Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Outpouring of solidarity for Iraq acid attack victim targeted after marriage offer Maryam al-Rikabi had acid thrown at her after refusing a marriage proposal, prompting calls for accountability By Nadda Osman Middle East Eye (17.12.2021) –...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Hungary helps Yezidis Hungary Helps (05.08.2021) – https://bit.ly/3BqNtMm – On August 3rd, seven years ago, almost 3,000 Yazidis were executed by ISIS militants in a day in Sinjar village and its vicinity in Northern Iraq. Members of the terrorist...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Macron visits churches and mosques Euronenews.com (29.08.2021) – https://bit.ly/3kA3OHJ – French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday visited Iraq’s northern city of Mosul, which suffered widespread destruction during the war to defeat the Islamic State...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
The Associated Press (05.03.2021) – https://bit.ly/3v4Po6W – In Iraq, two decades of back-to-back conflicts have left ancient Christian communities that were once a vibrant and integral part of the landscape scattered and in ruins. Iraq was estimated to...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
The landmark bill formally recognizes the Yazidi genocide and the trauma of sexual violence, but the community still faces grave security concerns and missing men, women and children. By Joe Snell AL-Monitor (02.03.2021) – https://bit.ly/3kW8xTF –...