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Nadia Murad: From ISIS Slave To Nobel Laureate
Nadia Murad survived the worst cruelties ever inflicted on her people, the Yazidis of Iraq, before becoming a global champion of their cause and winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
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'Hoped We Would Be Killed, Not Raped': ISIS Slave, Now Free, Returns Home
Nadia Murad made an emotional return on Thursday to the Yazidi village in northern Iraq where she was captured and sold as a slave by ISIS three years ago.
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Iraq Forces Free 11-Year-Old Yazidi Girl In Mosul
Iraqi forces in Mosul have freed an 11-year-old Yazidi girl who was kidnapped and sold as a slave by the ISIS group in 2014, the federal police said Friday.
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Yazidi 'Superhero' Wins Award For Helping Survivors Of ISIS Atrocities
A young Yazidi father-of-four who risked his life to help survivors of ISIS atrocities in northern Iraq has won a prestigious award for his humanitarian work.
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Iraq Must Ask For UN Inquiry Against ISIS Yazidi Crimes, Says Amal Clooney
International human rights lawyer Amal Clooney and a young Yazidi woman who was enslaved and raped by ISIS pushed Iraq on Thursday to allow a United Nations investigation into crimes by the terror group.
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In Northern Iraq, Yazidis Risk All To Flee ISIS
When shells began crashing around the town of Tal Afar as Shi'ite militias brought the fight to ISIS in northern Iraq, Abu Faraj saw his chance to escape captivity.
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European Union Parliament Awards Sakharov Prize To Yazidi Women
The European Parliament has awarded its Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought and expression to Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar, two women from Iraq's Yazidi community who suffered attack and persecution by ISIS.
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Fearing Rape Again By ISIS, She Burnt Herself To Become 'Undesirable'
The Yazidi girl had been in the safety of a refugee camp in Iraq for two weeks when she imagined she heard the voices of Islamic State fighters outside her tent.
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ISIS Continue To Commit Genocide Against Yazidis: United Nations
ISIS terrorists are still committing genocide against the Yazidi minority in Iraq and Syria, United Nations rights investigators said on Thursday.
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ISIS Has Committed Genocide In Iraq And Syria, Says John Kerry
The ISIS terrorist group has committed genocide against minority Christians and Yazidis as well as Shia Muslims, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday, a finding that is unlikely to greatly change US policy toward the group.
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Bomb-rigged Mass Grave of ISIS Victims Found in Iraq
A bomb-rigged mass grave believed to hold the remains of more than 120 people killed by ISIS has been found in north Iraq, an official said today.
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Mass Grave of 'Yazidi Women Executed By ISIS' Found in Iraq
A mass grave believed to hold the remains of dozens of Yazidi women executed by the Islamic State group was found Saturday in northern Iraq, officials said.
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Islamic State Committing Genocide Against Yazidis in Iraq: Report
The Islamic State group is committing genocide against Iraq's Yazidi community, the US Holocaust Memorial Museum said in a report Thursday based on harrowing interviews detailing rape, torture and murder.
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Kurdish Forces Prepare for Battle to Retake Iraq's Sinjar
Kurdish forces are massing in northwest Iraq for an offensive to retake the town of Sinjar from Islamic State militants who overran it more than a year ago, killing and enslaving thousands of its Yazidi residents and triggering US-led air strikes.
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Yazidis Urge International Criminal Court to Open Probe Into Islamic State Atrocities
Iraq's Yazidi minority -- the target of brutal attacks from the Islamic State group -- urged the International Criminal Court today to launch probes into the militants for genocide and sexual slavery.
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Nadia Murad: From ISIS Slave To Nobel Laureate
Nadia Murad survived the worst cruelties ever inflicted on her people, the Yazidis of Iraq, before becoming a global champion of their cause and winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
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'Hoped We Would Be Killed, Not Raped': ISIS Slave, Now Free, Returns Home
Nadia Murad made an emotional return on Thursday to the Yazidi village in northern Iraq where she was captured and sold as a slave by ISIS three years ago.
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Iraq Forces Free 11-Year-Old Yazidi Girl In Mosul
Iraqi forces in Mosul have freed an 11-year-old Yazidi girl who was kidnapped and sold as a slave by the ISIS group in 2014, the federal police said Friday.
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Yazidi 'Superhero' Wins Award For Helping Survivors Of ISIS Atrocities
A young Yazidi father-of-four who risked his life to help survivors of ISIS atrocities in northern Iraq has won a prestigious award for his humanitarian work.
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Iraq Must Ask For UN Inquiry Against ISIS Yazidi Crimes, Says Amal Clooney
International human rights lawyer Amal Clooney and a young Yazidi woman who was enslaved and raped by ISIS pushed Iraq on Thursday to allow a United Nations investigation into crimes by the terror group.
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In Northern Iraq, Yazidis Risk All To Flee ISIS
When shells began crashing around the town of Tal Afar as Shi'ite militias brought the fight to ISIS in northern Iraq, Abu Faraj saw his chance to escape captivity.
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European Union Parliament Awards Sakharov Prize To Yazidi Women
The European Parliament has awarded its Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought and expression to Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar, two women from Iraq's Yazidi community who suffered attack and persecution by ISIS.
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Fearing Rape Again By ISIS, She Burnt Herself To Become 'Undesirable'
The Yazidi girl had been in the safety of a refugee camp in Iraq for two weeks when she imagined she heard the voices of Islamic State fighters outside her tent.
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ISIS Continue To Commit Genocide Against Yazidis: United Nations
ISIS terrorists are still committing genocide against the Yazidi minority in Iraq and Syria, United Nations rights investigators said on Thursday.
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ISIS Has Committed Genocide In Iraq And Syria, Says John Kerry
The ISIS terrorist group has committed genocide against minority Christians and Yazidis as well as Shia Muslims, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday, a finding that is unlikely to greatly change US policy toward the group.
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Bomb-rigged Mass Grave of ISIS Victims Found in Iraq
A bomb-rigged mass grave believed to hold the remains of more than 120 people killed by ISIS has been found in north Iraq, an official said today.
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Mass Grave of 'Yazidi Women Executed By ISIS' Found in Iraq
A mass grave believed to hold the remains of dozens of Yazidi women executed by the Islamic State group was found Saturday in northern Iraq, officials said.
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Islamic State Committing Genocide Against Yazidis in Iraq: Report
The Islamic State group is committing genocide against Iraq's Yazidi community, the US Holocaust Memorial Museum said in a report Thursday based on harrowing interviews detailing rape, torture and murder.
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Kurdish Forces Prepare for Battle to Retake Iraq's Sinjar
Kurdish forces are massing in northwest Iraq for an offensive to retake the town of Sinjar from Islamic State militants who overran it more than a year ago, killing and enslaving thousands of its Yazidi residents and triggering US-led air strikes.
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Yazidis Urge International Criminal Court to Open Probe Into Islamic State Atrocities
Iraq's Yazidi minority -- the target of brutal attacks from the Islamic State group -- urged the International Criminal Court today to launch probes into the militants for genocide and sexual slavery.
