Nine years after the Islamic State committed genocide against the Yazidi people in the Iraqi Kurdistan region of Sinjar, several pro-Kurdish groups and political parties have released official statements calling for the perpetrators to be held to account and for renewed action toward survivor reparations.
Two courageous survivors of the 2014 Yazidi Genocide have shared their harrowing experiences, their accounts shed light on the desperate struggle for survival during the devastating attack.
The 53rd hearing of the Kobane trial, whose 108 defendants include members of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), started on Tuesday in Ankara. Former HDP co-chair Sebahat Tuncel accused the prosecution of aiming to suppress Kurdish people.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has reportedly surrounded a village in the West Azerbaijan province of Iran on Monday following protests over work opportunities in the area and clashes between security forces and civilians.
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