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{{Short description|Yazidi human rights activist}}
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'''Lamiya Aji Bashar''' is a [[Yazidi]] human rights activist. She was awarded the [[Sakharov Prize]] 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>

{{Infobox person
| name = Lamiya Haji Bashar
| image = Lamija Adschi Baschar.jpeg
| caption = Haji Bashar in 2017
| native_name = لمياء حجي بشار
| native_name_lang = ar
| birth_name = Lamiya Haji Bashar
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1998}}
| birth_place = [[Kocho (Iraq)|Kocho]], [[Iraq]]
| citizenship = [[File:Flag of Germany.svg|20px]] [[Germany]]
| occupation = Human rights activist
| years_active = 2014–present
| known_for = Human rights activism, Sakharov Prize winner
| awards = [[Sakharov Prize]] (2016)
}}

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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>


==Biography==
==Biography==
Aji Bashar is from Kocho, near [[Sinjar]], Iraq. In August 2014, along with [[Nadia Murad]], was abducted by Islamic State from the village and forced into sexual slavery.<ref>{{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 |last=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> Aided by her family who paid local smugglers, she escaped in April 2016, being injured by a landmine 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 will take place in December 2016.<ref name=eu/>
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/>
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==References==
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== See also ==
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*[[Genocide of Yazidis by ISIL]]


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Latest revision as of 08:46, 5 January 2025

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

1998 (age 26–27)
Kocho, Iraq
Citizenship Germany
OccupationHuman rights activist
Years active2014–present
Known forHuman rights activism, Sakharov Prize winner
AwardsSakharov Prize (2016)

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

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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

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References

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  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.
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