UNAMI reiterates ‘unwavering’ support for Yazidis on community’s New Year 

“This holiday is an opportunity to celebrate the rich heritage of this ancient community, and to honor its sacrifices and steadfastness in the face of profound hardship - challenges that have only strengthened its resolve to seek justice and live in dignity,” said UNAMI chief.

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General Amnesty Law excludes Yazidi captors, enslavers: Judiciary Council

“The perpetrators of the crimes of kidnapping and captivity of Yazidi women were not covered by the General Amnesty Law No. (27) of 2016, especially the recent amendment passed by the House of Representatives on 21/1/2025,” said Vice president of Karkh’s Appeal Court Ali Hussein Jafat.

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Swedish woman sentenced to 12 years for keeping Yazidi women, children as slaves

A Swedish citizen by the name of Lina Ishaq kept Yazidi women "imprisoned and treated them as her property by holding them as slaves for a period of, in most cases, five months.”

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Human remains believed killed by ISIS found inside water tank in Sinjar: Watchdog

The Petrichor Organization for Human Rights announced the remains are believed to be the victims of the Islamic State (ISIS) massacre in August 2014. 

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Iraqi census reveals Shekhan woman as world’s oldest living human

Rawshe Qasim was born in 1887 and has lived through three different centuries

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Over 500 Yazidis return to hometown Sinjar from Duhok camps: Ministry

Since Tuesday, around 900 Yazidis have returned to their hometown Sinjar from IDP camps in Duhok province, according to Evan Faeq, Iraq’s Migration and Displaced minister.

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Over 360 Yazidi IDPs return to heartland Sinjar after ten years of displacement at ISIS hands

Evan Faeq, Iraq’s minister of Migration and Displaced announced on Tuesday that over 360 Yazidi IDPs returned to Sinjar following coordination with "the relevant institutions of the Kurdistan Regional Government and officials from Duhok province’s administrative units, and with the help of the International Organization of Migration (IOM)."

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Yazidi lawmakers call for delaying Iraqi census until IDPs return

With thousands of displaced Yazidis yet to return home following the destruction left behind by ISIS, lawmakers from the ethnoreligious minority are calling for a delay of the upcoming Iraqi census, warning of "inaccurate" data

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A decade of unmet demands: Reflecting on the Yazidi genocide

Ten years after ISIS committed atrocities against the Yazidi community and other minorities in the country, survivors' needs remain largely unmet.

Alannah Travers

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