USA Vice President Mike Pence speech at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom Conference, highlighting the situation of Yazidis and others minorities.
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Anyone who wants to understand the so-called Islamic State should read The Last Girl.
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Grateful to meet with Excellency Zaki Anwar Nusseibeh and Ambassador Mohamed Issa Abushahab in Brussels to discuss UAE support for reconstruction and security in the Yazidi homeland of Sinjar Iraq.
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Yezidi genocide survivor and UN Goodwill Ambassador Nadia Murad issued a warning on Monday about the safety of the Yezidi minority and the whole civilian population in Afrin.
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According to the United Nations, Iraq is the fifth most mined country in the world, with 59 landmines per square mile.
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Today, I received information that the area of Afrin inhabited by Kurds, Yazidis and Christians is under siege from all sides.
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Growing up in northwestern Iraq, Hadi Pir often went to Mt. Sinjar for solace. As a Yazidi, a member of an ancient religious minority, he believed that the narrow mountain was sacred, central to the Yazidi creation myth.
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“When you listen to Nadia Murad’s story you realize the importance of the rule of law and due process, which must be sustained.”
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Nadia Murad’s New York Times Op-Ed: Three years ago I was one of thousands of Yazidi women kidnapped by the Islamic State and sold into slavery. I endured rape, torture and humiliation at the hands of multiple militants before I escaped.
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Despite recent gains against ISIS in Iraq, many Yazidis still remain in captivity. As a story that hasn’t yet ended, “The Last Girl” is difficult to process.
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Sundance Film Festival announces screening times for ON HER SHOULDERS, co-produced by Uncommon Union’s co-founder.
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Thanks to the quick and determined help of the State of Baden-Württemberg, 1100 women and children had the chance to come to Germany and receive urgently needed medical and psychological help.
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Nadia's Initiative team members Nadia Murad, Abid Shamdeen and Elizabeth Schaeffer Brown meet with British Home Secretary Amber Rudd MP and MP Robert Jenrick.
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I now know that I was born in the heart of the crimes committed against me.
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Watch at Council on Foreign Relations.
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Nadia met with President Marcon on November 5, 2017, at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Nadia briefed the President on a number of issues, including; her personal story and the struggle of thousands of women who were taken captive by ISIS in 2014.
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In “The Last Girl,” Nadia Murad tells the story of her captivity along with other members of her Yazidi village of Kocho. It is an intimate account of what she calls “a slow, painful death — of the body and the soul.”
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Today the United Nations Security Council has approved a resolution put forward by the UK that will create an investigation into the war crimes committed by the Islamic State group against the Yazidi people.
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The Iraqi Government needs to ensure that the thousands of women and girls who survived rape and other forms of sexual violence by ISIL fighters receive care, protection, and justice and that children born as a result of such violence do not face a life of discrimination and abuse, a UN report published today says.
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Amal Clooney is one giant step closer to achieving her longtime goal of holding ISIS accountable for its war crimes.
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