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Why the killing of Yezidis must be referred to as genocide
Several times we have been told that we could not refer to the current Iraqi crisis as genocide – despite all the brutality and...
Ezdiki – the language of the Ezidis?
Author: Yilmaz Algin (PhD cand. in Law Studies, Germany)
Original article in German, translated by: Rojda S.
"But the Ezidis call their language "zyman e ezda"...
Clashes between Ezidi YBŞ and Peshmerga in Shingal
On Friday morning, clashes erupted in the northern Iraqi Shingal region between PKK-backed Ezidi fighters of the YBŞ and Peshmerga forces close to the...
Background story of clashes between Yezidi and Muslim Peshmerga in Shingal
An exchange of fire occured on Wednesday evening between Yezidi Peshmerga fighters and Zerevani Peshmerga who are under the control of the Kurdistan Democratic Party...
Yezidis want mass exodus from Turkey
by Dr. Amy L. Beam
Over 20,000 Yezidis from Shingal, Iraq, have been living in refugee camps in southeast Turkey since September, 2014. They do...
Death threats against Ezidi activists: Dakhil Osman, Haji Keyrani and Berekat Isa flee from...
Three Ezidi actvists have recently fled from Kurdistan due to death threats they have received from government circles. Because of their activities, the poet...
Hope Brings Unity as the Yezidis celebrate their New Year
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By Elias Kasem, Yezidi activist from the U.S.
For the last seven months, as a Yezidi, I have struggled fiercely to bring unity to our Yezidi...
Interview with Vian Dakhil: “The Peshmerga must tell the world why they fled”
Brussels, Belgium - With her emotional plea in the Iraqi parliament she turned the attention of the world community to the genocide in...
March for Yezidi women in Brussels
Yesterday, on September 8 2014, ezidiPress was present at the March for Yezidi women in Brussels. Around 200 Yezidi girls and women gathered in...
IS terrorists take over Yezidi villages: Updated chronicle
+++22:00 pm+++ Over 2000 armed Yezidis on the way to Shingal
Over 2000 Yezidi recruits have been trained militarily in the past few days to...
