Iraq committed to upholding rights of terrorism victims: Sudani

ERBIL- Kurdistan Region- Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani vowed on Saturday to implement laws and legislation to deliver justice to the victims of the Islamic State (ISIS) atrocities.

“Our government is committed to upholding the rights of all groups affected by terrorism, implementing laws and legislation to deliver justice to the victims, and continuing the reconstruction of affected areas to ensure the safe return of displaced persons,” Sudani said in a statement.

The Iraqi government has designated August 3 as a national day to remember the victims of massacres committed by ISIS in 2014 in Iraq, Ali Razuqi, deputy head of Sudani’s office, said on Friday, state media reported.

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) welcomed the move, spokesperson Peshawa Hawramani said in a statement on Thursday, adding that “the Kurdistan Region will respect this decision and consider it important and necessary.”

A commemoration ceremony in Erbil on Saturday, attended by the Kurdistan Region President, Nechirvan Barzani, highlighted the plight of the Yazidis.

Hussein Qaidi, head of the Office of Rescuing Yazidis, told Rudaw, “ISIS attacks on Shingal and its surrounding areas left about 5000 Yazidis massacred, and 6,417 members of the community were abducted.”

At least 3,576 of the abducted Yazidis have been rescued so far, according to Qaidi, whose office is affiliated with the Kurdistan Region Presidency. Many of them were found in al-Hol camp that houses tens of thousands of ISIS-linked families and supporters in northeast Syria (Rojava).

The latest rescue was announced just this week. A Yazidi woman and a child were found by Kurdish forces in Rojava on Thursday, ending a decade of ISIS captivity.

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