reported by Ali Rasho

Our documentation about the human rights violations in the Yezidi areas were delayed, because we thought that the events during the transitional period that occurred after the end of a dictatorship are somewhat "natural". We were also aware that the transitional period would involve great sacrifices. But when the affairs did come to head, the Association of Yezidi intellectuals saw the importance of documenting such events, in particular in 2006, when the harbingers of the civil war in Iraq were heralding.

The brochure has now been published documenting all known events and incidents that have occurred since 2003. It supplements the information of the reports 2008 to 2012, which includes documentations of the human rights violations against the Yezidis in Iraq. The reports focus on issues such as health care, migration and displacement, the current security affairs, women affairs, as well as current problems of Yezidi communities in Iraq.

The Ezidische Akademie wants to thank Ali Rasho for his extensive research.

The brochure can be ordered online via email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

or also available at our events for a recovery fee of 10 €.

The Ezidische Akademie members traveled last Summer in June 2012 to Turkey and visited various areas, including eastern Anatolia. When we stayed in Midyat, we visited the tour guide’s family, where we also got the opportunity to meet his two children, aged 13 and 15 years.

These kids had to drop out of school unexpectedly, but nonetheless would love to achieve their high-school graduation. The possibility exists for them to visit a private school in the city, which costs about 2000 Euros for its first annual tuition fee. The Ezidische Akademie wants to support both children and is looking for sponsors. (If required, we can issue donation receipts).

Please donate to the following Bank Account:
Ezidische Akademie e.V.
Re:. Humanitarian Midyat
Account Number: 910041768
Sort Code: 25050180
Bank: Sparkasse Hannover 

Through various Arabic websites, we have heard about an 11-year-old girl who was kidnapped on 9^th January 2013. The girl belongs to the Yezidi religion and lived with her family in the village Schekhka, District Al-Kosh / Mousel in Iraq before her abduction.

We have been in contact with people in Iraq, who have confirmed the abduction. According to our primary account, we have been told that Kurdish-origin Nasrelah Hassan Al-Goran could be the kidnapper. The girl is still missing and despite many phone calls and online posts, there has been no response from the official authorities.

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