KMEWO’s Statement on the 3rd Anniversary of the Yazidi Genocide
Three years after the Yazidi Genocide took place, KMEWO calls on the Kurdish and Iraqi governments to act on the horrific human rights abuses suffered by 6,470 abducted Yazidi women and children. On August 3, 2014, Islamic State (IS) began an attack on the Yazidi community living in the district of Sinjar, Iraqi Kurdistan. Women […]
Dead but not forgotten: The unexpected deaths of three Yazidi sisters
Written by Nazaneen Rashid Edited by Teresa Thornhill Six years ago three Yazidi were found dead under suspicious circumstances. The cause of their death is not yet confirmed, but murder is strongly believed to be the most likely cause. A crusade to establish the reason for the women’s death is on-going. In the compelling article that […]