Photo: Karol Grygoruk
Kurdistan, Iraq, 2019
Drawing created during a workshop for refugees by an individual who had been held captive by the self-proclaimed Islamic State (ISIS).
30.08.2022human storiesThe 2014 Genocide Against the Yazidis by the Islamic State (ISIS)
“Over the course of two weeks [in August 2014], the Sinjar region of Iraq was invaded by the so-called Islamic State (ISIS). ISIS militants undertook a strategized campaign to ethnically cleanse Yazidis from existence. “Approximately 400,000 Yazidis fled to the neighboring Kurdistan Region of Iraq and tens of thousands took refuge on Mount Sinjar, where […]
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