Lantos Human Rights Prize

Collecting human rights prize, Yazidi lawmaker calls travel ban ‘unfair’

By Adelle M. Banks — February 8, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) 'Iraqis are not terrorists,' said Vian Dakhil as she received a human rights prize. 'We are friends and allies.'

Yazidi human rights leader won’t be able to pick up her award

By Josephine McKenna — February 1, 2017
(RNS) Vian Dakhil worked tirelessly on behalf of up to 700,000 Yazidis threatened by the Islamic State group's ethnic-cleansing campaign. But President Trump's travel ban prevents her from coming to the U.S.
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