On 20 March, the Paris Criminal Court found Sabri Essid, a French jihadist and former high-official of the terrorist organization Islamic State, guilty of #genocide and crimes against humanity committed against #Yazidi women and their children, and sentenced him to life imprisonment.
A young #Yazidi #girl, kidnapped, repeatedly raped, tortured, and burned by #ISIS #monsters.
Her scarred face exposes the demonic savagery of ISIS against #innocent Yazidi #women.
The #world must #stop #ignoring this #genocide.
#Syria #France [AFP] - After a five-day trial, the Paris Assize Court found Sabri Essid, a member of the Islamic State, guilty of genocide, crimes against humanity, and complicity in crimes against the Yazidis.
www.justiceinfo.net/en/156789-li...
#Yazidi #genocide #CrimesAgainstHumanity
#WomensHistory Month
#Living #Women #Activist
Today I researched
#Nadia #Murad, Nobelist
Nadia is an #Iraqi #Yazidi human rights activist, who, in 2014, was kidnapped from her home in Iraq by members of the group known as ISIS and held captive for three months. She started
www.nadiasinitiative.org
#Syria #Iraq [opinion] - While a new trial is about to open in Paris for crimes against Yazidis, what should judicial systems do to bring trials of #UniversalJurisdiction out of their bubble? The Netherlands has begun to lead the way.
www.justiceinfo.net/en/156024-be...
#Yazidi
2. Most of #Levant was part of eastern #Roman/Byzantine Empire & had large #Jewish, #Yazidi & other #ethno-religious communities.
Arab armies invaded in seventh century & through a violent campaign of #colonization,
transformed entire region,
devastating some of world’s most advanced #civilizations
On 9 March 2026, 1600 EST, join IBAHRI’s Dr @ewelinaochab.bsky.social for a parallel event at the UN's #CSW70 focused on #justice for #Yazidi #women. Co-hosts: IBAHRI, Yazda, the Coalition for Genocide Response, @globalr2p.org & the British Group Inter-Parliamentary Union.
RSVP: chgcah.org/yazidi/
Shukri Hamk: "A #Yazidi #girl told CNN that the #ISIS militants justified #raping her because the action would
make her 'Muslim'...
Some #Yazidis #women and #girls #sold for weapons, or for just $10, or 10 cigarettes...."
Open Letter: America Must #Protect #Syria’s #Minorities from a New #ISIS #Genocide....
US is final hope for Syria’s #Kurdish, #Christian & #Yazidi minorities.
Yazidi people have already fled Aleppo over the last ten days.
We are alarmed by reports of #massacres, #abduction of #women & other #crimes.
NEW RELEASE — I Survived ISIS: A Yazidi Woman's Escape from Genocide
In this memoir of survival, Roza Alomar, a former captive of Daesh shares the empowering resilience of the Yazidi.
Order now: buff.ly/p0PrSKP
#memoir #survival #Yazidi #Daesh #humanrights
Rawan Osman:
"First they came for #Yazidi women.
I said nothing- I am not Islamophobic
Then they came for #Christians.
I said nothing- I am not Islamophobic
Then they came for the #Kurds.
I said nothing- I am not Islamophobic
Then they came for the #Druze.
I said nothing- I am not Islamophobic."
A #Message of Reassurance from the #Yazidi Community to the community in #Aleppo
Representatives of the #Yazidi community from #Afrin have addressed the community in #Aleppo, reassuring #families about their safety and confirming that conditions are secure and stable.
É a segunda vez que vejo um curdo rüm, me parece que alguns Curdos e Yazidis migraram para a Igreja Ortodoxa, pelo menos foi o que eu entendi assistindo alguns vídeos deles. Alguns deles também vivem na Rússia.
#kurdish #rum #Kurdistan #Yazidi #Christians #Orthodox #Faith #middleeast #westasia
And see insightful analysis of #child-taking, #genocide & Swedish #Yazidi judgments, by Paola Gaeta, today at @ejiltalk.bsky.social www.ejiltalk.org/intent-to-de...
Last night I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Nadia Murad, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, human rights activist, and survivor of the #Yazidi #genocide. Nadia spoke about women, power and justice. Nadia’s steadfast advocacy is a testament to her perseverance and determination against all the odds.
When will Marxists and LGBTQI+ realise Islamists will crush everyone if they win?
Same as the lead up to the 1979 Iranian revolution
#Syria #Palestine #Christian #Sunni #Druze #Alawite #Kurd #Yazidi
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The cover page of the My Sunset-Land, Rojava album by Kurdish visual artist Zehra Dogan and music of Kurdish Kamancha player and composer Shahriyar Jamshidi, which was released in 2020.
#Bandcamp artists in North America celebrate #BandcampFriday today - get a copy of my last recording #MySunsetLand_ROJAVA, all profits of this project will be going to support suffering #Yazidi women from the 2014 genocide in Iraq.
📸: Zehra Dogan
👉 shahriyarjamshidi.bandcamp.com/album/my-sun...
Remember 19 #Yazidi girls were burned alive in iron cages by #ISIS for refusing to convert to Islam and become sex slaves.
ISIS paraded them through the streets of Mosul,
then burned them in front of hundreds of people.
But not a single #Muslim or #Palestinian activist protested for the Yazidis !
#SaffronMonastery & #PeacockAngel" is the customary translation of #MelekTaus", the divinity honored by the #Yazidi.
Yazidi Community History Revived Through 1930s Museum Photo Archive
About 300 black‑and‑white photos taken by 1930s archaeologists in northern Iraq have been uncovered, with the first public displays held in April during the Yazidi New Year. Read more: getnews.me/yazidi-community-history... #yazidi #history
