Case Study: Possible Genocide Against the Yezidi
Background:
When: August 2014
Where: Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Who:
- Perpetrators: Islamic State (ISIS)
- Targets: Yezidi people, an ethnic and religious minority in the Kurdistan region of Iraq
Victims:
- ~1,000 people dead (exact total unknown)
- Hundreds of thousands refugees
Learn More:
News Articles:
Human Rights Watch: UN Panel Reports on ISIS Crimes on Yezidis
Human Rights Watch: Iraq: Protect Mass Graves, Evidence of Possible ISIS Genocide Endangered
Human Rights Watch: Help Yezidi Survivors
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: “Our Generation Is Gone”: Bearing Witness Trip Report
United Nations News Center: ISIL may have committed genocide, war crimes in Iraq, says UN human rights report
Los Angeles Times: Kerry determines Islamic State is committing genocide in Iraq and Syria
Videos:
RT: ‘Convert or die’ Stranded Yazidi refugees on ISIS threats (Video: 5:25 mins)
International Rescue Committee: Yazidi refugees: A desperate struggle (Video: 2:56 mins)
Voice of America: Even With Hometown Liberated, Yazidi Refugees Fear Return (Video: 1:39 mins)
