Izadis mark second anniversary of Daesh massacre in Sinjar

Izadis in Iraq's Kurdistan region and across the world have held vigils to mark the second anniversary of Daesh massacre in the town of Sinjar, and call for the release of those still being kept as slaves.

According to Press TV, scores of people gathered at Sharafadeen Shrine on the outskirts of Sinjar northwest of Baghdad on Wednesday, calling for international help to bring perpetrators to justice and secure the freedom of some 3,770 women still in Daesh captivity.

“My only wish is to save our sisters who are under the captivity of Daesh,” an elderly Izadi woman, who managed to escape the terrorist group in August 2014, said.
 
“We do not want anything. We only want our mothers and sisters to be free,” said another Izadi woman, whose family members are still being held by the Takfiri group. 

“It is true that Shingal (another name for Sinjar) is liberated but there is no celebration until our girls are free,” she added.

Elsewhere on the suburbs of the Iraqi Kurdish city of Halabja, many people climbed a hill to commemorate the liberation of Sinjar in November 2015 from Daesh terrorists.

Nearly 4,000 Izadis also took part in a silent march through Turkey’s southeastern Kurdish-populated city of Diyarbakir to commemorate the massacre and their loved ones who were taken hostage. 

In London, Yazda, an Izadi advocacy organization, held a commemoration in coordination with several other Britain-based groups, asking the UN to help free Izadi women and girls who were taken as sex slaves by Daesh terrorists.

A candlelight vigil organized by the Free Yazidi Foundation was also held in front of the White House in Washington DC.

Additionally, a march organized by Yazda was held from Alexanderplatz square to the Brandenburg Gate in the German capital of Berlin.

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