Exxon Mobil accused of human rights abuse in Ezidikhan
Source: Business & Human Rights Resource Center, London UK Iraq: A Yezidi complaint to Human Rights Council alleges displacement, abuses and killings by oil giant Exxon Mobil In November 2019, the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre was contacted by the representative of the Yezidi community in Iraq, who alleged that oil giant Exxon Mobil […]
Yezidi families in Turkey attacked again amid resettlement dispute
Yezidi families in Turkey's southeast have recently been exposed to several attacks by members of the Karabulut and Biter clans, to whom they had temporarily entrusted their lands in the 1990s before leaving for Europe. Although the Turkish courts have ordered these two clans to give the lands back to their rightful owners, the clans have been harassing the families to deter them from resettling in their lands.
Turkish aircraft attack YBS headquarters; 20 dead or injured
[Shingal, Ezidikhan, Iraq. 20 Nov, 2019] Turkish aircraft on Wednesday conducted an airstrike on the headquarters of the Sinjar Protection Units (YBS) in northern Iraq, leaving twenty militiamen killed and wounded according to the Iraqi military. A statement by the media office of the Iraqi Joint Operations Command (JOC) said the air strike was conducted […]
PM outlines Ezidikhan’s plans to UN
The Ezidikhan Public Information Bureau has obtained a copy of Ezidikhan Prime Minister Barjis Soso Khalaf's written response to a query from the United Nations Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Political Affairs and Electoral Assistance, Hon. Alice Walpoe about the Ezidikhan Provisional Government's intentions in these troubled and turbulent times.
Turkish jets repeat attack on Yezidi villages
The Yezidi village of Bara was struck for the second time in two days on Tuesday evening, following another suspected Turkish airstrike in a nearby village the day before. Three people are believed to have been injured in the Tuesday offensive, according to Yezidi media outlet EzidiPress. No civilians were reported to have died.
Kurdish-ISIL collusion in 2014, investigators allege
The investigative panel created by the Provisional Government of Ezidikhan has submitted to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights its narrative regarding purported criminal acts perpetrated against the Yezidi people in the period since the Iraq war began in 2003 up to the present day.
The report details a disturbing pattern of ongoing practices by regional state actors, including the administration of Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al Abdul and the administration of Massoud Barzani, President of ...
Alliance of Indigenous Nations denounces Turkey, Iraq and Kurdistan
In a sharp rebuke to the region's dominant nation-states, representatives of Yezidi, Mandean, Shaback, Dom, Lom, and Zoroastrian minorities recently joined in one voice to publicly denounce the Republic of Iraq, the Kurdistan Regional Government, the Syrian Democratic Forces, and the Republic of Turkey.
![[Lalish, Ezidikhan (Iraq) 17 October 2019] – Faced with acts of violent atrocities, forced displacement and genocide, representatives of the Yezidi, Zoroastrian, Mandaean, Romani, and Shabak communities announced in a joint proclamation their commitment to formalize their political autonomy distinct from the states of Syria, Turkey, and Iraq. and the formation of the Alliance of Indigenous Nations of the Middle East. Twelve national delegates met in a general assembly on 6 October during the Jamayi Session of the Ezidikhan government’s conference held in Shingal, Ezidikhan (Iraq) to negotiate and sign the Proclamation of the Alliance of Indigenous Nations of the Middle East.](http://www.ezidikhan.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Banner-Proclamation-of-Indi-349x240.gif "Pact of Autonomy declared by Five Indigenous Nations of the Middle East")
Pact of Autonomy declared by Five Indigenous Nations of the Middle East
[Lalish, Ezidikhan (Iraq) 17 October 2019] – Faced with acts of violent atrocities, forced displacement and genocide, representatives of the Yezidi, Zoroastrian, Mandaean, Romani, and Shabak communities announced in a joint proclamation their commitment to formalize their political autonomy distinct from the states of Syria, Turkey, and Iraq. and the formation of the Alliance of Indigenous Nations of the Middle East. Twelve national delegates met in a general assembly on 6 October during the Jamayi Session of th...
Food Relief for Yezidi IDPs
The Provisional Government of Ezidikhan has begun to deliver supplemental food items to needy Yezidi families living in IDP camps.
Ezidikhan to investigate allegations of ISIS-KRG collusion
In a momentous decision, Ezidikhan’s Governing Council has unanimously adopted a resolution asserting Ezidikhan’s right to investigate alleged acts of genocide by regional militias including Kurdish forces as well as atrocities committed by Daesh extremists.
