Lamiya Aji Bashar

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lamiya Aji Bashar (2017)

Lamiya Aji Bashar ( Arabic لمياء حجي بشار, DMG Lamia Ḥāǧī Bazaar , Kurmanji Lamia Haci Beşar , born about 1998 in Kocho in Sinjar , Iraq ) is an Iraqi- Yezidi human rights activist. She was awarded the Sakharov Prize in 2016.

In 2014 Amnesty International reported on ethnic cleansing in northern Iraq by the terrorist militia Islamic State (IS). Kocho, the birthplace of Lamiya Aji Bashar, was badly affected by the attacks. A large number of the male residents were picked up, removed and shot in August 2014. IS fighters kidnapped several women, including the then 16-year-old Lamiya Aji Bashar and Nadia Murad . The women were mistreated, sexually abused, beaten, enslaved and sold several times by the IS. Lamiya Aji Bashar was also forced to make explosive vests.

Supported by her family, who hired and paid local smugglers, she escaped together with two other young women in April 2016. One of the women stepped on a land mine , causing Lamiya Aji Bashar to almost completely lose her sight. Her two companions were killed. She later came to Germany, where she received a visa for medical treatment in Baden-Württemberg. Since then, Lamiya Aji Bashar and Nadia Murad have stood up for the approximately 3,000 Yazidi women who are still under the control of IS. Lamiya Aji Bashar lives in a secret location in southern Germany.

On October 27, 2016, both women were awarded the Sakharov Prize, which they were awarded on December 13, 2016.

Surname

The Arabic name was often transcribed differently by the media, especially at the beginning . The following spellings are used:

  • Lamiya: Lamija
  • Aji: Adschi, Adzi, Haji
  • Bashar: Bashar, Bachar

proof

  1. ↑ Sakharov prize. Yazidi women win EU freedom prize . BBC News. October 27, 2016. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
  2. ↑ Shattering evidence of ethnic cleansing in northern Iraq by IS. amnesty.de, September 2, 2014. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
  3. ↑ a b Saeed Kamali Dehghan, Emma Graham-Harrison: Yazidi women who escaped from Isis win EU human rights prize . In: The Guardian . October 27, 2016. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
  4. ↑ a b c Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar winners of the 2016 Sakharov Prize . European Parliament. October 27, 2016. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
  5. ↑ Lamiya (19) stay holdt som sexslave - clear å rømme fra IS på femte forsøk. NRK , May 18, 2016.
  6. ↑ Great honor for two Yazidis. swr.de, October 27, 2016.
  7. ↑ They fight for those left behind. tagesschau.de, October 27, 2016.
  8. ↑ Solmaz Khorsand: "You cannot destroy us". Retrieved January 4, 2019 .
  9. ^ Sakharov Prize for Yezidi women who oppose IS. Kleine Zeitung, October 27, 2016
  10. ↑ I wanted to flee or die. In: SOSMitmensch.at. Retrieved January 4, 2019 .
  11. ^ Sakharov Prize for Yazidis: Courageous Voice Against Terror . In: Tagesschau (ARD) , December 13, 2016. Accessed December 13, 2016.
  12. ↑ Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar honored with Sakharov Prize | News | European Parliament. December 13, 2016, accessed January 4, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Bashar, Lamiya Aji
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Iraqi Yazidi human rights activist
DATE OF BIRTH around 1998
PLACE OF BIRTH Kocho near Sinjar , Iraq