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Care Navigators worked with general practitioners and local specialists to help Ezidi families understand the Australian healthcare system, manage referrals, attend appointments, arrange transport and connect with local support services.
If “support” means that you may be attacked simply for stating that your ethnicity is Ezidi—not Kurd—that your language is Ezdiki, and that your religion is Şarfadin, then it is not support.…
Ezidi representatives in Iraq’s Parliament are opposing proposed changes to the Ezidi Survivors Law, insisting that legislation created in response to the 2014 genocide must not be amended without meaningful consultation with…
Iraqi forensic and mass-grave authorities have begun the first official procedures towards identifying 62 victims whose remains were buried near the Şerfedîn shrine in Sinjar without DNA testing or formal identification. Nearly…
Iraq’s Minister of Education has said that the return of Ezidi children and students to schools in northern Sinjar is a priority for the ministry. The commitment was made during a meeting…
The Iraqi Embassy in Ottawa is asking Ezidi families in Canada to submit information about relatives who remain missing. The details will support a planned coordination effort between Iraq’s Martyrs Foundation and…
An Ezidi family from Duhok has been separated in Turkey after being detained at İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport over allegedly forged travel documents while attempting to reach Europe for their four-year-old son's…
A fire has destroyed 14 tents belonging to displaced Ezidi families at Sharia IDP Camp in Duhok, leaving another group of genocide survivors facing the loss of their temporary homes. No casualties…
A Kurdish cleric based in Iran has reportedly threatened Ezidis and other minorities, declaring: “By God, we will not let you live on earth.” Twelve years after the Ezidi Genocide, the remarks…
An Ezidi man living in displacement in Duhok has developed his own heating and cooling device, turning difficult living conditions into motivation for innovation.
On 15 August 2014, ISIS separated the Ezidis of Kocho, murdered men and boys, and abducted women and girls into slavery. Twelve years later, the village remains one of the clearest symbols…
On 14 August 2007, coordinated truck bombings devastated the Ezidi towns of Tel Azer and Siba Sheikh Khidir in Sinjar, killing hundreds. Nearly two decades later, Jumana Omar examines the hatred, political…
More than 200 people gathered in Coffs Harbour, Australia, on 10 August 2026 for a local commemoration marking twelve years since the Ezidi Genocide, which began on 3 August 2014. The event…
German authorities have arrested two Iraqi nationals in Höxter and Bottrop on suspicion of having fought for ISIS in Iraq between 2015 and 2016. Investigators say there is currently no evidence that…
Iraqi diplomatic missions in Guangzhou, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta held official ceremonies marking twelve years since the Ezidi Genocide, while unresolved questions over justice, reconstruction, displacement and the missing continue in Sinjar.
An Ezidi girl abducted during the 2014 genocide was later rescued from an ISIS-linked household in Ankara. Twelve years after she was taken from Sinjar, her real name, parents and family remain…
A German-based initiative led by Sister Makrina Finlay and reforestation expert Volker Kranz is restoring agricultural land in Sinjar, where an Ezidi family has already returned to operate a rebuilt farm.
Ezidis in Australia are calling for greater recognition in the 2026 Census, with advocates seeking clearer identification of Ezidi identity, the Ezdiki language and Sharfadin in official national statistics.
Ezidi MP Murad Ismael walked out of a genocide commemoration in Mosul, saying its organisation and choice of representatives failed to reflect the different political voices among Ezidis.
The PUK says its reopened headquarters in Gir Ozer will serve local residents. In reality, it gives another Kurdish political party a permanent base from which to expand its influence over Sinjar.
