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Nobel Peace prize winners seek justice for war rape victims
Nobel Peace prize winners seek justice for war rape victims
December 09, 2018 | 06:49 PM
* Congolese doctor Mukwege, Yazidi activist Murad share prize* Prize highlights use of sexual violence as weapon of war* Graphic of Nobel laureatesThis year's Nobel Peace Prize winners on Sunday called for justice for the victims of sexual violence in conflicts around the world, a day before they will receive the award for their efforts to put an end to rape as a weapon of war.Denis Mukwege, a doctor who helps victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Nadia Murad, a Yazidi rights activist and survivor of sexual slavery by Islamic State, will jointly receive the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony on Monday in the Norwegian city.Mukwege heads the Panzi Hospital in the eastern Congo city of Bukavu. The clinic receives thousands of women each year, many of them requiring surgery from sexual violence.Murad is an advocate for the Yazidi minority in Iraq and for refugee and womentarget="_blank"'>
December 09, 2018 | 06:49 PM