About Lamiya Aji Bashar
Born 1998. Lamiya Aji Bashar is an Iraqi human rights defender and social activist.
Lamiya Haji Bashar is a Yazidi human rights activist. She was awarded the Sakharov Prize jointly with Nadia Murad in 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. She was also forced to make suicide vests. She received medical treatment in Germany. In October 2016, she and Murad were jointly awarded the Sakharov Prize; the ceremony took place in December 2016.
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Who is Lamiya Aji Bashar?
Yazidi human rights activist
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Lamiya Aji Bashar was born in 1998 in Kocho.
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Lamiya Aji Bashar is a human rights defender and social activist.
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Lamiya Aji Bashar is Iraqi.
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