3rd August 2024
Yazda is a global community-led institution that protects and champions all religious and ethnic minority communities, including Assyrians, Chaldeans, Kakais, Shabaks, Yazidis, and others in Iraq, Kurdistan Region, and Syria.
Founded in 2014 at the onset of the genocide perpetrated by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), also known as Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (ISIL) or Da'esh, against the Yazidis, as well as war crimes and crimes against humanity against other minorities, Yazda leads advocacy and strategic projects in Dohuk, Sinjar, and the Nineveh Plains (Iraq), as well as global diaspora hubs.
1,268
murdered
on the first day of attacks in Sinjar
2,763
orphans
as a result of the genocide
6,417
women & girls
forced into sexual slavery and labour
400,000
displaced
living in camps in Iraq and Syria
200,000 displaced
living in camps in Iraq and Syria
1,268
murdered
on the first day of attacks in Sinjar
68 cultural sites
of minorities in Iraq destroyed
2,760
women & girls
still missing
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Lincoln, Nebraska 68503, USA
info@yazda.org
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