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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
In this personal review of Nadia Murad’s The Last Girl, Jumana Omar reflects on the memoir as both the testimony of one survivor and the story of a people subjected to genocide.…
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.
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…
Twelve years after the Ezidi genocide, this opinion piece argues that 3 August should remain a day of remembrance for the victims; not a platform for political narratives. It calls for justice,…
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…
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…
The Ezidi Youth Association in Australia will host a public commemoration in Toowoomba on 3 August 2026 to mark the 12th anniversary of the Ezidi Genocide. The event will honour the victims,…
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…
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…
