Iraq: Sinjaris Finally Compensated

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Piles of applications in the Tel Afar compensation office. © Sarah Sanbar, Human Rights Watch, January 2024 (Beirut) – The Iraqi authorities have finally dispersed a first round of compensation payments to people from Sinjar district in northern Iraq for damages to their property both by the Islamic State (ISIS) and the Iraqi and US-led coalition military battles against them, Human Rights Watch said today. The payments were made after years of delay though recipients are entitled to the payments under Iraqi law.A representative of the Sinjar compensation…

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