Lamiya Haji Bashar Explained
| Lamiya Haji Bashar |
| Birth Name: | Lamiya Haji Bashar |
| Birth Place: | Kojo, Iraq |
| Native Name Lang: | ar |
| Occupation: | Human rights activist |
| Years Active: | 2014present |
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 Kojo, 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
Notes and References
- Web site: Sakharov prize: Yazidi women win EU freedom prize . BBC News . 27 October 2016 . 27 October 2016 . 27 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161027123759/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37787061 . live.
- Web site: Yazidi women who escaped from Isis win EU human rights prize . The Guardian . 27 October 2016 . 27 October 2016 . Saeed . Kamali Dehghan . Emma . Graham-Harrison . 26 December 2018 . 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 . live .
- News: Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar winners of 2016 Sakharov Prize . 27 October 2016 . 27 October 2016 . European Parliament . 26 December 2018 . 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 . live.
