Ezidi activist: World fails to hold IS accountable for crimes

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan24) – Kurdish Yezidi (Ezidi) UN Goodwill Ambassador Nadia Murad on Sunday criticized the international community for not bringing Islamic State (IS) criminals to justice.

The Kurdish activist posted several tweets on her official Twitter account calling for those who helped the extremist group to be held accountable for their crimes against Ezidi people.

“We will pursue all terrorists who kidnapped, traded, raped, or enslaved our women [and] girls,” she tweeted.

“They will find safety nowhere in the world,” the UN Goodwill Ambassador added.

Moreover, Murad mentioned people should not stand still when the international community failed to punish criminals.

“When the world systems fail to hold criminals accountable, we, the normal people [and] victims, shall not remain silent,” she continued.

The activist stated she was “sickened by the delay in establishing court systems” to bring IS criminals to justice.

According to Murad, there was no investigation against the insurgents as people began returning to the eastern side of Mosul, occupied in June 2014 by the extremist group.

“Half of Mosul is freed, thousands who have harbored [IS are] now back to normal life as [if] nothing [had] happened. There is no investigation!!!!” She wrote in another tweet.

In August 2014, IS militants occupied the Kurdish Ezidi populated city of Sinjar (Shingal) in western Mosul.

The group committed mass executions against Ezidi men, and kidnapped, raped, and enslaved Ezidi women on the black market.

Although many Ezidis have been rescued from the insurgent group, thousands of women remain under their captivity in Iraq and Syria.

Editing by Karzan Sulaivany