Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Yazidi genocide a decade on: Iraq camp closures loom, but survivors still live in fear of Islamic State

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par Luke Moffett, Professor of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law, Queen's University Belfast

Ten years ago, on August 3, fighters from Islamic State (IS) left their bases in Syria and Iraq to attack the Sinjar region of north-western Iraq. Sinjar was home to the Yazidi people, a religious group native to the region. IS saw religious groups like the Yazidi as blasphemous and aimed to wipe them out.

Without much warning, around 350,000 Yazidis were forced to flee their homes and many…

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