Defend International
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Defend International is a non-governmental organization focused on promoting and protecting human rights in the Middle East and North Africa. DI was founded in 2007 in Norway.
A beach event was held by Defend International in memory of Alan Kurdi and other refugees, 4 September 2015
Defend International provided humanitarian aid to Yazidi refugees in the Kurdistan region, Iraq, in December 2014
Widad Akrawi
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Widad Akreyi is a Kurdish health expert and human rights activist. She has co-founded the human rights organization Defend International and is the author of several books about both health issues and human rights.
Widad Akreyi received the 2014 International Pfeffer Peace Award in October 2014
Widad Akreyi during a beach event held by Defend International in September 2015 to remember the victims of the global refugee crisis
Widad Akreyi addressing the United Nations Fourth Biennial Meeting of States held in June 2010 in New York.