By Namta Gupta New Delhi, June 12, 2020: The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad has accused the Turkey-backed militants of ‘silently carrying out a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Yazidis in Afrin, Syria. Detailing the crimes of the Turkey-backed militants she said that they are ‘kidnapping women, killing civilians, and destroying houses and […]
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Nobel Peace Prize for 2018 awarded to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2018 to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict. Both laureates have made a crucial contribution to focusing attention on, and combating, such war crimes. Here […]
Jauhar of Padmawati: Yazidi activist Nadia Murad makes a point
Everyone knows the plight of the Yazidi women. Their sexual slavery, inhumane treatment, and their murders are well documented. Many women of this minority group have chosen to end their lives instead of falling into the hands of Islamic State terrorists. So when Yazidi activist and survivor of Islamic state brutality Nadia Murad informed the […]