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On August 3, 2014, the Ezidi people of Sinjar were targeted for extermination by ISIS. Thousands were killed, enslaved, and displaced. The genocide aimed to erase not only lives, but identity, culture,…
Ve své nejnovější písni SISTER spojuje ezidská zpěvačka Diana Kalashova svůj hlas s mladší sestrou Sofií v dojemné poctě sesterské lásce, rodině a hlubokému poutu mezi sourozenci. Skladba, napsaná společně s rodinou…
In her newest release SISTER, Ezidi singer Diana Kalashova joins voices with her younger sister Sofia in a heartfelt tribute to sisterhood, love, and family. Written together with their family and performed…
Eleven years after the Ezidi genocide, survivors are still waiting—for justice, for reparations, and for meaningful support. This event in Washington, DC brought Ezidi voices and policymakers together to ask: what will…
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…
Baghdad — Iraqi security forces have apprehended two men accused of impersonating advisers to the prime minister and swindling Ezidis with false promises of military recruitment, the National Security Service confirmed on 22nd…
Humanity walks through history carrying the ashes of its own crimes. Every stone laid at memorials like Tsitsernakaberd whispers of lives extinguished and of promises broken — never again, we say, yet…
The Imperial War Museum in London opened Unsilenced: Sexual Violence in Conflict, the UK’s first major exhibition on wartime sexual violence, running through November 2. It includes testimony and artefacts from Ezidi women…
Two former Ezidi women enslaved by ISIS expose the dark past of Syria’s interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, warning the West not to trust a man who once walked among jihadi commanders and…
The abrupt suspension of US aid to Iraq has left thousands of Ezidi genocide survivors stranded in displacement camps, stripped of vital mental health, protection, and humanitarian services.
Efforts to trace thousands of Ezidis abducted during the 2014 Sinjar genocide remain stalled amid political inertia and structural obstacles, a new report reveals. More than a decade after the Islamic State’s…
The Center Genocide in Kosovo – An Open Wound has strongly criticized the Basic Court of Pristina for convicting former ISIS fighter Murat Dërnjanin of crimes against humanity, rather than genocide, despite clear international…
The Ezidi people endured brutal attacks in 2014 when ISIS forcibly displaced them from their ancestral homeland in northern Iraq, killing and enslaving thousands. ISIS falsely accused the Ezidis—whose ancient religion, Sharfadin,…
The Ezidi people, an ancient ethnic and religious group from northern Iraq, continue to face dire conditions in displacement camps years after ISIS attacks forced them from their homes. The reduction in…
Earlier this year, the United States dismantled its foreign aid agency, USAID, cutting billions of dollars in humanitarian and development support in Iraq. This decision has already left some of Iraq’s most…
On 30 June 2025, the months-long Hamburg event series “Ten years after the genocide against the Ezidis | Remembering – Coming to terms – Consequences” came to a close. Since August 2024, Women for Justice…
Alikelle, Çaldıran, Turkey The cultural and religious heritage of the Ezidi people in eastern Turkey is facing quiet erasure. In the Alikelle district of Çaldıran, ancient Ezidi cemeteries—considered sacred in the Sharfadin faith—are…
Kiwex, Idil, Turkey In the heart of the historic Ezidi village of Kiwex, located in the İdil district of Şırnak province, construction of a new military post has begun — triggering protests from…
Ezidis can learn the vital importance of preserving their sacred faith of Sharfadin. Justice and recognition require courage and unity—not just from within the Ezidi people but also through building solidarity with…
Zara’s recent actions expose not just a troubling detachment from her Ezidi heritage, but a blatant disregard for the dignity and struggle of the people to whom she owes her very identity.…
