SAKHAROV PRIZE FOR FREEDOM OF THOUGHT GOES TO YAZIDI WOMEN|沙卡洛夫人權獎 頒逃離魔掌2庫德族少女

The European Parliament announced on October 27th that the 2016 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought has been awarded to two Yazidi young women, Nadia Murad Basee Taha and Lamiya Aji Bashar, who escaped sexual enslavement by the Islamic State and have been working tirelessly to advocate for their people. The award embodies the EU's support for Middle Eastern refugees. ==NADIA MURAD BASEE TAHA, Yazidi refugee== If decapitations, sexual enslavement, and child rape cannot drive you to action, how long will you wait? Not just your families deserve to live a good life, we also deserve to live our lives. Yazidi girl Nadia Murad Basee Taha spoke at the UN general assembly in September as a goodwill ambassador and pleaded the international community to focus on the predicament of Middle Eastern refugees, particularly, the atrocities suffered by the Yazidis at the hands of the Islamic State. In Aug. 2012, the IS took over much of northern Iraq. As a result, the local Kurdish Yazidis who have lived there for generations were forced to leave their homeland in escape. Those who stayed were killed. Over 10,000 women were abducted for sexual enslavement, including Nadia and Lamiya, who were 19 and 16 at the time. Both of them escaped a life in hell and have since become human rights activists for refugees. ==MARTIN SCHULZ, European Parliament President== Today, they both speak for the victims of sexual violence against the organized enslavement by the ISIL. Nadia Murad Basee Taha and Lamiya Aji Bashar were nominated by the European parliament's liberal ALDE group for the courage they demonstrated in the face of brutality and terrorism. They are an inspiration for women who suffer from oppression and persecution. Their compatriots back in northern Iraq also hope that the award can help raise awareness for the plight of the Yazidi people. TRANSLATED BY：CHRISTINA LIU 歐洲議會在27號宣佈，2016年的最高人權榮譽「沙卡洛夫獎」頒給兩名庫德族亞茲迪教派的少女，娜蒂亞和拉蜜亞。歐洲議會指出，她們幸運逃離伊斯蘭國恐怖組織的魔掌後，努力不懈的為同胞發聲，因此歐洲議會頒這個獎，是要凸顯對於中東難民的支持。 ==庫德族亞茲迪教派少女 娜蒂亞 (2016.9.19)== 如果砍頭、性奴隸和性侵小孩，還不能促使你們有所做為，那你們要等到什麼時候？不是只有你們的家人可以有好日子過，我們(亞茲迪信徒)也該有好日子過。 這是庫德族亞茲迪教派少女娜蒂亞，今年9月在聯合國大會上，以難民親善大使的身份，要求國際社會重視中東難民的處境，特別是亞茲迪信徒受到伊斯蘭國恐怖組織迫害的問題。 2014年8月，伊斯蘭國橫掃伊拉克北部，佔領了摩蘇爾周邊廣大的區域，世代居住在當地的庫德族亞茲迪教派信徒，幾十萬人被迫逃離家園。逃不掉的，男人不分老少遭到殺害，上萬名婦女被俘虜，成為伊斯蘭國的性奴隸。當年只有19歲的娜蒂亞，和16歲的拉蜜亞也在其中。 兩人歷經人地獄般的生活後，先後逃離魔掌，並努力為難民的人權奔走。 ==歐洲議會主席 馬丁舒茲== 今天，她們都為保護性暴力的受害者，反抗伊斯蘭國恐怖組織奴役而發聲。 提名娜蒂亞和拉蜜亞的歐洲議會自由民主聯盟指出，兩個年輕女孩面對殘暴的恐怖組織，展現無比的勇氣，對受迫害的婦女有相當的啟發。而遠在伊拉克北部的亞迪茲教派同胞，也希望兩人的獲獎，可以讓族人的艱困處境，得到更多的重視。 記者綜合報導