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…
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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…
Search for Missing Ezidis – A Legal and Logistical Nightmare
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…
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…
Iraqi Court Issues Arrest Warrant for Prominent Ezidi Activist Murad Ismael
Murad Ismael, a prominent Ezidi activist and co-founder of the Sinjar Academy, is facing an arrest warrant issued by a court in the northern Iraqi province of Nineveh. The warrant follows his…
Ikhlas Imran: An Ezidi Girl Being the Source of Hope
At just 15 years old, Ikhlas Imran is emerging as one of the most promising young athletes in northern Iraq. Born in Qahtaniyah and raised amid the 2014 genocide, she has built…
Historic Justice for the Ezidi People: After Decades of Denial – Property Rights Are Finally Issued in Sinjar
In a landmark step toward long-overdue justice, over 15,000 Ezidis living in 11 settlements near Sinjar (Shingal) in Nineveh Province have begun receiving official title deeds to their homes. This unprecedented recognition…
Sky News: Ezidi Women Still Held Captive in ISIS Camps
A new Sky News documentary reveals the devastating reality that, ten years after the Ezidi genocide, many Ezidi women remain enslaved in ISIS detention camps. Titled 10 Years of Darkness: ISIS &…
Ezidi Life Ten Years After the Genocide: A Look at Youth and Male Survivors
Many Ezidis remain unable to return to their homeland in Sinjar due to ongoing insecurity, political tensions, and the destruction left behind. Thousands continue to live in camps with limited access to…
The Triumph of Sinjar’s Daughters Over Evil
Mayada was only 11 when ISIS stormed her village, tearing her from her family and selling her into slavery. For three years, she endured relentless abuse, passed from one captor to another…
Iraq’s Government Struggles to Win the Trust of the Ezidi People in Sinjar
The Ezidi people, who suffered horrific violence at the hands of ISIS in 2014, feel ignored by the government. Many Ezidis do not trust Iraq’s army or the Kurdish forces, which failed…
Det Italienske Parlament Overvejer at Anerkende ISIS’ Grusomheder mod Ezidier som Folkedrab
Et forslag er blevet fremsat i det italienske parlament, der kræver anerkendelse af folkedrabet begået mod det ezidiske folk af ISIS i 2014. Initiativet kommer efter flere års international debat og stigende…
Italienska parlamentet överväger att erkänna ISIS:s grymheter mot ezidier som folkmord
Ett förslag har lagts fram i det italienska parlamentet som kräver erkännande av folkmordet som begicks mot det ezidiska folket av ISIS år 2014. Initiativet kommer efter flera års internationell debatt och…
O Parlamento Italiano Considera Reconhecer as Atrocidades do ISIS Contra os Ezidis como Genocídio
Foi apresentada uma proposta no Parlamento Italiano solicitando o reconhecimento do genocídio cometido contra o povo Ezidi pelo ISIS em 2014. A medida ocorre após anos de debate internacional e crescentes pedidos…
El Parlamento Italiano considera reconocer las atrocidades de ISIS contra los ezidíes como genocidio
Se ha presentado una propuesta en el Parlamento Italiano que solicita el reconocimiento del genocidio cometido contra el pueblo ezidí por ISIS en 2014. Esta medida surge tras años de debate internacional…
Italiaans Parlement Overweegt ISIS-atrociteiten tegen Ezidi’s te Erkennen als Genocide
Er is een voorstel ingediend in het Italiaanse Parlement om de genocide die in 2014 tegen het Ezidi-volk werd gepleegd door ISIS te erkennen. Deze stap komt na jaren van internationaal debat…
Italienisches Parlament erwägt, die Gräueltaten des IS gegen die Ezidi als Völkermord anzuerkennen
Ein Vorschlag wurde im italienischen Parlament eingebracht, der die Anerkennung des Völkermords fordert, der 2014 von ISIS gegen das ezidische Volk verübt wurde. Dieser Schritt erfolgt nach jahrelangen internationalen Debatten und wachsenden…
Le Parlement italien envisage de reconnaître les atrocités de l’ISIS contre les Ezidis comme génocide
Une proposition a été présentée au Parlement italien demandant la reconnaissance du génocide commis contre le peuple Ezidi par l'ISIS en 2014. Cette initiative intervient après des années de débats internationaux et…