BPUR International is delighted to welcome Haider Elias to our Advisory Council and we are looking forward to his leading contributions to promote our initiative and boost our momentum worldwide.
Haider Elias is a leading global activist for human rights, co-founder and President of Yazda, the leading Yazidi organisation that spearheads the advocacy campaign to protect minorities in Iraq and Syria.
He is also a co-founder and a leading campaigner for Nadia Murad`s Initiative and as a result of their work together, Nadia Murad won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018.
Haider lost his young brother in the attack against the Yazidi people in August 2014 and became involved in helping the victims and the advocacy to prevent future genocides against minorities.
Haider has been traveling around the world to create awareness of the Yazidi struggle and was part of the Yazidi delegation to hold meetings with officials at the White House during the genocide against the Yazidi minority, which led to the US military intervention against ISIS and the humanitarian airdrops to save thousands of Yazidis who were trapped on Mount Sinjar.
Haider holds bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Houston and a Master’s degree from Purdue University.