Lamiya Haji Bashar

Lamiya Haji Bashar (Arabic: لمياء حجي بشار) is a Yazidi human rights activist.

She was awarded the Sakharov Prize jointly with Nadia Murad in 2016.

In August 2014, along with Nadia Murad, she was abducted by Islamic State from the village and forced into sexual slavery.

[2] Aided by her family who paid local smugglers, she escaped in April 2016, being injured by a land mine in the process.

[3] In October 2016, she and Murad were jointly awarded the Sakharov Prize; the ceremony took place in December 2016.