Possible Genocide Against the Yezidi

Dates: August 2014
Location: Kurdistan Region of Iraq
(Middle East)
Perpetrators: Islamic State (ISIS)
Victims: Ethnic Yezidi
Number Killed: More than 1,000
No one knows the exact number of Yezidis that have been killed by ISIS. Mass graves are still being uncovered
Number of Refugees/IDPs: Tens of thousands
News Articles:
- HRW: UN Panel Reports on ISIS Crimes on Yezidis
- HRW: Iraq: Protect Mass Graves, Evidence of Possible ISIS Genocide Endangered
- HRW: 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:
‘Convert or Die’ Stranded Yazidi Refugees on ISIS Threats (3:53)
(Click to watch, 3:53)
Yazidi Refugees: A Desperate Struggle (2:56)
(Click to watch, 2:56)
Even With Hometown Liberated, Yazidi Refugees Fear Return (1:39)
(Click to watch, 1:39)