Now that the caliphate of Islamic State/ISIS has collapsed, there are a lot of foreign wives of ISIS fighters who want to return to their home country. Because of this there is a discussion in Western countries whether or...
Our Executive Director Pari Ibrahim had an interview with Al Jazeera English about FYF’s statement about the effects of the premature withdrawal of US Forces from Syria on the Yezidi population there and in Iraq. You can view the...
Download the Report as PDF File Implications for Minorities in Syria and Iraq 4 January 2019 The Free Yezidi Foundation is grateful to the United States of America, especially the armed forces, for the intervention to combat and degrade...
DECADE OF WOMEN ANNOUNCES YEAR-END MATCH GRANTS FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS iCrowdNewswire – Dec 18, 2018 Inspired by 2018 Nobel Laureate Nadia Murad, $1M Grant Campaign Announced For Free Yezidi Foundation and charity: water Pari Ibrahim, Founder and Executive...
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...