Human rights activist Nadia Murad became the laureate of the Vaclav Gavel Prize

Human rights activist Nadia Murad became the fourth laureate of the Vaclav Gavel Prize, who is awarded for outstanding human rights.

Nadia Murad is an activist of the Yezidov community in Iraq, who are tortured and enslaved by militants of the Islamic State group banned in Russia.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe awarded her a prize of 60 thousand euros at a special ceremony held on October 10 in Strasbourg.

Murad, who was in slavery among the militants of the Islamic State terrorist organization in Northern Iraq for three months in 2014, managed to flee to Germany. Since then, she has become a famous human rights activist and UN goodwill ambassador. Murad was one of the first to tell the world about the difficult situation of the Yezidov community, who became victims of sexual enslavement and trafficking, women and children.

Other finalists for the award of the Gavel Prize were Serbian journalist Gordan Igrych and the International Institute for Human Rights/Foundation Rene Kassina.