Lamiya Haji Bashar: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
|||
| Line 14: | Line 14: | ||
{{reflist}} |
{{reflist}} |
||
{{ |
{{activist-stub}} |
||
[[Category:Living people]] |
[[Category:Living people]] |
||
| Line 26: | Line 26: | ||
{{Sakharov Prize}} |
{{Sakharov Prize}} |
||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bashar, Lamiya}} |
|||
Revision as of 14:34, 29 October 2016
Lamiya Aji Bashar (Kurdish: لمياء حجي بشار) is a Yazidi human rights activist. She was awarded the Sakharov Prize jointly with Nadia Murad in 2016.[1]
Biography
Aji 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 will take place in December 2016.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Sakharov prize: Yazidi women win EU freedom prize". BBC News. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ a b Kamali Dehghan, Saeed; Graham-Harrison, Emma (27 October 2016). "Yazidi women who escaped from Isis win EU human rights prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ a b c "Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar winners of 2016 Sakharov Prize". European Parliament. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
 | This biographical article about an activist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |