The Turkish state has been attacking Shengal since 2017, seeking to disrupt the Ezidi people’s post-ISIS reconstruction and autonomy. These attacks, which have included routine bombings of civilian areas, reflect a broader policy by Turkey aimed at displacing the Ezidi people and undermining their efforts to rebuild their society.
Ezidis speak Ezdiki and they are followers of the Ezidi religion called Sharfadin. Ezidis are an ethnic and religious group (ethnoreligious group) and their religion is more than 6700 years old.
En ezidisk kvinna, för att skydda hennes integritet kommer vi att referera till henne som “A”, har återförenats med sin familj efter att ha tillbringat nästan tio år i IS-fångenskap. A var ett barn när hon 2014 blev fångad under attackerna på Shingal, en ezidisk stad i Irak, där hon Read more…