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An IGFM report says Ezidis attempting to rebuild their lives in Sinjar continue to face unemployment, politically influenced recruitment and inadequate state support. The organisation highlighted the experience of Dalia and her…
The Lemkin Institute marked 3 August with a statement honouring Ezidis killed, abducted and displaced by ISIS, while calling for continued solidarity and a secure future for Ezidis in their ancestral homeland.
Nadia Murad has warned that Ezidi survivors are still treated as testimonies rather than as human beings entitled to justice. At least 2,000 Ezidi women and children remain missing twelve years after…
Ezidis across the world marked 3 August through memorial ceremonies, public gatherings and moments of silence, honouring the victims of the 2014 genocide and renewing calls for justice, accountability and the return…
Twelve years after the genocide against Ezidis, thousands of survivors are still waiting for justice, the return of their loved ones and the rebuilding of Sinjar. In this opinion piece, Jumana Omar…
Residents of Mosul’s Bab Sinjar residential complex protested on 22 July 2026 against eviction warnings and plans to sell their apartments, calling for permanent ownership to prevent the renewed displacement of hundreds…
An Iraqi security delegation met Ezidis in Sinjar on 28 July 2026, where residents raised concerns over missing relatives, unrecovered remains and unresolved rights.
A public ceremony will be held at the Ezidi Genocide Memorial in Solagh on 3 August 2026, marking 12 years since ISIS launched its genocidal campaign against the Ezidi people. The memorial…
Ezidis and Kurds are two distinct peoples, and speaking related forms of language does not erase that distinction. This opinion article examines how Kurdish political parties, curricula and nationalist narratives have used…
Iraq’s reparations programme has approved nearly 2,500 survivors under the Yazidi Survivors Law, but administrative barriers, displacement, missing persons and limited accountability continue to prevent full justice for the Ezidi people.
The Beth Nahrin National Union Party has backed the Ezidi Cause Alliance’s rejection of any attempt to impose a new administration on Shingal without the participation of the district’s indigenous population and…
Russian lawyer Yuri Nabiyev has built his political career around Kurdish nationalism while repeatedly referring to himself as an “Ezidi Kurd.” This opinion article examines the contradictions in his public statements and…
The Ezidi Cause Alliance met with representatives of the German Embassy in Baghdad to discuss Sinjar, asylum, justice for genocide victims, reconstruction, and future cooperation between Germany and the Ezidi people.
German journalist and humanitarian worker Thomas von der Osten-Sacken argues that the ideology of ISIS leaves little room for surprise about its choice of targets. Drawing on years of work with survivors…
An Austrian woman of Bosnian herring who voluntarily joined isis is being portrayed as the victim of her own story, while the victims of the terrorist organisation she joined remain largely forgotten.…
One week before the annual commemoration of the Ezidi Genocide, Young Lions of the Caliphate: A Stolen Childhood documents how ISIS abducted, forcibly converted and militarised Ezidi boys. Yet its value is…
Ezidi survivors have delivered testimony documenting the mass killings, abductions, forced conversions and enslavement carried out during the 2014 genocide. Their accounts renew demands for criminal accountability as thousands remain missing and…
Lamara Mirangi has repeatedly displayed paintings of Ezidi children, traditional clothing and sacred Sharfadin imagery in exhibitions and political settings that present them as Kurdish culture. Her public statements, partnerships with Kurdish…
The International Ezidi Theological Academy has completed the first academic year for its third student cohort. Thirteen students from Georgia, France, Germany and Iraq completed courses in religious studies, philosophy, Middle Eastern…
An opinion piece by Ibrahim Yazidi Shankal argues that the KDP used the fear created by the 2007 Sinjar bombings to recruit Ezidi youth, restrict movement and place local recruits inside security…
