The move follows months of pressure from Conservatives who put forward a motion that calls on the government to recognize that ISIS has committed genocide against the religious minority, and to acknowledge that Yazidi women and girls continue to be held as sex slaves by the terror group.
WeiterlesenNadia, a brave and eloquent witness of ISIS barbarity, is the voice of a new movement; she’s making the U.S. and the International Criminal Court pay attention.
WeiterlesenThe Greeks said Oxi to the Nazis. And we said No to ISIS.
WeiterlesenNadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar, two young Iraqis who escaped sexual slavery by the Islamic State and became advocates for women’s rights, were honored on Thursday with the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, the European Union’s top human rights award.
WeiterlesenNadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar, two Yazidi survivors of enslavement by the Islamic State (ISIS) have been awarded the 2016 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.
WeiterlesenThe Canadian parliament has recognized the Yezidi genocide in a unanimous vote with survivor and UN Goodwill Ambassador Nadia Murad present.
WeiterlesenIt is my understanding that on October 25th, 2016 there will be a vote to recognize the Yazidi Genocide and support receiving Yazidi women, girls and children who become victims of ISIS sexual enslavement. I am currently in Ottawa to witness the vote and to meet with Members of Parliament.
WeiterlesenI was not raised to give speeches. Neither was I born to meet world leaders, nor to represent a cause so heavy, so difficult.
Weiterlesen"What’s less clear is whether the international community will complement its celebration of Murad’s strong protest for greater international action against the Islamic State by preventing the same crime from being continuously visited upon those she left behind, including her own family."
WeiterlesenHow, then, I asked, did it feel to be anointed by the U.N., to be recognized as a person of significance?
Weiterlesen"The ultimate goal is to get the International Criminal Court to prosecute the crimes committed by ISIS commanders against the Yazidis, for what the United Nations and U.S. State Department agree is genocide."
WeiterlesenThe appointment ceremony of Ms. Nadia Murad Basee Taha as UNODC Goodwill Ambassador for the dignity of survivors of human trafficking is now available on demand on the UN Web TV website.
Weiterlesen“This is the first time I have spoken in this chamber. I wish I could say I'm proud to be here but I am not. I am ashamed as a supporter of the United Nations that states are failing to prevent or even punish genocide because they find that their own interests get in the way.”
WeiterlesenOn September 16, Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Nadia Murad Basee Taha, who survived trafficking at the hands of ISIL, will announce a new initiative at an event hosted by editor and publishing entrepreneur Tina Brown.
WeiterlesenKen Harbaugh writes on our recent visit to a Greek refuge camp.
WeiterlesenYazidi rights activists and a former prosecutor of the International Criminal Court visited Yazidi refugees in a northern Greek camp Monday, hoping to build a case for the Hague-based court.
WeiterlesenAn organization dedicated to bringing a case of genocide against the Islamic State to the International Criminal Court (ICC) has launched an appeal for evidence of the crimes committed against the Yezidi population.
WeiterlesenAs a fearless voice for the thousands of women who are still helpless at the hands of ISIS extremists, Murad has pushed for change at the United Nations, met with the president of Egypt, and visited refugees and migrants in Greece.
WeiterlesenOur partner Global Citizen teamed up with us at Iraq Embassy in London.
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