Ezidi district of Al-Qahtaniyah, west of Nineveh governorate, Ezidi people who are currently living in IDP camps still remember August 14, 2007, as the day when their region experienced the deadliest series of bombings in Iraq since the 2003 U.S. invasion.
As an ancient ethno-religious minority, the Ezidis have faced persecution for centuries due to their faith. The self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and Syria viewed Ezidis as heretical devil worshippers.
The Yezidis are an ethno-religious minority with the majority speaking Kurmanji, one of the main Kurdish dialects, according to researchers. Geographically, they are classified as a dispersed minority in demographic centres where population density is homogenous and concentrated. They are mainly located in contested areas across several residential clusters, notably in the Sinjar region (locally known as Shingal) and the Nineveh Plain, which falls administratively under the central government. This region includes the Shekhan district, along with numerous Yezidi villages and towns in the Tel Keppe district, as well as the cities of Ba’shiqa and Bahzani in Nineveh province. There are also smaller population clusters in the southern and western parts of Duhok province, which have been part of the Kurdistan region since 1991, including towns and cities such as Sharya, Khanke, Ba’adre, and Derabun.
Ezidi halkı, Türkiye, Suriye, İran ve Irak gibi bölgelerde yaşayan etnik ve dini bir azınlıktır. Ağustos 2014’te, bir terör örgütü olan IŞİD, Ezidilere karşı soykırım kampanyası başlattı ve onları “şeytanın hizmetkarları” olarak nitelendirdi. Bu vahşetler, kitlesel katliamları, kaçırmaları ve yaygın cinsel şiddeti içeriyordu ve özellikle kadınlar ve kız çocuklarını hedef aldı. Açık delillere rağmen, faillerin hesap vermesi için yapılan çabalar yetersiz kaldı. Bu hafta, 10.000’den fazla Ezidi’nin öldürüldüğü ve 7.000’den fazla kadın ve çocuğun kaçırıldığı, şiddete maruz kaldığı ve köleleştirildiği Ezidi soykırımının 10.
Езиды — это этническое и религиозное меньшинство, коренное для регионов, включая Турцию, Сирию, Иран и Ирак. В августе 2014 года террористическая организация ИГИЛ начала геноцидную кампанию против езидов, которых они называли “поклонниками дьявола”. Зверства включали массовые убийства, похищения и широкомасштабное сексуальное насилие, в основном направленное на женщин и девочек. Несмотря на очевидные доказательства, усилия по привлечению виновных к ответственности оказались недостаточными.
Виды центра города Синджар летом 2019 года после войны с Исламским государством. Фото: Wikimedia Commons. Третий Иракский женский конгресс, состоявшийся...
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.
Katılımcılar, Şengal’e yönelik devam eden Türk askeri saldırılarını kınayarak, bunları soykırımın devamı olarak nitelendirdi ve Türkiye’yi IŞİD’i desteklemekle suçladı. 2014 soykırımının uluslararası alanda tanınması, Şengal üzerinde bir uçuşa yasak bölge oluşturulması ve Şengal’in özerk yönetiminin tanınması çağrısında bulundular. Konferans, yerinden edilmiş Êzidîleri Şengal’e dönmeye çağırdı ve Irak’ta kadın haklarının korunmasının yenilenmesini talep etti.
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.
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Кто дал вам право сделать eзидов “курдами”?
Зачем использовать езидов, чтобы играть жертву, когда сами являетесь типичным угнетателем? Вы забыли, каким образом было обеспечено, что в Ване не осталось езидов (или других меньшинств, кстати)? Ван, который вы с гордостью называете своим родным городом. Вы забыли, как ваши предки истребили езидов из Вана, чтобы вы могли укорениться в этом городе?
Why use the Ezidis to play victim when you yourself radiate typical oppressor behaviour? Have you forgotten how the fact has come to be that there are no Ezidis (or other minorities, for that matter) left in Van? Van which you proudly claim as your hometown. Have you forgotten how you ancestors massacred the Ezidis from Van so that you can spread your roots in Van?
Hvorfor bruge Ezidi-folket til at spille offer, når du selv udstråler typisk undertrykkeradfærd? Har du glemt, hvordan det er blevet sådan, at der ikke er nogen Ezidier (eller andre minoriteter for den sags skyld) tilbage i Van? Van, som du stolt hævder som din hjemby. Har du glemt, hvordan dine forfædre massakrerede Ezidierne fra Van, så du kunne sprede dine rødder i Van?
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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.
В 2023 году мир глубоко переживал важные события, оставившие непередаваемый след на глобальной политической сцене. Не упустите шанс окунуться в обзор ключевых политических моментов этого года, формирующих облик нашего мира. Какие события сыграли важную роль и оставили свой отпечаток в динамике глобальной политики? Узнайте об этом в увлекательной статье ниже.
