#YazidiGenocide
#Êzidixan
The United Nations, the European Parliament, the U.S., and several other countries officially recognize it as genocide under international law.
In 2021, a German court issued the first conviction for genocide against a former ISIS member for crimes committed against Yazidis.
The United Nations, the European Parliament, the U.S., and several other countries officially recognize it as genocide under international law.
In 2021, a German court issued the first conviction for genocide against a former ISIS member for crimes committed against Yazidis.
Date & Location: Began in August 2014 when ISIS forces attacked the Yazidi heartland around Sinjar (Shingal Or shingar) in northern Iraq.
Mass Killings: Thousands of Yazidi men and elderly women were executed. about 95 mass graves have since been uncovered.
Date & Location: Began in August 2014 when ISIS forces attacked the Yazidi heartland around Sinjar (Shingal Or shingar) in northern Iraq.
Mass Killings: Thousands of Yazidi men and elderly women were executed. about 95 mass graves have since been uncovered.
The #YazidiGenocide refers to the systematic campaign of mass killings, enslavement, forced displacement, and cultural destruction carried out by the so-called Islamic State (ISIS/Daesh) against the Yazidi people, a religious and ethnic minority primarily living in northern Iraq.
The #YazidiGenocide refers to the systematic campaign of mass killings, enslavement, forced displacement, and cultural destruction carried out by the so-called Islamic State (ISIS/Daesh) against the Yazidi people, a religious and ethnic minority primarily living in northern Iraq.