6 Feb 2018: GlobalCitizen.org: Hillary Clinton Gives Human Rights Award to ISIS Survivor Nadia Murad
Nadia is a Yazidi refugee who has fought to bring ISIS to justice for committing genocide
By Daniele Selby
The survivor, activist, and UN Goodwill Ambassador received a human rights award from Hillary Clinton at the annual Hillary Rodham Clinton Award Ceremony at the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security.
I’m very humbled to be w/such great women. Today I received 2018 Hillary Clinton Award for advancing Women in Peace and Security. Thank you @HillaryClintonpic.twitter.com/givITYAPW3
— Nadia Murad (@NadiaMuradBasee) February 5, 2018
Over the past few years, Murad has joined forces with with international human rights lawyer, Amal Clooney, to call on the United Nations to take action and help bring ISIS before the International Criminal Court to face war crime charges...
Clinton highlighted the importance of advocates and activists like Nadia and Wai Wai during the discussion that followed the award ceremony.
“When you listen to Nadia’s story, you realize the importance of law — the rule of law — due process, judicial systems, international organizations that have to be sustained and supported to set standards and hold people accountable and serve as places of recourse for the Nadias of the world,” she said...
Global Citizen campaigns for freedom, for justice, for all, and supports Nadia Murad in her fight for justice for the Yazidi people.
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/nadia-murad-isis-yazidi-refugee-hillary-clinton-aw/
30 Sept: Fox News: ‘Join Me in an Elevator Any Time’: Flake Booed at Global Citizen Festival After Kavanaugh Hearing
Sen. Jeff Flake was met with a smattering of boos from the crowd at Saturday’s Global Citizen Festival in New York City.
Flake (R-Ariz.) appeared on the stage with Democratic Sen. Chris Coons (DE) and stated the two lawmakers were at the event to “support bipartisan leadership on foreign aid.”
Coons implored the crowd to reach out to lawmakers because “there are people’s voices we need to hear from around the world and here in our own country.”
“So feel free to join me in an elevator any time,” Flake added...
WATCH: Sen. Flake encourages voters to “keep calling” their elected officials at #GlobalCitizen Festival...
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/09/30/jeff-flake-booed-global-citizen-festival-after-kavanaugh-hearing