22 Ezidi Victims Returned to Sinjar for Burial
On 12 August 2025, the remains of 22 Ezidi victims of ISIS were returned to Sinjar for burial following DNA identification in Baghdad. This marks the seventh official handover since 2021, as…
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11 years Since the Ezidi Genocide – What Has Happened?
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,…
Death Sentence for ISIS Member Who Took Part in the Kidnapping of Ezidis in Sinjar
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…
Des imposteurs arrêtés à Bagdad pour avoir escroqué le peuple ézidi avec de fausses promesses de recrutement
Bagdad — Les forces de sécurité irakiennes ont arrêté deux hommes accusés de s’être fait passer pour des conseillers du Premier ministre et d’avoir escroqué le peuple ézidi en leur promettant faussement un…
Two Arrested in Baghdad for Defrauding Ezidi Citizens Through Fake Military Recruitment Scheme
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…
Never Forget the Past, for It Loves to Repeat Itself
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…
Ezidi Times — July 2025
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…
Once a Terrorist = Always A Terrorist
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…
Iraqi Official Urges PKK Disarmament to Include Sinjar
🇬🇧🇫🇷🇮🇶🇷🇺🇦🇲🇹🇷🇳🇱🇧🇷🇪🇸🇸🇪🇩🇪🇩🇰 An Iraqi military official emphasized that the PKK disarmament process should include Sinjar, where armed groups loyal to the PKK remain active. The official stressed that these groups must be part…
US Aid Cuts Leave Ezidi Survivors in Humanitarian Crisis
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.
ISIS Victims Accept Christian Aid, Not Christian Conversion
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,…
USAID Funding Cuts Leave Ezidi Displacement Camps in Crisis
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…
The Ezidi People Deserve More Than Silence – Consequences of Cutting USAID
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…
TAJÊ fordert Anerkennung und Gerechtigkeit für 19 verbrannte ezidische Frauen
Das diplomatische Komitee der Ezidischen Bewegung Freier Frauen (TAJÊ) hat einen dringenden Appell an den irakischen Präsidenten und zentrale internationale Organisationen gerichtet. Es fordert die Identifizierung von 19 ezidischen Frauen, die 2016…
TAJÊ Urges Recognition and Justice for 19 Burned Ezidi Women
The Diplomatic Committee of the Ezidi Free Women's Movement (TAJÊ) has issued an urgent appeal to the Iraqi President and key international bodies, calling for the identification of 19 Ezidi women burned…
The Shared Struggles of Ancient Peoples
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…
They Turned Us Into the Enemy of Our Own Children
Since the 2014 genocidal ISIS attack, the Ezidi people still face a devastating and existential crisis. Most of the focus has been directed towards the atrocities committed against the women, and unfortunately,…
Trial Regarding Ezidi Genocide to Begin in Munich
Trial Against Couple Accused of Enslaving and Abusing Ezidi Children Under IS to Begin Tomorrow in Munich (München), Germany, for keeping two Ezidi girls aged five and twelve under the rule of…
Sometimes It’s Ezidi, Sometimes It’s Kurdish Ezidi – Journalistic Propaganda in Action
When Did the Ezidi Victims of Genocide Become Kurds? Rudaw and their active Kurdish propaganda is an insult to all journalists Since when did the women, children, and men who suffered through…
Pope Francis Dies at 88: A Defender of the Ezidi People and An Ally
The death of Pope Francis closes a deeply human chapter in the history of the Church. For the Ezidis, he will be remembered as a moral ally who gave voice to their…