How Iraq's IDP camps have empowered Yazidi women
Iraq's displaced population is returning to their destroyed homes. For some Yazidi women, living in camps has been a chance to empowerment.
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Kurdish community in Iraq says suicides on the rise
The Kurdish community in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region says that the numbers of suicides are increasing, particularly in refugee camps full of Kurdish Yazidis.
Italy: 26 migrants found hidden in containers in Salerno port
Italian authorities at the Port of Salerno on January 14 discovered 26 migrants who had illegally entered the country on a ship from Turkey. They had hid for more than three days inside two containers.
6 years after genocide, German development minister urges to continue protection of Yazidis
On the sixth anniversary of the Yazidi genocide at the hand of IS in Iraq, Germany's development minister has called for further commitment for those affected. The Yazidis' central council in Germany, meanwhile, sharply criticized the international community for a lack of willingness to clear up the atrocities.
Yazidi refugees in Germany suffer severely from 2014 genocide, study says
Five years after the mass murder of Yazidis in northern Iraq at the hands of IS, a new study says the consequences for Yazidi survivors in Germany are severe. Especially female Yazidis are traumatized by violence and rape; moreover, the support for resettled women was insufficient, the study criticized. Meanwhile, a court and Germany's Federal Foreign Office evaluated the security situation in northern Iraq for Yazidis quite differently.
Yazidi women victims of IS resettled from Iraq to France
More than 130 members of Iraq’s Yazidi community have been flown to Toulouse to be resettled in France. The families include women and girls forced into sexual slavery by the Islamic State group.
Yazidi women seek acceptance for children born of IS rape
Yazidi religious authorities have walked back on a decision suggesting they would accept the children of women raped by Islamic State group captors. While the children are innocent, to many, they represent genocide.
Yazidis demand Iraq actively search for their missing persons
"Islamic State" is fighting its endgame with Yazidis waiting anxiously. Angered by Iraqi government silence following reports that IS killed 50 of their women, they are pushing for real action to find 3,000 of their own.
Germany turning away more Yazidi refugees
Germany is taking in fewer and fewer Yazidi refugees, according to a German newspaper report. The religious minority was terrorized by the "Islamic State" during the militant group's campaign in Iraq and Syria.
Germany approves reception of Yazidis persecuted by IS
The federal ministry of the interior has passed a state-level reception program that will welcome traumatized Yazidis from Iraq who were persecuted by the "Islamic State."
CARE International: Fears for refugees in Iraq
Hundreds of thousands of refugees in camps in Iraq remain in an 'acute' situation, according to the aid group CARE International. The organization's Iraq representative has warned the international community not to lose sight of the problem.
Nadia Murad: One woman's fight against Islamic State
She escaped from a living hell: Nadia Murad gives a face to the thousands of Yazidi women who were raped by members of IS. Her efforts to end sexual violence as a weapon in war earned her the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize.