World Jul 17 ‘I have no future here:’ Yazidis struggle to rebuild their lives despite ISIS retreat By Leila Molana-Allen
World May 21 Investigators build case for ISIS crimes against Yazidis Investigators with the Commission for International Justice and Accountability is amassing evidence to show the involvement of IS leadership in organizing the trade of Yazidi women, and identifying top IS architects to be prosecuted for crimes against humanity, war crimes… By Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press
World Oct 05 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Nadia Murad, Denis Mukwege for fight against sexual violence “Each of them in their own way has helped to give greater visibility to wartime sexual violence, so that the perpetrators can be held accountable for their actions,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee said Friday. By Larisa Epatko
World Jan 15 Watch 5:15 Terrorized by ISIS, Yazidi refugees find welcoming community in Nebraska Nebraska is a long way from northern Iraq. But nearly 3,000 refugees from the region's small Yazidi ethnic minority have resettled there, driven from their homes by the horrific violence perpetrated by the Islamic State group and decades of religious… By PBS News Hour
World Dec 18 Watch 9:33 Yazidi women struggle to return to daily life after enduring Islamic State brutality Yazidi women, who were sold as sex slaves by Islamic State militants, are now returning to their families from formerly ISIS-controlled territories. Special correspondent Jane Ferguson visits the Yazidi religious community in Iraq to hear the stories of these survivors… By Jane Ferguson
Jun 16 UN says the Islamic State is committing ‘genocide’ against Yazidis By Dominique Bonessi The self-proclaimed Islamic State is committing genocide against the Yazidi religious minority in Iraq and Syria, United Nations investigators said Thursday. Continue reading
Aug 13 Watch 6:21 How Islamic State systematically turns girls into sex slaves By PBS News Hour The Islamic State militants have imposed a brutal, ritualistic sex slave trade on thousands of women and girls who belong to the Yazidi sect, a persecuted religious minority. Rukmini Callimachi of The New York Times joins Judy Woodruff from Northern… Continue watching
Aug 14 Watch News Wrap: Iraq PM Maliki steps down as support crumbles By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced that he will now support Haider al-Abadi’s nomination to succeed him. Meanwhile, President Obama confirmed that the crisis facing Yazidi refugees in northern Iraq has greatly eased, lessening the… Continue watching
Aug 11 U.S. sends disaster relief team to Iraq By Associated Press Much of the assistance will go to thousands of members of an Iraqi religious minority group known as Yazidis who have been trapped on a mountaintop in northwest Iraq to escape certain death by Sunni militants with the Islamic… Continue reading
Aug 09 5 things you didn’t know about Yazidis By Dave Sloan, Hari Sreenivasan Hari Sreenivasan recently spoke with Professor Christine Allison about the Yezidis, a Kurdish religious minority group who are being targeted by Islamic militants in Iraq. Professor Allison teaches at the University of Exeter where she focuses on Kurdish History… Continue reading