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The Pursuit Of Justice For The Yazidi Genocide Must Continue
01 Aug 2025 09:26 GMT
… -religious community in Sinjar, Iraq. Eleven years later, the Yazidi … widespread atrocities on the Yazidi community. The terror group … , Christians, and other religious and ethnic minority communities … 11th anniversary of the Yazidi genocide, Pari Ibrahim, …
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Yazidi genocide victims offered glimmer of hope for justice – but challenges remain
28 Jul 2025 09:28 GMT
… genocidal campaign against the Yazidi religious minority group 11 … civilian population. The Yazidi people were subjected to … advocacy and campaigning by Yazidi organisations and activists.
… significant challenges facing the Yazidi community. One pressing …
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Germany urged to reverse Yazidi family's removal to Iraq
25 Jul 2025 18:20 GMT
… for the return of a Yazidi family recently deported to … order.
The Yazidis are a religious minority that suffered genocide at … ability to intervene."
The Yazidi family, who had been … and belonging."
"Other Yazidi families in Germany have also …
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Report details killings, discrimination against religious minorities in post-Assad Syria
08 Jul 2025 02:16 GMT
… that continue violations of religious liberty.
USCIRF Commissioner Mohamed … Alawite Muslims — a Shia sect to which Assad and … of the Twelver Shia sect in the Hama province. … religious persecution “such as recruitment of ISIS members and trafficking of Yazidi …
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AMERICA/USA - The religious connotations of the "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation"
07 Jul 2025 23:08 GMT
… as a defender of religious freedom, Moore spoke out … plight of Christian and Yazidi minorities persecuted by jihadists. … meetings with political and religious leaders, including the crown … US Commission on International Religious Freedom.
The opaque nature …
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‘The church comes first’: A Yazidi family’s promise to protect a Christian sacred site
22 Jun 2025 14:23 GMT
… MENA
Despite being Yazidi, a non-Christian religious minority that has … prayer. We respect all religions and will serve this … the world’s oldest monotheistic religions, and most of its … coexisted with Christians and other religious minorities in northern Iraq. …
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Featured StoriesForced Marriages, Religious Conversions in the Spotlight on Capitol Hill
18 Jun 2025 21:02 GMT
… victim.
Whether Christian or Yazidi, Assyrian or Copt, … S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Commissioner Stephen … president of the Canadian Yazidi Association; Joseph Janssen with … president of the Canadian Yazidi Association. She said …
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Congressional Briefing to Address Forced Religious Conversions and Sexual Exploitation of Women and Girls
09 Jun 2025 14:24 GMT
… United States Commissioner on International Religious Freedom, Stephen Schneck. Keynote … “Gendered Persecution: Targets of Forced Religious Conversion”
Date: Wednesday, 11 June … the significant harm to Yazidi cultural and religious heritage,” she shares. …
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Duhok hosts 1st international conference on Yazidi identity and heritage
29 Apr 2025 15:05 GMT
… from 11 countries to explore Yazidi religion, culture, history, and
geography.
Organized … under the banner “Religion, Culture,
History, and Geography,” the … day conference aims to highlight Yazidi
identity, document the suffering endured …
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First International Yazidi Conference opens in Duhok
30 Apr 2025 01:42 GMT
… Tuesday, April 29, 2025. Titled “Religion, Culture, History, and Geography,” the … continued government negligence,” stating the Yazidi cause lacks priority. She emphasized … Sinjar, arguing official inaction perpetuates Yazidi marginalization.
Karwan Ajeeb of …