#YazidiGenocide
#Êzidixan
About 300K Yazidis remain displaced in camps in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region.
About 2600 of women and children are still missing.
The community continues to demand justice, recognition, and reconstruction of Sinjar.
About 300K Yazidis remain displaced in camps in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region.
About 2600 of women and children are still missing.
The community continues to demand justice, recognition, and reconstruction of Sinjar.
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.