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Amal Clooney delivers damning speech to the UN over failure to stop Isis 'genocide': 'I am ashamed'

“This is the first time I have spoken in this chamber. I wish I could say I'm proud to be here but I am not. I am ashamed as a supporter of the United Nations that states are failing to prevent or even punish genocide because they find that their own interests get in the way.”

AdvocacyadminSeptember 18, 2016Iraq, Ninewa, sinjar, Nadia Murad, Nadia’s Initiative, Amal Clooney

Media Advisory

On September 16, Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Nadia Murad Basee Taha, who survived trafficking at the hands of ISIL, will announce a new initiative at an event hosted by editor and publishing entrepreneur Tina Brown.

AdvocacyadminSeptember 15, 2016Nadia’s Initiative, Nadia Murad, Iraq, sinjar, Ninewa, Nadia's Initiative

"What Yazidi Refugees Fleeing ISIS Want Americans to Know"

Ken Harbaugh writes on our recent visit to a Greek refuge camp.

Related NewsadminSeptember 7, 2016Iraq, Nadia’s Initiative, Nadia Murad, Ninewa, sinjar, Refugees

Activists, Former ICC Prosecutor Visit Yazidis in Greece

Yazidi rights activists and a former prosecutor of the International Criminal Court visited Yazidi refugees in a northern Greek camp Monday, hoping to build a case for the Hague-based court.

Related NewsadminAugust 13, 2016Ninewa, Nadia’s Initiative, Nadia Murad, Iraq, sinjar, Yazidi

Appeal Launched for Evidence for Yezidi Genocide Trial

An organization dedicated to bringing a case of genocide against the Islamic State to the International Criminal Court (ICC) has launched an appeal for evidence of the crimes committed against the Yezidi population.

Related NewsadminJuly 25, 2016Iraq, Nadia’s Initiative, Nadia Murad, Ninewa, sinjar, Yazidi Genocide

Amal Clooney to represent ISIS survivor Nadia Murad and victims of Yazidi genocide

AdvocacyadminJuly 2, 2016Ninewa, Nadia’s Initiative, Nadia Murad, sinjar, Iraq, Amal Clooney, ISIS, ISIS Trial

Watch Yazidi activist and sex slavery survivor Nadia Murad’s powerful message to ISIS

As a fearless voice for the thousands of women who are still helpless at the hands of ISIS extremists, Murad has pushed for change at the United Nations, met with the president of Egypt, and visited refugees and migrants in Greece.

AdvocacyadminMay 25, 2016Iraq, sinjar, Nadia Murad, Nadia’s Initiative, Ninewa, ISIS

Nadia Murad hands over the Global Citizen petition to the Iraqi Embassy in London

Our partner Global Citizen teamed up with us at Iraq Embassy in London.

AdvocacyadminMay 22, 2016Iraq, Nadia Murad, Nadia’s Initiative, Ninewa, sinjar

Time 100 Most Influential People: Nadia Murad

Nadia Murad stands in a long, invisible history of fierce, indomitable women who rise from the scorched earth of rape during war to break the odious silence and demand justice and freedom for their sisters.

Related News, AdvocacyadminMay 1, 2016TIME, TIME Magazine, Eve Ensler, Nadia Murad, Nadia's Initiative, Yazidis, Iraq, Ninewa, sinjar

UK parliament condemns Islamic State violence as genocide.

“The parliamentary motion also called on the British government to ask the U.N. Security Council immediately to give the International Criminal Court (ICC) jurisdiction over the issue “so that perpetrators can be brought to justice”.

John Kerry Calls ISIS Actions Genocide

Last year, Yazidi activists worked with Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the former prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, to petition the world body on the question of genocide.

A Yezidi Woman Who Escaped ISIS Slavery Tells Her Story

It is not easy for Nadia to tell this story, and she’s been doing it all day.

AdvocacyadminNovember 24, 2015sinjar, Ninewa, Iraq, Nadia Murad, Nadia’s Initiative, ISIS, ISIS Captivity

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