Report: The Yazidis – There is No Going Back to the Time Before the Genocide
Dr. Oliver M. Piecha is a historian, publicist and co-founder of the German-Iraqi aid organization WADI e.V., published a report on the situation of Yazidis in Germany and Iraq ten years after the genocide.
With this report, PRO ASYL and Wadi are drawing attention to the grim situation of the Yazidis in Iraq – and at the same time calling for an immediate nationwide ban on deportations of Yazidis.
Since the genocide by the terrorist organization Islamic State in 2014 at the latest, the Sinjar region in northern Iraq, where the Yazidis have lived for centuries, has become a life-threatening hotspot, describes the report “Ten years after the genocide: The situation of the Yazidis in Iraq”. State and non-state actors are fighting ruthlessly for power and influence there. In the strategically important border region between Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran, interests are clashing – and the Yazidis are caught in the middle between all fronts. 200,000 are still stuck in Iraqi refugee camps with no prospect of being able to leave.
With around 250,000 people, Germany not only has the largest Yazidi diaspora in Europe, but also the second largest in the world after Iraq. Although the German Bundestag recognized the persecution of the Yazidis as genocide at the beginning of 2023, even though the situation in Iraq remains very uncertain, several federal states have been deporting Yazidis to Iraq again for several months.
About the Author: Dr. Oliver M. Piecha is a historian, publicist and co-founder of the German-Iraqi aid organization WADI e.V., which has been active in the Middle East for 30 years; he deals with the cultural and ideological history of modernity and has given numerous lectures and seminars on interculturality, flight and developments in the Middle East in the context of political adult education. His most recent publication is: Aufstieg und Niedergang des Politischen Islam, in: Keser (ed.) et al, Gesichter des Politischen Islam, Berlin 2023.
The full report is available here:proasyl.de/wp-content/uploads/2024_04_23
Tags: #yazidisinfo #newsyazidis #aboutyazidis #genocideyazidis
Report: The Yazidis – There is No Going Back to the Time Before the Genocide
Dr. Oliver M. Piecha is a historian, publicist and co-founder of the German-Iraqi aid organization WADI e.V., published a report on the situation of Yazidis in Germany and Iraq ten years after the genocide.
With this report, PRO ASYL and Wadi are drawing attention to the grim situation of the Yazidis in Iraq – and at the same time calling for an immediate nationwide ban on deportations of Yazidis.
Since the genocide by the terrorist organization Islamic State in 2014 at the latest, the Sinjar region in northern Iraq, where the Yazidis have lived for centuries, has become a life-threatening hotspot, describes the report “Ten years after the genocide: The situation of the Yazidis in Iraq”. State and non-state actors are fighting ruthlessly for power and influence there. In the strategically important border region between Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran, interests are clashing – and the Yazidis are caught in the middle between all fronts. 200,000 are still stuck in Iraqi refugee camps with no prospect of being able to leave.
With around 250,000 people, Germany not only has the largest Yazidi diaspora in Europe, but also the second largest in the world after Iraq. Although the German Bundestag recognized the persecution of the Yazidis as genocide at the beginning of 2023, even though the situation in Iraq remains very uncertain, several federal states have been deporting Yazidis to Iraq again for several months.
About the Author: Dr. Oliver M. Piecha is a historian, publicist and co-founder of the German-Iraqi aid organization WADI e.V., which has been active in the Middle East for 30 years; he deals with the cultural and ideological history of modernity and has given numerous lectures and seminars on interculturality, flight and developments in the Middle East in the context of political adult education. His most recent publication is: Aufstieg und Niedergang des Politischen Islam, in: Keser (ed.) et al, Gesichter des Politischen Islam, Berlin 2023.
The full report is available here:proasyl.de/wp-content/uploads/2024_04_23
Tags: #yazidisinfo #newsyazidis #aboutyazidis #genocideyazidis
