Statement by Lamiya AJI BASHAR, advocate for the Yazidi community and for women surviving sexual enslavement by Islamic State, 2016 Sakharov Prize winner (interview recorded on 13/10/2016 on the occasion of her participation to the public hearing organised jointly by the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Committee on Women's Rights European Parliament, Brussels).

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Statement by Lamiya AJI BASHAR, 2016 Sakharov Prize winner (interview recorded on 13/10/2016, Brussels)

Ambience shots, public hearing organised jointly by the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Committee on Women's Rights of the EP on the 12/10/2016, pan shot on several participants, including Lamiya Aji BASHAR.

Interview with Lamiya Aji BASHAR, in Yazidi, with English interpretation: "we came to hear and present as Yazidis what is our cause, and after this hearing I have another hope for the subject".

On the many crimes committed by DAESH against Yazidi population and the more than thousand Yazidis still under DAESH captivity

On her hope tha European and International Community will find a way to punish the crimes committed by DAESH

On the fact there is no process being carried so far to punish DAESH crimes nor any action to release the people still in captivity.

Answering the question about what is her reaction to having been nominated for the Sakharov Prize 2016: "This is not only for me, its for all Yazidis and it's good to get the attention from the international community to our case".

Family picture with participants, pan shot.