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2 Yazidi survivors of IS win Sakharov prize
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleTwo Yazidi women activists who escaped the Islamic State group in Iraq won the European Parliament’s prestigious Sakharov human rights prize on Thursday, European sources tell AFP.
The prize will be awarded to Nadia Murad and Lamia Haji Bashar during a midday session of the assembly in Strasbourg, France, the sources say shortly before the official announcement.
The women have become figureheads for the effort to protect the Yazidi community after having survived a nightmare captivity at the hands of the jihadists.
— AFP
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