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{{Short description|Yazidi human rights activist}}
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| birth_date = {{bya|1998}}
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| birth_place = Kocho, [[Iraq]]
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'''Lamiya Haji Bashar''' ([[Arabic language|Arabic]]: لمياء حجي بشار) is a [[Yazidi]] human rights activist. She was awarded the [[Sakharov Prize]] jointly with [[Nadia Murad]] in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37787061 | title = Sakharov prize: Yazidi women win EU freedom prize | publisher = BBC News | date = 27 October 2016 | accessdate = 27 October 2016 | archive-date = 27 October 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161027123759/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37787061 | url-status = live}}</ref>

'''Lamiya Aji Bashar''' ([[Arabic language|Arabic]]: لمياء حجي بشار) is a [[Yazidi]] human rights activist. She was awarded the [[Sakharov Prize]] jointly with [[Nadia Murad]] in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37787061 |title = Sakharov prize: Yazidi women win EU freedom prize| publisher = BBC News | date = 27 October 2016 | accessdate = 27 October 2016}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
Aji Bashar is from Kocho, near [[Sinjar]], Iraq. In August 2014, along with [[Nadia Murad]], she was abducted by [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Islamic State]] from the village and forced into sexual slavery.<ref name=guardian>{{Cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/law/2016/oct/27/yazidi-women-who-escaped-isis-win-sakharov-prize-human-rights-nadia-murad-lamiya-aji-ashar|work = The Guardian| title = Yazidi women who escaped from Isis win EU human rights prize | date = 27 October 2016 | accessdate = 27 October 2016 | first= Saeed |last=Kamali Dehghan|first2=Emma |last2=Graham-Harrison}}</ref><ref name=eu>{{Cite web | url = http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/20161024STO48414/nadia-murad-and-lamiya-aji-bashar-winners-of-2016-sakharov-prize| date = 27 October 2016 | accessdate = 27 October 2016 | title = Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar winners of 2016 Sakharov Prize | publisher = European Parliament}}</ref> She was also forced to make suicide vests.<ref name=guardian/>
Haji Bashar is from [[Kocho, Iraq|Kocho]], near [[Sinjar]], Iraq. In August 2014, along with [[Nadia Murad]], she was abducted by [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Islamic State]] from the village and forced into sexual slavery.<ref name=guardian>{{Cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/law/2016/oct/27/yazidi-women-who-escaped-isis-win-sakharov-prize-human-rights-nadia-murad-lamiya-aji-ashar | work = The Guardian | title = Yazidi women who escaped from Isis win EU human rights prize | date = 27 October 2016 | accessdate = 27 October 2016 | first1 = Saeed | last1 = Kamali Dehghan | first2 = Emma | last2 = Graham-Harrison | archive-date = 26 December 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181226033734/https://www.theguardian.com/law/2016/oct/27/yazidi-women-who-escaped-isis-win-sakharov-prize-human-rights-nadia-murad-lamiya-aji-ashar | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name=eu>{{Cite news | url = http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/20161024STO48414/nadia-murad-and-lamiya-aji-bashar-winners-of-2016-sakharov-prize | date = 27 October 2016 | accessdate = 27 October 2016 | title = Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar winners of 2016 Sakharov Prize | publisher = European Parliament | archive-date = 26 December 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181226033737/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/eu-affairs/20161024STO48414/nadia-murad-and-lamiya-aji-bashar-winners-of-2016-sakharov-prize | url-status = live}}</ref> She was also forced to make suicide vests.<ref name=guardian/>


Aided by her family who paid local smugglers, she escaped in April 2016, being injured by a [[land mine]] in the process. She received medical treatment in [[Germany]].<ref name=eu/> In October 2016, she and Murad were jointly awarded the [[Sakharov Prize]]; the ceremony took place in December 2016.<ref name=eu/>
Aided by her family who paid local smugglers, she escaped in April 2016, being injured by a [[land mine]] in the process. She received medical treatment in [[Germany]].<ref name=eu/> In October 2016, she and Murad were jointly awarded the [[Sakharov Prize]]; the ceremony took place in December 2016.<ref name=eu/>


== See also ==
== See also ==

*[[Genocide of Yazidis by ISIL]]
*[[Genocide of Yazidis by ISIL]]
*[[Ezidkhan]]


==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 15:37, 30 August 2024

Lamiya Haji Bashar
لمياء حجي بشار
Haji Bashar in 2017
Born
Lamiya Haji Bashar

1998 (age 26–27)
OccupationHuman rights activist
Years active2014–present

Lamiya Haji Bashar (Arabic: لمياء حجي بشار) is a Yazidi human rights activist. She was awarded the Sakharov Prize jointly with Nadia Murad in 2016.[1]

Biography

Haji Bashar is from Kocho, near Sinjar, Iraq. In August 2014, along with Nadia Murad, she was abducted by Islamic State from the village and forced into sexual slavery.[2][3] She was also forced to make suicide vests.[2]

Aided by her family who paid local smugglers, she escaped in April 2016, being injured by a land mine in the process. She received medical treatment in Germany.[3] In October 2016, she and Murad were jointly awarded the Sakharov Prize; the ceremony took place in December 2016.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sakharov prize: Yazidi women win EU freedom prize". BBC News. 27 October 2016. Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  2. ^ a b Kamali Dehghan, Saeed; Graham-Harrison, Emma (27 October 2016). "Yazidi women who escaped from Isis win EU human rights prize". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar winners of 2016 Sakharov Prize". European Parliament. 27 October 2016. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2016.