Yazidis

Two Yazidi women receive EU Zacharov Award

Two Yazidi women who survived sexual enslavement by Islamic State before escaping and becoming advocates for their people in Iraq have won the EU’s Sakharov human rights prize.
Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar were abducted along with other Yazidi women in August 2014 when their home village of Kocho in northern Iraq was attacked by Isis jihadis.

Amal Clooney spotted at Serres hotspot in Greece (videos)

Famous human rights lawyer and wife of Hollywood star George Clooney, Amal Alamuddin Clooney is reportedly visiting a refuge hotspot in the northern Greek city of Serres. According to local media, the 38-year-old activist, who is part of the London-based Doughty Street Chambers, was seen at the hotspot speaking to Yazidi refugees.

Yazidi women trade case closed in two weeks, evidence not examined: Bar

A case concerning claims that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants "sold" Yazidi women and children, which ended in the acquittal of the suspects in 16 days, has drawn reactions from the bar association in the southeastern province of Gaziantep, which said key evidence in the case had not been examined.

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