Who am I?

Who am I?

Thursday, November 17, 2016

Link to this article "Amal Clooney told the UN they did nothing to help Isis sex slaves. Now she's asking women to help instead." Independent 

"Rape is a Weapon of War" -Amal Clooney
IRAQ

Texas last Tuesday held a global conference for women, where renown women from across the globe spoke about women's issues. Amal Clooney spoke on behalf of the sexually exploited women in Iraq, you are of the specific Yazidi religion. Clooney is an advocate for human rights, earlier this year she addresses the United Nations. At this particular conference she boldly stated that she was disappointed in each states failure to punish genocide. Unfortunately many women fall victim to military strategies as they are sold or given as sex slaves for the purpose of weapons of war. 

Nadia Murad, an advocate for human rights and victim of sex trafficking by ISIS, and Lamiya Aji Bashar, an escapee from the terror group were jointly awarded the Sakharov prize, the most prestigious human rights prize in Europe.

Clooney recounted a scaring story about Nadia, "She was forced to pray and forced to dress up in preparation for rape. After she tried to escape from the first house where she was held, her owner invited all of the male guards in the compound to abuse her over the course of the night, two at a time, until she fell unconscious." These stories are repulsive, unacceptable and very vile. No human being should be exposed to this torture. This will not be the last time, and we need to fight for enforcement of the laws that were created to protect each of us in our human rights. 

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