Two Yazidi women, who escaped sexual enslavement by Islamic State in Iraq, have won Europe's top human rights award, the Sakharov prize. <br/><br/>Nadia Murad Basee and Lamiya Aji Bashar were among thousands of Yazidi girls and women abducted by IS militants and forced into sexual slavery in 2014. But, both survived and now campaign for the Yazidi community. <br/><br/>The freedom of thought prize is awarded annually in memory of Andrei Sakharov, a Soviet scientist and dissident. The two women were nominated by the liberal Alde group in the European Parliament. <br/><br/>European Parliament President, Martin Schulz, said it was a very symbolic and significant decision to support these two survivors who came to Europe as refugees.