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Yazidi human rights laureate may be banned from coming to Washington to accept award

February 1, 2017

The idiocy of Trump’s recent executive orders on immigration is probably not better illustrated than by the case of Vian Dakhil (Yazidi MP in Iraq and ‘Isil’s most-wanted woman’). She may be barred from from coming to Washington to accept the Lantos Human Rights Prize.

Vian Dakhil answers questions during an interview in September 2014 CREDIT: AFP

Vian Dakhil was set to receive the Lantos Human Rights Prize at the US Capitol in Washington DC for her “courageous defence” of the Yazidi people as they faced mass genocide two years ago at the hands of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil). However, as a carrier of an Iraqi passport she is unlikely to be allowed to enter the country next week despite holding a US visa.  “It is not clear yet if I will travel or not,” Mrs Dakhil, 46, said. “The decision was a complete surprise.” The Lantos foundation dubbed her “ISIS’s most-wanted woman”. She used her position in parliament to inform the world of the atrocities being committed against the Yazidi people

Josh Rogin wrote in the Washington Post of 30 that Vian Dakhil was set to receive the Lantos Human Rights Prize at the U.S. Capitol on 8 February 2017. The prize is given by the foundation named after the late Tom Lantos, a Holocaust survivor who championed human rights for decades while serving in the U.S. Congress. Dakhil’s case is a startling example of how the executive order signed by President Trump is having unintended consequences and ensnaring not only those who have no links to terrorism but also those who have risked their lives to fight terrorism in cooperation with the United States. “It adds a deep level of irony that this award is given in the name of my late father, the only Holocaust survivor ever to be elected to Congress,” said Katrina Lantos Swett, the president of the foundation. “He exemplified how America is strengthened and enriched by immigrants and refugees. I assure you he is turning in his grave at this.”

She has received awards in London, Dubai, Vienna and Geneva for her human rights work. Now, because of Trump’s executive order, the one place she may not be able to travel to be honored is the United States. https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2014/10/11/kurdish-yazidi-woman-wins-anna-politkovskaya-award/

Sources:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/31/isils-most-wanted-woman-yazidi-mp-banned-collecting-award-us/

Yazidi human rights champion banned from coming to Washington to accept award – The Washington Post

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This entry was posted on February 1, 2017 at 19:10 and is filed under awards, human rights, Human Rights Defenders.

Tags: human rights award, human rights of women, ISIL, Katrina Lantos Swett, Kurdish Yazidi, Lantos Human Rights Prize, Trump, USA, Vian Dakhil, visa denial, WAR Reach All Women in WAR Anna Politkovskaya, Washington DC, Yazidi

2 Responses to “Yazidi human rights laureate may be banned from coming to Washington to accept award”

  1. thevillagegossip Says:

    February 1, 2017 at 23:22

    I don’t think this can be called an unintended consequence. He =means= to create unreason, injustice and chaos.

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  2. Collecting human rights prize, Yazidi lawmaker calls Trump’s travel ban ‘unfair’ | Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders Says:

    February 9, 2017 at 19:04

    […] an award-winning human rights defender not being able to come and collect her award in the USA [https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2017/02/01/yazidi-human-rights-laureate-may-be-banned-from-coming-…/].  Vian Dakhil made it to Washington in the end. She had already received a visa to come to […]

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