Minorities and IDPs


‘We Don’t Trust Anyone’: Iraq’s Displaced Minorities Not Ready To Return Home

‘We Don’t Trust Anyone’: Iraq’s Displaced Minorities Not Ready To Return Home

Niqash Even though the extremist group Islamic State has lost ground in Iraq, displaced minority groups are not returning home....

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Three Yazidis Women Escape from Daesh, and Tell Their Stories to Rudaw

Three Yazidis Women Escape from Daesh, and Tell Their Stories to Rudaw

Ahmed Mahmood – Rudaw Mosul Three Yazidi sisters managed to escape from the grip “Daesh” in Mosul, and after a...

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The Sinjar Massacre: Yazidis Take Revenge Against Extremists’ Collaborators

The Sinjar Massacre: Yazidis Take Revenge Against Extremists’ Collaborators

niqash | Khales Joumah | Mosul  As extremists from the Islamic State group are slowly driven out of northern Iraq,...

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For Yazidi Women, Escaping ISIS Doesn’t Mean The Ordeal Is Over!

For Yazidi Women, Escaping ISIS Doesn’t Mean The Ordeal Is Over!

NPR – December 10, 2014 Barzan is a young Yazidi man, with sad blue eyes. His mother, five of his sisters...

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Yazidis In Iraq: Current Situation, Priorities And International Solidarity Needed!

Yazidis In Iraq: Current Situation, Priorities And International Solidarity Needed!

Husam Salim Ezidi Solidarity and Fraternity League Working paper dedicated for ICSSI Conference Oslo – Norway – November 2014 On...

  • Iraqi Voices
Loyalty to Sinjar

Loyalty to Sinjar

Press Release, Erbil  22.09.2014 “Loyalty to Sinjar” is an Iraqi campaign aimed at the Iraqi government, regional authorities in Kurdistan,...

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Inside Mosul: Thousands of Students, Teachers Trapped Between Extremists And Education Ministry

Inside Mosul: Thousands of Students, Teachers Trapped Between Extremists And Education Ministry

niqash | Khales Joumah | Mosul  Inside the extremist-occupied city of Mosul, teachers have been told to report to work...

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ETHNIC CLEANSING ON HISTORIC SCALE: THE ISLAMIC STATE’S SYSTEMATIC TARGETING OF MINORITIES IN NORTHERN IRAQ

ETHNIC CLEANSING ON HISTORIC SCALE: THE ISLAMIC STATE’S SYSTEMATIC TARGETING OF MINORITIES IN NORTHERN IRAQ

Amnesty International : September 2014 The group that calls itself the Islamic State (IS) has carried out ethnic cleansing on...

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Iraqi Turkmen in Danger, Rescue Amerli!

Iraqi Turkmen in Danger, Rescue Amerli!

August 26, 2014 More than 16.000 civilians are trapped in the area of Amerli, in Tuz Khormatoo District of Salahaddin...

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Fleeing Yezidi Iraqis Seek Safety in Turkey!

Fleeing Yezidi Iraqis Seek Safety in Turkey!

SILOPI, TURKEY – IRIN As soon as he crossed the border into southeastern Turkey, Khudeda Khalaf downed a bottle of...

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Help the Displaced Yazidi People from Sinjar!

Help the Displaced Yazidi People from Sinjar!

Civil Society Organizations Call to the International Community By Wadi, CPT and Alind – wadi-online Representatives of three human rights non-governmental...

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Press Statement by WADI on The Current Situation in Sinjar (Iraq)

Press Statement by WADI on The Current Situation in Sinjar (Iraq)

By WADI, Association for Crisis Assistance and Solidary Development Cooperation. Wadi calls the German Federal Government to provide support by...

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