FIDH has reported that on October 9, 2024, Sabri Essid, also known as Abou Dojanah al-Faransi, was indicted by the Paris Criminal Court for genocide and crimes against humanity against the Ezidi population in Syria, committed by ISIS members, including French nationals. Bahzad Fahran of the NGO Kinyat emphasized that Read more…
The third Iraqi women’s conference, held on 25 July in Baghdad and organized by the Iraqi Women’s Association and the Yazidi Women’s Freedom Movement (TAJÊ), focused on uniting against femicide and commemorating the victims of the 2014 Yazidi genocide. The conference included speeches highlighting the impact on women and children, the unknown fate of many captured by ISIS, and the need for women to organize against patriarchal violence.
This week marks the 10th anniversary of the Yazidi genocide. It has been ten years since over 10,000 Yazidis were brutally murdered. Ten years since more than 7,000 women and children were subjected to abduction, violence, and enslavement. Ten years since thousands have disappeared and over 2,600 are still missing without a trace. This article is republished on Ezidi Times with the kind permission of Jurist.org.
In this article we give you a recap of the main events related to the Ezidis. Ezidi Athlete Yurik Mamedov Carried the Olympic Torch During the torch ceremony held in Paris for the 2024 Paris Olympics game, Yurik Mamedov was one of the torch carriers. Mamedov was supported by his Read more…
Stockholm – 25 January 2024 A Swedish National – previously sentenced for enlisting her son into ISIS – is now suspected for crimes against the Ezid people In a shocking development, a 51-year-old woman from Western Sweden is now facing serious allegations of war crimes, including genocide, committed in the Read more…
The plight of the Ezidis, who suffered horrific atrocities at the hands of the Islamic State (IS), underscores the critical importance of the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Daesh (UNITAD) in seeking justice where the Iraqi government has failed to act. UNITAD’s mission to Read more…
In a world marred by the atrocities of ISIS, the voices of Ezidi women echo with the weight of unmet justice. Targeted and brutalized by the extremist group, these women stand as living testaments to resilience amidst unspeakable horrors. In March 2021, the Iraqi parliament took a significant step forward Read more…
This year in August it will be 10 years since the IS attacked Sinjar, committed heinous crimes, and forced several hundred thousand Ezidis to leave their ancestral land. To this day it’s reported that between 100 000 to 200 000 Ezidis live in IDP camps across the Middle East. The Iraqi Council of Representatives has adopted the Yezidi Survivors Law (YSL) which was aimed to bring justice to Ezidis but also Turkmen, Christians and Shabaks. Yet, to this day, no Iraqi court has sentenced anyone for committing genocide against the Ezidi people. Despite this, there are hopes among the Ezidi people, living in IDP camps, to return home to Sinjar.
The recent desecration of tombs in the predominantly Ezidi village of Toliko, situated in the Al-Hasakah countryside of Syria, has sparked widespread outrage and concern among Ezidi civilians. These acts of sabotage not only disrespect the sanctity of the deceased but also pose a significant threat to the fragile state Read more…
Bemærkelsesværdigt er det, at der for kun fem år siden blev rapporteret, at Ezidi gravsteder blev ødelagt og vandalisert. Ifølge rapporter var gravene specifikt målrettet, fordi de tilhørte Ezidi-piger. Vandalisatorerne har ikke kun ødelagt gravene, men også kastet de hvilende knogler ud, hvilket viser total respektløshed overfor de afdøde og deres familier. Selvom Batman-deputyens repræsentant havde gjort Forsamlingen opmærksom på situationen, er angrebene fortsat, og der er ikke taget nogen juridiske skridt.
I en chokerende udvikling står en 51-årig kvinde fra Vest-Sverige nu over for alvorlige anklager om krigsforbrydelser, herunder folkedrab, begået i den syriske by Raqqa. Kvinden, som har forbindelser til terrorgruppen ISIS, blev tidligere dømt i 2022 for at have hjulpet med at rekruttere sin søn som barnesoldat i ISIS-rækkerne. Kvinden blev idømt en straf på 6 års fængsel i 2022, men nu står hun over for nye anklager.