Yazidis

• Executive director of Manitoba group that helps Yazidi refugees arrested for sexual assault

  Yazidi Association of Manitoba executive director Hadji Hesso was arrested on Oct. 4.

  Canada

  Oct 29, 2024
  
• What’s next for Canadian refugee policies in 2020

  Canada will continue to grapple with people fleeing persecution and war around the world at rates not seen since the Second World War.

  Canada

  Dec 30, 2019
  
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• RCMP explores crimes against humanity charges for Canadian ISIS members

  Crimes against humanity include murder, enslavement, imprisonment, torture, sexual violence, persecution “or any other inhumane act” against a civilian population or identifiable group.

  Canada

  Jun 5, 2019
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• Refugee family excited for new life in Winnipeg

  They fled their farm in Iraq on foot, escaping with just the clothes on their back.

  Apr 28, 2017
• Migrants, war and profits: how federal politics touched Canadians this week

  Finger-pointing rhetoric aside, Canadians living along the border with the United States are seeing their tolerance tested.

  Canada

  Feb 25, 2017
• Canada to receive 1,200 Yazidi refugees in 2017

  Some 1,200 people considered to be among the most vulnerable refugees in the world are to be housed in Canada by the end of this year, the Trudeau government announced Tuesday.

  Canada

  Feb 21, 2017
• Canada to welcome Yazidi refugees within months: John McCallum

  Immigration Minister John McCallum says the Liberal government is prepared to start bringing Yazidi refugees into the country within four months.

  Canada

  Oct 24, 2016
• Tories seek more help for Yazidis but few were admitted under Harper government

  As the Conservatives push for more help for Yazidis fleeing persecution at the hands of Islamic militants, new information suggests their efforts to do so while in government were minimal.

  Politics

  Jul 19, 2016
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• Islamic State group releases 216 Yazidi prisoners in Iraq

  The Islamic State group released more than 200 Yazidis on Wednesday after holding them for eight months, an Iraqi Kurdish security official said, the latest mass release of captives by the extremists.

  World

  Apr 8, 2015
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• White House plans Iraq rescue operation; talking to Canada, others

  The United States is planning an international effort to whisk displaced people to safety in Iraq, and it appears Canada may be playing a supporting role.

  World

  Aug 13, 2014