On Tuesday 13 December, the European Parliament awarded the 2016 edition of the Sakharov Price for the freedom of thought to Nadia Mourad Bassi Taha and Lamiya Aji Bachar, two young Yazidi women who escaped from Islamic State.
This ceremony follows the decision made on Thursday 27 October by the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, and the leaders of the political groups (see EUROPE 11687).
Nadia, who managed to escape in November 2014, reported how Daesh reached Kocho, the...