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Unhealed Wounds: The Yazidi Genocide’s Lasting Impact and the Need for International Response

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Unhealed Wounds: The Yazidi Genocide’s Lasting Impact and the Need for International Response

James Joseph and Lilian Trickey

July 24, 2024 03:09:12 pm

This week marks the 10th anniversary of the Yazidi genocide. It has been ten years since over 10,000 Yazidis were brutally murdered. Ten years since more than 7,000 women and children were subjected to abduction, violence, and enslavement. Ten years since thousands have disappeared and over 2,600 are still missing without a trace. To this [...]

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