Dozens of displaced Yezidis protested on Monday at the Jam Mashko camp in Zakho, northern Iraq, rejecting a government plan to resettle them in the Kurdistan Region instead of enabling their return to Sinjar, their original homeland.

Demonstrators carried banners condemning the decision, stressing that they have endured over 11 years of displacement without concrete steps to rebuild their towns, and called on international authorities to support their safe return and provide compensation, similar to payments received by families returning from Al-Hol camp.

The Yezidis, who suffered genocide after ISIS invaded Sinjar in 2014, killing and abducting thousands, remain among Iraq’s most vulnerable communities.

Roughly 200,000 are still displaced, many in camps with limited services, while more than 2,600 women and children remain missing and dozens of mass graves remain unopened.

(Shafaq News)

The Cradle Media