Iraq’s Yazidis hope a new village will prompt survivors of a 2014 Islamic State massacre to return
Kocho, Iraq AP Ten years ago, their village in Iraq’s Sinjar region was decimated by Islamic State militants. Yazidi men and boys were separated and massacred, Yazidi women and children were abducted, many raped or taken as slaves. Now the survivors are coming back to Kocho, where Yazidi community leaders on Thursday announced plans for […]
Nobel winner unveils code to protect survivors of sexual violence in war
London, UK Thomson Reuters Foundation A new code of conduct for investigating sexual violence in conflict was unveiled on Friday, developed by Britain’s Foreign Office and Nadia Murad, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war. Its creators said they hoped it […]