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Iraq seeks international help to investigate Islamic State crimes

Britain, international human rights lawyer Amal Clooney and Nadia Murad, a woman from the Yazidi religious minority who was enslaved and raped by Islamic State fighters in Mosul, have been pushing Iraq to allow a U.N. inquiry.

Advocacy, Related NewsadminAugust 17, 2017sinjar, Ninewa, Nadia Murad, Nadia’s Initiative, Iraq, ISIS Trial, genocide conviction, Sinjar

Commemorating the Third Anniversary of the Genocide Against the Yazidis

Today, 3 August 2017, marks the third anniversary of the genocide against the Yazidi.

AdvocacyadminAugust 2, 2017Nadia’s Initiative, Nadia Murad, Iraq, Ninewa, sinjar, Yazidi Genocide

Demi Lovato, Nadia Murad, and ‘Syria’s Malala’ Demand Justice for Refugees at Global Citizen Festival Hamburg

“We must stand with every child who is uprooted by war, violence and poverty and climate change.”

AdvocacyadminJuly 8, 2017Ninewa, sinjar, Iraq, Nadia Murad, Nadia’s Initiative, germany

Hamburg "Day of Exile”

“ It was my great honor to sponsor and participate in the opening ceremony of the Hamburg "Day of Exile”.

AdvocacyadminJune 15, 2017Iraq, Nadia’s Initiative, Nadia Murad, sinjar, Ninewa, germany

A Meeting with his Holiness Pope Francis

I am blessed to be in one of the most peaceful places, The Holy See, where I met his Holiness Pope Francis during the Wednesday General Audience, 3rd May 2017.

AdvocacyadminMay 8, 2017sinjar, Nadia Murad, Nadia’s Initiative, Iraq, Ninewa, Pope Francis, Vatican

Nadia Murad visit to Stanford University

Nadia Murad, a Yazidi human rights activist and UNODC GoodWill Ambassador, and Yazda President Haider Elias spoke at the annual Stanford Global Studies student dinner on April 17.

AdvocacyadminMay 3, 2017sinjar, Iraq, Nadia Murad, Nadia’s Initiative, Ninewa

Help us Call on the UN Human Rights Commissioner

Call on the UN Human Rights Commissioner to establish a Commission of Inquiry that collects evidence on crimes perpetrated by ISIS.

AdvocacyadminApril 25, 2017Iraq, Ninewa, sinjar, Nadia Murad, Nadia’s Initiative

Yazidi genocide survivor Nadia Murad recounts her escape from ISIS capture

“My story is just one story among thousands of Yazidi families,” said Nadia Murad, a human rights activist who was formerly held captive by the Islamic State.

AdvocacyadminApril 21, 2017sinjar, Nadia Murad, Nadia’s Initiative, Iraq, Ninewa

Yazidi woman, enslaved by ISIS, shares her story of survival

“They did every bad thing they could do to me,” says Shireen Ibrahim

Related News, AdvocacyadminApril 10, 2017Iraq, Ninewa, sinjar, Nadia Murad, Nadia’s Initiative, ISIS Captivity

Amal Clooney calls for collection of evidence of ISIS atrocities

Amal Clooney calls for collection of evidence of ISIS atrocities.

AdvocacyadminApril 7, 2017Ninewa, sinjar, Nadia Murad, Nadia’s Initiative, Iraq, Amal Clooney

Amal Clooney and her client Nadia Murad tell Fareed about the atrocities ISIS committed against Nadia and her Yazidi community

Amal Clooney and her client on ISIS brutality.

AdvocacyadminMarch 19, 2017Iraq, Ninewa, sinjar, Nadia Murad, Nadia’s Initiative, Amal Clooney

Nadia Murad and Amal Clooney appeal to the UN to not let Daesh “get away with genocide.”

Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney urged Iraq and the world’s nations on Thursday not to let the Islamic State extremist group “get away with genocide.”

AdvocacyadminMarch 14, 2017Iraq, Nadia’s Initiative, Nadia Murad, sinjar, Ninewa, Amal Clooney

Former ISIS Sex Slave Nadia Murad Tells Her Story of Survival to Gloria Steinem

There is no one on earth who has given us more courage…”Gloria Steinem interviews Nadia Murad on Women's International Day.

AdvocacyadminMarch 13, 2017Ninewa, sinjar, Nadia Murad, Nadia’s Initiative, Iraq, isis

TWO WOMEN, ONE CAUSE

Amal Clooney, a human-rights lawyer, is working with a Yazidi refugee to put Islamic State in the dock.

AdvocacyadminFebruary 4, 2017Ninewa, sinjar, Nadia Murad, Nadia’s Initiative, Iraq, Amal Clooney

The FCB Foundation welcomes human rights activist Nadia Murad

The activist from Iraq is received by Josep Maria Bartomeu and Jordi Cardoner, and meets some of the players as part of the club’s commitments towards women’s rights.

AdvocacyadminJanuary 17, 2017Nadia’s Initiative, Nadia Murad, Iraq, sinjar, Ninewa

Nadia Murad returns to the UN Security Council and delivers a powerful speech during the 7847th meeting on trafficking in persons in conflict situations

Nadia Murad returns to the UN Security Council and delivers a powerful speech during the 7847th meeting on trafficking in persons in conflict situations.

AdvocacyadminDecember 23, 2016Ninewa, Iraq, sinjar, Nadia Murad, Nadia’s Initiative, UN Security Council

Nadia Murad named Foreign Policy 2016 Global Thinker

Nadia Murad selected as Foreign Policy's 2016 Global Thinker for transforming trauma into a quest for justice.

AdvocacyadminDecember 14, 2016sinjar, Nadia Murad, Nadia’s Initiative, Iraq, Ninewa

Nadia's powerful message on Human Rights Day.

"Nadia Murad - thank you for this deeply moving call to #StandUp4HumanRights, and to be a human rights champion."

AdvocacyadminDecember 11, 2016Iraq, Ninewa, sinjar, Nadia Murad, Nadia’s Initiative

Iraq nominates Yezidi woman Nadia Murad for Nobel prize

Nadia Murad, a Yezidi woman who escaped the clutches of Islamic State (ISIS) militants and went on to highlight the plight of women kidnapped and enslaved by the group, was officially nominated by Iraq on Tuesday for the Nobel Peace Prize.

AdvocacyadminDecember 5, 2016sinjar, Nadia Murad, Nadia’s Initiative, Iraq, Ninewa

Amal Clooney told the UN they did nothing to help Isis sex slaves.

When I addressed the UN Security Council earlier this year, I told them I was ashamed as a supporter of the United Nations that states are failing to punish genocide

AdvocacyadminNovember 25, 2016Iraq, Ninewa, sinjar, Nadia Murad, Nadia’s Initiative, Amal Clooney, ISIS

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