the film '' The Last Mercenary'' (2021). Early life Sylla was born in the 15th arrondissement of Paris south of the river to Soninke parents from Mauritania, her father a cleaner and her mother a stay-at-home mother, and grew up in the Barbès area of the 18th arrondissement north of the river. She has three sisters and two brothers. She is Muslim. Sylla attended Lycée Edgar Quinet Filières Professionnelles. She was scouted at 17 by the ''Girlhood'' casting directors when she accompanied her friends to the auditions. Then, she played the role of the Franco-Malian boxer Aya Cissoko in ''Danbé, la tête haute -'' portraying the boxer's teenage years. For this role, she took intensive boxin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Assa Traoré Assa Traoré (born 1985) is a French-Malian anti-racism activist and leader of the Truth and Justice for Adama Committee, named after her half-brother, Death of Adama Traoré, Adama Traoré, who died in police custody, the circumstances of his death having been disputed. An autopsy raised in court indicated he may have suffered asphyxiation after his arrest, which was admitted by one of the Gendarmerie, Gendarmes who held him. Since Adama's death she has attempted to challenge the institutions of France, rallying activists from black neighbourhoods and engaging medical experts to try to get to the bottom of his death. On July 18, 2020, in the wake of the George Floyd protests, she participated in the "Marche pour Adama" (March for Adama), and called for the prosecution of the gendarmerie regarding her brother's death. For her services to the Black Lives Matter campaign, she received the BET Awards, BET's Global Good Honouree Award. In 2020, she was named one of ''Time (magazine), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]