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In a statement issued on 1 September 2026, the Media Centre of Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council said the First Karkh Investigative Court had completed interrogations in the cases of 5,704 alleged IS…
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 legal analysis of Germany’s latest ISIS genocide trial questions whether internationally praised convictions are being achieved in a way that adequately protects Ezidi survivors, after one witness reportedly suffered significant retraumatisation…
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…
Kawsar Ahmad and Zeinab Ahmad will stand trial in Australia on crimes-against-humanity charges concerning the enslavement of an Ezidi teenager under ISIS rule in Syria.
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.
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…
The Munich Higher Regional Court sentenced Twana H.S. to life imprisonment and Asia R.A. to nine years and six months for genocide and other crimes against two Ezidi girls, while expressly recognising…
A Munich court has sentenced a Kurdish ISIS member to life imprisonment and his former partner to nine years and six months for genocide and the abuse of two Ezidi girls held…
An Australian woman linked to ISIS is expected to return from Syria amid serious allegations concerning the abuse of an Ezidi girl who was held captive in an ISIS household.
The case of a detained Ezidi citizen in Armenia has raised questions about military service regulations, legal transition rules, and equal treatment under recent amendments.
A new petition launched by Layal Duran calls on German and European political decision-makers to officially recognize Ezidis as an independent people with their own religious, cultural and historical identity.
Ezidi survivors and international legal experts are preparing to launch a truth commission at Germany’s Bundestag in November 2026, aiming to document survivor testimony and push for justice over the ISIS genocide…
Courts in Australia and the Netherlands are handling separate cases involving women linked to ISIS. In Melbourne, Zeinab Ahmad is seeking bail while facing slavery-related charges connected to the alleged enslavement of…
A public petition before the Bremen state parliament, submitted by Ezidi genocide survivor Sidan Khudeda, calls for a memorial to the genocide committed against the Ezidi people on 3 August 2014. The…
A Melbourne court has heard new allegations against Zeinab Ahmad, an ISIS-linked Australian woman charged with crimes against humanity over the alleged enslavement of an Ezidi teenager in Syria.
The return of ISIS-associated individuals to Australia has renewed difficult questions about justice, accountability, and survivor recognition. From an Ezidi perspective, the issue is not only about national security or legal process,…
Australian authorities have charged two IS-linked women with crimes against humanity and slavery-related offences over the alleged enslavement of an Ezidi woman in Syria. The women, identified in Australian media as Kawsar…
Australia recognised the ISIS genocide against the Ezidi people. But recognition is not enough. ISIS crimes against Ezidis must not be reduced to simple terrorism cases. They must be investigated and prosecuted…
A new UK parliamentary report warns that Iraq’s religious minorities, including the Ezidi people and Christians, continue to face insecurity, displacement, and economic hardship despite the defeat of ISIS. The report calls…
