Former ISIL Sex Slaves Receive the Sakharov Prize

By Catherine Hardy

ISIL survivors-turned-activists Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar will receive the 2016 Sakharov Prize in a ceremony in a ceremony in the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday.

After escaping sexual enslavement by ISIL, the Iraqi Yazidi women became spokespeople for women affected by the terrorist group’s campaign of sexual violence.

They have also spoken out in support of the persecuted Yazidi minority. 

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Source: euronews.