We are alarmed that confidential information regarding the location and personal situation of Yezidi survivor Ashwaq Al-D. has been handed to the German press. She is a key witness in an international criminal investigation conducted by the Office of...
The Free Yezidi Foundation has remained neutral and kept a distance from political actions in Iraq, focusing exclusively on humanitarian, human rights, and justice and accountability efforts. Recently the Government of Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional Government have made...
ISIS fighters committed genocide and rape against members of Iraq’s minority Yazidi faith, but here we ask, did Yazidi women suffer the most? And why has no ISIS member been prosecuted for these crimes? By Emily Feldman in ELLE...
Dear Friends, Before ISIS began its genocidal campaign against our people, hardly anyone had heard of the Yezidis, our community, our religion, or our culture. Now, after this tragedy, the world knows who we are and what we have...
Date: Friday, August 3, 2018 Photo of participants in a panel marking fourth anniversary of the ISIS attack on the Yazidi* community in Sinjar, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo Ngcuka, UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual...
August 3rd marks the fourth anniversary of the Daesh attack on the Yezidi community in Sinjar – the beginning of their genocidal campaign against the Yezidi people. Four years on, Yezidis are still waiting for any measure of justice...
August 3rd marks the fourth anniversary of the Daesh attack on the Yezidi community in Sinjar – the beginning of their genocidal campaign against the Yezidi people. Four years on, Yezidis are still waiting for any measure of justice...
#Remember3August #Yezidi Washington DC: The Free Yezidi Foundation and the American Ezidi Center continue to call for global attention to help displaced and traumatized Yezidi survivors of genocide. To honor the memory of those who haven been killed and...
Trauma specialist Ginny Dobson left her home on the Isle of Portland in Devon to spend almost one year helping Yezidi women who had escaped from Daesh in Iraq. UK aid supported her work through the UN Women’s UN...
Today, on March 8th, we celebrate International Women’s Day. For many women and girls around the world, this is a day of hope, inspiration, and solidarity. For the Yezidi community, international women’s day is another opportunity to draw attention...