Nobel Peace Prize

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The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to two campaigners against rape in warfare Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege.

Ms. Murad is an Iraqi Yazidi who was tortured and raped by Islamic State militants and later became the face of a campaign to free the Yazidi people. Dr. Mukwege is a Congolese gynecologist who, along with his colleagues, has treated tens of thousands of victims.

Yazidi activist wins Nobel Peace Prize for combating sexual violence. The Congolese doctor receives Nobel Peace Prize for... https://reut.rs/2DZ8kx7

Nobel Peace Prize honors the fight against sexual violence https://apnews.com/5b21d8cde03c4ac9a7c40e728d51724b

BBC News - Nobel Peace Prize for anti-rape activists Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45759221

Anti-rape activists Denis Mukwege, Nadia Murad win 2018 Nobel Peace Prize https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/10/05/nobel-peace-prize-…

He is a Congolese doctor and fierce critic of his government's treatment of victims of sexual violence. She is a Kurdish activist from Iraq and one of an estimated 3,000 Yazidi girls and women who was raped and held captive by ISIS. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/10/05/nobel-peace-prize-… … #NobelPeacePrize