PUK bloc MP calls for conducting international trial for the perpetrators of crimes against the Yazidis

Recalling the 7th anniversary of the Yazidis genocide on Tuesday, MP from the PUK bloc in the Iraqi Parliament, Rezan Sheikh Dler, called for conducting an international trial for the perpetrators of crimes against the Yazidi Kurds.

MP Sheikh Diller said in an exclusive statement to PUKmedia that there must be a law to solve the issue of the Yazidi women survivors and that there should be a specialized court in these crimes for the survivors to file cases in.

"It is important for the perpetrators of crimes against the Yazidis to be tried by an international court," said Sheikh Dler.

"It is also very significant for Iraq to join the International Court Of Justice in The Hague to be able to present evidence and documents related to crimes against the Yazidis to hold those responsible accountable," she added.

She also stressed the need for the Kurdistan Regional Government, the Iraqi Government, and the Council of Representatives to work to include Iraq in the International Court of Justice.

In another part, MP Sheikh Dler pointed to the recognition of the crimes as crimes of genocide and said that their recognition locally is not enough and more has to be done to bring justice to the Yazidis. 

"The recognition of the Yazidi genocide in Iraq has no impact. These crimes must be recognized internationally and victims must be compensated by the United Nations and world countries," she said.

There are real and witnessed evidence that ISIS terrorist attempted to exterminate the Yazidis, but so far only 12 countries have officially recognized the genocide against the Yazidis.

ISIS attack on Shingal

On August 3rd, 2014, ISIS terrorists launched a vicious attack on Shingal (Sinjar), the mainland of the Yazidis, and a disputed town in northern Iraq, killing thousands of Yazidi men and abducting women and children to later be forced into slavery. read more

The attack also led to the displacement of hundreds of thousands of members of the community. Most of them fled to the Kurdistan Region, while others resettled to neighboring countries in the region or Western states.

Others were not as lucky and remained stranded in the war zone, where they later went through horrific atrocities and mass executions at the hands of the extremist group for years. ISIS militants forced women and girls into sexual slavery, kidnapped their children, forced religious conversions, executed scores of men, and abused, sold, and trafficked women and girls across the areas they controlled in Iraq and Syria.

According to the United Nations, 5,000 Yazidi men died in the massacre. The terrorists have also kidnapped thousands of Yazidi women and teenage girls.

According to the KRG, the terrorists kidnapped more than 6,400 Yazidis, but only half of them managed to escape or survive, while the fate of the rest is still unknown.

ISIS gained control of one-third of Iraq in 2014 until 2017 when Iraq announced regaining control of Nineveh, Anbar, Saladin, and parts of Kirkuk and Diyala. 



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