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Mosul discoveries brought to light in new documentary
In 2014, Mosul fell under the control of ISIS (also called Daesh). During its three-year reign, the militants destroyed artifacts and buildings saying they were forms of idolatry. As the CBC news channel explains, they also targeted sites for looting and to get attention, filming the destruction and sharing it in propaganda videos online. But ISIS’s actions inadvertently created opportunities. Sifting through the wreckage after ISIS’s occupation, archaeologists have gained new insights into this great ancient city. The city of Mosul in no…
First German Kurdish film festival gives voice to the Yazidi community
Düsseldorf, Germany, introduces the first Kurdish Film Festival (DKFF) , offering a vital platform for Kurdish cinema and spotlighting the Yazidi community. As Medya News reports, this event running from 25-28 April, underscores the urgent need to preserve and evolve the Kurdish language, culture and history, under long-standing political repression. Kurdish filmmakers and artists safeguard their community’s cultural identity through works that double as both artistic expressions and historical documents. Their films not only delve into the K…
Germany detains two suspected of IS genocide against Yazidi’s
Two Iraqi citizens have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, as well as membership in terrorist group Islamic State (IS), Politico EU reported. The detention of the married couple follows a resolution by the German parliament last year that recognizes crimes committed by IS against the Yazidi religious minority in Iraq as genocide. The intent of its authors was to facilitate prosecutions against such crimes in Germany’s courts. “Twana H.S. and Asia R.A. were married according to Islamic l…
Not silent! Yazidi’s need justice to survive, heal and thrive
Almost ten years ago, ISIS seized large swaths of Iraq and Syria and launched a genocidal campaign against the Yazidis in northern Iraq . In August 2014, shortly after ISIS declared a caliphate, they attacked Sinjar, the northern Iraqi Yazidi homeland. More than 400,000 Yazidis fled their homes and tens of thousands took refuge on Mount Sinjar where they remained stranded and hungry for weeks. Over 3,000 Yazidis, mostly men and elderly women, were killed, and around 6,000 women and children were captured by ISIS. The captive women and child…
German court upholds ‘War Crimes’ prison sentence. Who will be next?
Last month, the German Federal Court of Justice confirmed a German ISIS member’s 14-year prison sentence for crimes against humanity, war crimes and membership in a foreign terrorist organization. The now 32-year-old ‘Jennifer W’ travelled to Syria in 2014 to join ISIS. Together with her then-husband – Iraqi national Taha A.-J. – she held a Yazidi woman and her 5-year-old daughter Reda as slaves in their home in Fallujah, Iraq, as part of ISIS’ brutal genocidal campaign against the Yazidis . The Yazidi captives were deprived of sufficient f…
