A large number of Yazidis, including Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights activist Nadia Murad, attended a joint funeral of minority Yazidis killed by the radical organization IS = Islamic State in Iraq, the Middle East. I mourned the death of the victim.
In 2014, the militant group IS attacked Yazidis living in northern Iraq, killing a large number of people and taking girls and women away for sexual violence.
At the place where the victims were believed to have been buried at that time, the Iraqi government and the United Nations are digging up the bodies and confirming their identities by DNA, and on the 6th, a joint funeral of 104 people whose identities were known so far attacked. It was held in Kojo, the village that received it.
At the funeral, a large number of Yazidis, including Nadia Murad, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for accusing the reality of terrible sexual violence by IS fighters under her real name, gathered to mourn the death of the victims. It was.
The man who participated said, "It's been seven years, but the digging of the body has not progressed," and asked for a prompt response.
Although the extremist organization IS has lost its territory and is losing power, there are still sporadic attacks by the remnants.
Under these circumstances, in the areas where Yazidis live, maintenance of security and restoration of infrastructure have not progressed, and many people are still living in evacuation centers such as camps, and the United Nations and NGOs are calling for support.