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Kachi

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2019-11-26
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  1. “Lastly, I believe that international recognition of the conduct of fair trials, based on irrefutable evidence, is a crucial principle to help us move forward. The importance of that is not limited to the Yazidi community, but extends to all components of Iraqi society that have been affected by ISIL crimes.”

    2019-11-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8675 (2019) · source

  2. “The international community must acknowledge that the crimes committed against the Yazidi community amount to genocide. I also hope that the Security Council will continue to support the Investigative Team in establishing a fair accountability mechanism to prevent similar crimes and genocide in the future. I would like to thank the Investigative Team and Mr. Karim Khan for their efforts in overseeing the exhumation process ofthe mass graves, including in the village ofKojo, with participation ofand in the presence of survivors, the victims' families, Yazidi clerics, the Iraqi Yazidi Spiritual Council, national authorities and others. I ask the Investigative Team to continue to listen to the personal account of the survivors and the families of Victims.”

    2019-11-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8675 (2019) · source

  3. “I thank the Security Council today for establishing the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da'esh/ Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. The Investigative Team was established upon the request made by the Yazidi and other communities in Iraq, as well as by the Iraqi Government, to investigate and collect evidence related to the crimes committed by ISIL against the innocent people of the Yazidi and other communities in Iraq, hold accountable and prosecute those who committed these crimes. The ongoing work of the Investigative Team to achieve accountability and justice is therefore very important to me and to the entire Yazidi community and other communities. Today, for the Yazidi community, it is not enough to hold those responsible accountable for their crimes and prosecute them.”

    2019-11-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8675 (2019) · source

  4. “The terrorist group exterminated the village of Kojo, which had 1,250 people. Only 19 people survived those mass graves, including myself. I am one of those survivors. I continue, however, to suffer from the psychological aftermath to this day. Despite the fact that five years have passed, I still remember the remains of my brothers and nephews, and I can still hear them calling me. More than five years have passed, but I still hear my wife and daughters screaming as the members of ISIL kidnapped them. I still hear the crying of my daughter Lara, who was three-months-old when she passed away in captivity, owing to thirst and hunger. My life continues to be extremely hard.”

    2019-11-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8675 (2019) · source

  5. “I survived by God's will, to be a witness for the hideous crimes committed by the ISIL terrorist group against the defenceless Yazidis, After all the men were killed, members of ISIL kidnapped around 850 of the women, girls and children. They took them to the area of Solagh, to the east of the city Sinjar. The ISIL members separated some 77 elderly women, including my 90-year-old step-mother, from the rest of the group. The ISIL members killed the elderly women or buried them alive in a mass grave in Solagh area. They then took other women, girls and children, including my wife and daughters - Yara, Sara and Lara - to be sold in slave markets in Iraq and Syria. I speak before the Council today as someone who lost some 75 members of my family and my brothers' families, all of whom were killed on that day at the hands of ISIL.”

    2019-11-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8675 (2019) · source

  6. “They separated men from women. They took the men - around 400 of us - in groups to different locations on the outskirts of the village, towards the orchards and farms. Later, they began shooting at us, shouting Allahu Akbar - "God is the greatest" - while carrying Da'esh flags. After they were done with killing our group, the ISIL members left for another place. I found myself under a pile of dead bodies. I was not dead, but I had minor injuries. When I opened my eyes, I saw three of my brothers next to me, but they were dead. My nephews and my cousins had also been killed. There were about 50 to 60 men in this group. I managed to run away for fear of being killed by ISIL, leaving behind the remains of my brothers and their children in that mass grave.”

    2019-11-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8675 (2019) · source

  7. “My name is Kachi, a Yazidi from Sinjar, Iraq. I am one of the survivors of the killings and mass graves in the in the devastated village of Kojo. On 3 August 2014, the terrorist gangs of Da'esh took control over Sinjar and its villages, causing tens of thousands of the Yazidi population to flee to Sinjar Mountain. About 7,000 Yazidi women, children and men were killed and captured that day. After that, the village of Kojo * my village * was besieged by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) for 12 days. It remained under siege until 15 August 2014. On that date a large numbers of ISIL terrorist elements besieged the village of Kojo. They assembled us inside the village school. We were around 1,250 persons, including women and children. As we entered the school, we were searched by ISIL members and our belongings were confiscated.”

    2019-11-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8675 (2019) · source