Amal Clooney will defend a Yezidi woman, Nadia Murad’s interests

21-year-old Yezidi Nadia Murad who fled the terrorists of Islamic State” gang in April of this year was in Yerevan. She was participating in works of “Against the Crime of Genocide” Global Forum. The girl said that she had great difficulty in fleeing Mosul pogroms in which thousands of Yezidis were killed and imprisoned, including many women and girls sold. She said she was going to do everything to save these women .

According to Panorama.am, the “protection of the interests of Nadia Mourad, and of other Yezidi survivors of the Islamic State” terrorist group will be done by a known lawyer Amal Clooney.

“The European Parliament, PACE, US Government, the United Kingdom –  all recognized these operations as genocide against Kurdish people living  in Iraq.

How can such serious crimes be committed in front of our very eyes and not be subjected to criminal liability by the Hague international court?”, – said Amal Clooney.

Nadia Murad is one of the thousands of Yezidi women who just because of being national minority, subjected to sexual and other violence. She describes Clooney as an extremely enthusiastic woman, who gave new impetus to their struggle.

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