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Widad Akreyi is a Kurdish health expert and human rights activist....
Widad Akrawi
Widad Akreyi (also known as Dr Widad and Widad Akrawi) (born 1969) is a Danish health expert and human rights activist of Kurdish ancestry.
In , she was secretly interviewing the victims and their families.
In 2007, she co-founded the Norway-based human rights organization Defend International and since then has been the organization's president. She is the author of several books about both health issues and human rights.Akreyi holds a master's degree in genetics and a PhD in international health and epidemiology.
Violations of human rights that occurred during the Iraqi government offensive against the Kurds in 1974, as well as during the Al-Anfal Campaign are thought to have shaped her life. It is said that by focusing on the end goals and holding on to her principles she could overcome the hardships she had endured.She has been listed as one of the winners of the Fellowship of Reconciliation peace awards, where she was called "outspoken peace activist" and the "first young woman of Middle Eastern descent" to engage in advocacy rel