It is no secret that the
Yezidis today in Armenia are subjected to harassment and discrimination.
28 (Saba) - The leader of the
Yezidis minority, who was persecuted by the Da'ash organization in Iraq, died at the age of 85 at a hospital in Germany.
"ISIS is clearly responsible for genocide against
Yezidis, Christians, and Shia Muslims in areas it controlled." The report also targeted IS for its "crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing" against minority religious groups and also Sunni Muslims and Kurds.
bishops' delegation to Iraq, which confirmed that Christians,
Yezidis, Shiite Muslims and other minorities had experienced genocide at the hands of the Islamic State group.
The
Yezidis, an ethnic group that has its own synthetic religion, are considered devil-worshipers by extremist Muslims.
Today I interacted with Kurds from Turkey, Syria, Iraq,
Yezidis, and Christians.
Kurdish forces are attempting to retake territory that was lost last year -- a loss which prompted the United States to intervene to protect the minority Kurdish
Yezidis.
Yezidis in neither legislative nor executive power branches of Armenia.
Iraq 5/12 -- Shia, Sunnis, Kurds, Turkmen, Christians, Mandaeans,
Yezidis, Shabak, Faili Kurds, BahEi'E[degrees], Palestinians
•On-going political and social discrimination against the Assyrian and
Yezidi people, including the refusal to allow Assyrians and
Yezidis to leave Arbil with proper credentials as full citizens or Iraq.