24.07.2025
In a significant step toward holding perpetrators accountable, an Iraqi court has sentenced a former ISIS member to death for his involvement in the kidnapping of Ezidis during the 2014 genocide in Sinjar. The individual was found guilty of participating in the armed attacks and mass abductions that targeted the Ezidi people in northwestern Iraq.
This verdict relates directly to the brutal events of August 2014, when ISIS launched a genocidal campaign against the Ezidi people, capturing thousands of women, men, and children. While many survivors still await justice, this ruling marks a rare instance where the role of Ezidi victims has been recognized in a courtroom.
