10th Anniversary of the Yazidi Genocide


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.

Yazidi Genocide

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

Latest Updates

The Hasna A. Trial – The beginning of a landmark case in the Netherlands for crimes committed by a Dutch national against Yazidi women

14 Oct, 2024
The Hasna A. Trial – The beginning of a landmark case in the Netherlands for crimes committed by a Dutch national against Yazidi women

Yazda statement for the 10th commemoration of the attacks on Kocho village in Sinjar

by Farhad Ali • 15 Aug, 2024
Yazda statement for the 10th commemoration of the attacks on Kocho village in Sinjar

Yazda Honors Victims of the 2007 Terrorist Attacks on Tel Azer and Siba Sheikh-Khedir in Sinjar

by Farhad Ali • 14 Aug, 2024
Yazda Honors Victims of the 2007 Terrorist Attacks on Tel Azer and Siba Sheikh-Khedir in Sinjar
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