Protect Christians from further Genocide in Iraq and the KRG

Protect Christians from further Genocide in Iraq and the KRG

We call upon the United Nations and the international community to:

1. Take immediate action to prevent the torture and slaughter of Assyrian and Yezidi IDPs in Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) who are being terrorized by anonymous calls on their cell phones saying, “We know who you are! We know where you are! We’re going to finish Ramadan and celebrate Eid al Fitr in Dohuk and then we’re coming to get you!”

2. Institute a zone of protection policed by an international protection force to prevent further genocide of Yezidis and Assyrian Christians in Northern Iraq and the KRG.

3. Undertake the providing of consistent humanitarian aid to the over 375,000 Yezidis in refugee camps in Iraq and the KRG.

4. Undertake the providing of humanitarian aid to the over 190,000 Assyrian Christians from Iraq and the KRG who were forced to flee their homes in July and August 2014 and are living as IDPs in Iraq and refugees in Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan.

During Ramadan in 2014, similar anonymous calls terrorized Assyrians and Yezidis. Following the calls, over 600,000 Assyrian Christians and Yezidis were forced from their homes; over 10,000 were slaughtered; over 7,000 women and girls were brutally enslaved as sex slaves; 2,000 boys were forced to convert and become child soldiers; tens of thousands were stranded, facing starvation and dehydration while under siege; and thousands were taken hostage, many of whom remain in detention 11 months later,

PLEASE ACT NOW TO SAVE ASSYRIAN CHRISTIANS AND YEZIDIS FROM FURTHER GENOCIDE.