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HRW witnesses KDP asa\u2019ish preventing a Yazidi civilian family from bringing rice and pillows for their own use into Sinjar. Photo: 2016 Belkis Wille\/Human Rights Watch<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Human Rights Watch has issued an important new report on how the Kurdish Regional Government’s implementation of an economic blockade of the Iraqi Sinjar region is preventing Yazidi families (displaced during ISIL’s genocide of Yazidis in 2014) from returning and rebuilding their homes and lives. This situation has persisted for most of the past year, though it has not been significantly reported upon by media.<\/strong><\/p>\n

READ the FULL REPORT HERE.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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HRW personnel witness KDP asa\u2019ish preventing a Yazidi man from transporting a sheep for a funeral. Photo: 2016 Belkis Wille\/Human Rights Watch<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Human Rights Watch has issued an important new report on how the Kurdish Regional Government’s implementation of an economic blockade of the Iraqi Sinjar region is preventing Yazidi families (displaced during ISIL’s genocide of Yazidis in 2014) from returning and rebuilding their homes and lives. 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