Warnings against the Yazidis leaving Iraq due to the poor conditions in Sinjar

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[size=52]Warnings against the Yazidis leaving Iraq due to the poor conditions in Sinjar[/size]

[size=45]Translated by: Hamed Ahmed[/size]
[size=45]A report warned against the Yazidis leaving Iraq due to the poor conditions in Sinjar, stressing their sense of despair inside the camps. A report by Al-Monitor, translated by Al-Mada, said, “Children, at the side of a dusty road that extends between the tents of the Sharya camp for the Yazidi displaced, and under a clear winter sky, dream while playing soccer that they will be like the world soccer champion, Messi.” The report added, “The girls also dream of one day becoming doctors or lawyers, however, there are weak hopes for such dreams in the difficult conditions of the camp.”[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out that “Hazi is 13 years old from work. She spent eight years in this camp with her brothers and sisters. She says: Life here is very difficult. The tents we live in have become worn out. They do not protect us from the summer heat and do not provide us with warmth from the bitter cold of winter.” .[/size]
[size=45]The report pointed out that her 12-year-old colleague Hayo, who hopes to be a dentist one day, agrees, saying: We also fear that the terrorist organization ISIS will return again.[/size]
[size=45]He stressed that "450,000 Yazidis were subjected to displacement, except for those who were killed or kidnapped when ISIS invaded the Sinjar region in August 2014."[/size]
[size=45]The report indicated that "more than 300,000 of them live in residential neighborhoods outside the camps or inside 15 camps for the displaced, where living conditions are difficult with lack of water and services."[/size]
[size=45]He stressed that "many of the displaced, and with the eyes of the world now turning towards Ukraine, feel despair and neglect."[/size]
[size=45]And the report continues, “The United Nations confirmed, in a report issued in May 2019, that at least four Yazidis living in the camps committed suicide between January and April of that year.”[/size]
[size=45]He continued, "40 other people attempted suicide or committed suicide in the previous year, but this year, a 16-year-old girl and another 19-year-old teenager committed suicide."[/size]
[size=45]An official in Sharia camp, a non-governmental organization, said, "Unemployment and the lack of job opportunities over the years that the displaced spend in the camps is a very difficult matter."[/size]
[size=45]The official added, "The biggest challenge that the Yazidi survivors face is that they live in a state of chronic displacement," noting that "most of the Yazidis who live in the camps are unable to find work, and they face difficulty in sending their children to schools, and they live in a state of extreme poverty."[/size]
[size=45]The official explained that “resources coming from donor countries are running out quickly, and that is why we are facing a deterioration in services,” and went on to say that “services for women and children are now beginning to shrink significantly.”[/size]
[size=45]And the report continues, “Jan Elhan Kizilhan, a Yazidi psychiatrist residing in Germany and founder of the Institute of Psychotherapy at the University of Dohuk, is trying within this difficult environment to search for something to alleviate the suffering of the people of his sect, and above all, to alleviate the pain and trauma of Yazidi women and girls who have been subjected to violence.” and sexual slavery at the hands of the terrorist organization ISIS.[/size]
[size=45]He continued, "The institute, which Kizilhan established in 2016 at the University of Duhok, is training a new group of specialists to help victims cope with their pain and then recover from it." Kizilhan, a psychiatrist, said, "Resilience and an attempt to survive are genetic factors that are passed on from one generation to the next, and for this reason, the people of my sect who have been subjected to many ordeals are still here."[/size]
[size=45]And the report added, “The team has conducted 25,000 psychotherapy sessions, since the launch of these services in 2017.”[/size]
[size=45]He explained, "Nuri Khadr is among the first graduates of the Psychotherapy Institute that Kizilhan established as part of his program. He says that he conducts treatment sessions for girls and women who went through difficult conditions during their captivity by ISIS, and refers to a 20-year-old girl who was a prisoner of ISIS as living in a condition." Severe depression".[/size]
[size=45]And the report stated, “Khader confirmed that this girl was suffering from severe depression at the start of the first psychological treatment session, and that she suffers from the effects of psychological trauma, and what she experienced does not leave her imagination and she is going through nightmares and severe psychological pain, which makes her feel sad all the time.”[/size]
[size=45]And he continues, “The Sinjar region is still suffering from instability due to the presence of various armed groups, in addition to being bombed by Turkish planes at times due to the presence of groups of PKK forces there.”[/size]
[size=45]The report stated, “Murad Ismail, the founder of the Sinjar Academy concerned with defending the rights of the Yazidis, says that Sinjar is the original home of the Yazidis, that it is the place that sheltered and protected them for hundreds of years, but returning to Sinjar now while it is in an insecure situation and without basic services is Even worse than the camps.”[/size]
[size=45]He added, "The psychiatrist Kizilhan came back to believe that if the situation continues as it is, the Yazidis will have no choice but to leave Iraq, and thus the identity of the component is threatened with extinction, and the last option may be to preserve the identity in another place outside the Middle East."[/size]
[size=45]And the report went on to say that "the Iraqi parliament had enacted last year the Yazidi Survivors Law, which preserves the rights of women survivors and provides a compensation program for those affected by them."[/size]
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