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Cathy Otten | The Atlantic
- Dec 22, 2017
How ISIS Changed the Yezidi Religion
Those who went into exile have creatively adapted their rituals. Those who stayed have been just as innovative. BEHZANE, IRAQ—On a recent...
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Geoffrey Johnston | The Whig
- Dec 21, 2017
Genocide Survivors Celebrate Christmas in Iraq
When ISIS arose in 2014, the jihadist force swept across northern Iraq and carried out an ethnic cleansing campaign of Christian villages...
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PBS Newshour
- Dec 18, 2017
Yazidi women struggle to return to daily life after enduring Islamic State brutality
Yazidi women, who were sold as sex slaves by Islamic State militants, are now returning to their families from formerly ISIS-controlled...
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Reports without Borders
- Nov 22, 2017
RSF calls for renewed efforts for John Cantlie’s release after five years of captivity
Five years since British journalist John Cantlie was kidnapped in Syria, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the international...
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Genocide Watch1
- Nov 2, 2017
Iraq not equipped to try Islamic State's atrocities in Mosul: U.N.
Iraq is not capable of trying atrocities committed by Islamic State during the battle for Mosul so it must find other routes to justice...
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Reporters without Borders 1
- Oct 31, 2017
Alarming violence against journalists in northern Iraq
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns yesterday’s murder of a Kurdistan TV cameraman near Kirkuk and the previous day’s violence...