Lamiya Haji Bashar
Yazidi human rights activist
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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]
Lamiya Haji Bashar | |
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لمياء حجي بشار | |
Haji Bashar in 2017 | |
| Born | Lamiya Haji Bashar 1998 (age 27–28) |
| Citizenship |  Germany |
| Occupation | Human rights activist |
| Years active | 2014–present |
| Known for | Human rights activism, Sakharov Prize winner |
| Awards | Sakharov Prize (2016) |
Biography
Haji 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] She was sixteen years old at the time.[4]
Aided by her family who paid local smugglers, she escaped in April 2016, being injured by a land mine in the process. The explosion scarred her face.[4] 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]