IRAQ: Yezidi Child Soldiers Who Survived ISIS Tell Their Story
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- čas přidán 9. 02. 2022
- "Captives on the frontlines: Yezidi child soldiers who survived ISIS", explores the friendship between Vian and Barzan, two young men who were abducted as boys by IS in 2014, indoctrinated into the armed group, and forced to fight. Both escaped and are now living in northern Iraq, where the documentary was filmed last year.
“This film captures the challenges still faced by Yezidi former child soldiers, and also the friendships that have flourished in the most difficult of circumstances,” said Nicolette Waldman, Researcher on Children and Armed Conflict on Amnesty International’s Crisis Response team.
Former child soldiers are routinely stigmatized, which means their harrowing experiences are frequently kept in the shadows. By bravely sharing their own stories so openly, Vian and Barzan have helped shine a light on the struggles that remain for Yezidi former child soldiers today. Many of these young men, having endured unimaginable trauma, continue to have serious physical and mental health conditions.
To date, many Yezidi survivors have still not received adequate support for their physical health, mental health or education. Indeed, many have not received support of any kind since they returned to their communities.
The Iraqi authorities, their international partners, and the United Nations must ensure that Yezidi former child soldiers have full access to the reparations and assistance to which they are entitled under Iraq’s Yazidi Survivors Law (2021).
They must also work together to establish a National Action Plan mandating that all current and former child soldiers in Iraq, including Yezidi boys and young men, are reintegrated into society and provided with coordinated, specialized and long-term support.”
The documentary was made in collaboration with award-winning documentary production company Fat Rat Films ahead of the International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers tomorrow (Saturday 12 February 2022).
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God protect all kurdish yazidis and all other religions from terrorism
Long live kurdistan❤️☀️💚
This is so sad and cruel what ISIS did and the worst is not knowing what happened to your family I pray for them
Bijî miletê Êzdî 🙏
Mein Herz zerbricht
La justicia, misericordia y favor de Dios sea con estos niños, niñas y jóvenes. The justice, mercy and grace of God will be with these boys, girls and young people. I wish them a better future, in the correct place, where they perform with their abilities and will be the voice of the other child prisoners. blesses.
I don't know how many times I have paused this video to cry and ask the question "why does islam exists ? "
Its not Islam, its Khawarij. Khawarij means Helldogs and Islam has warned People against them. They even made War with the first Muslims after the Prophet Muhammad because they consider everybody as Disbelievers and actually Muslims themself have been killed the most from this Group.
@@susanneal6063 then why does the so called protectors of Islam not oppose them. Never heard a single Islamic state opposing them
@candy-jk7rk true and when u talk about it they try to out victimise the victim by saying not all Muslims
Try imagine over one billion human on earth as terrorists. Trying to say all Muslims are like ISIS is like saying All Christians are like the KKK. Both are extremist organizations that do not represent the rest.
sunni islam yes
These devil's hv no soul's sending prayers to those lost there love one's
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These two beautiful souls had to suffer so much just because they aren't muslims. I know this kind of genocides, kid-nappings, r-pe, abuse and forceful conversions happen everyday. Everyone should learn what's inside Kuran and authentic hadiths.
Isis are the true followers of muhammad and islam...it's their core belief that all non muslims should be killed... quran sanctions the killing and raping and murder... quran cannot be the word of allah...if it is..then allah is the devil himself 😈
You people killed millions of muslim in iraq & afganistan
this is not teachings of islam,
If AI is so opposed to political prisoners..why wont they look into the 01/06 “insurrectionists”
and the fact that they been locked up for over a year now without charges filed or a trial?
Even murderers and rapists get trials….
It's so cruel and sad what the US did to Iraq. Killing over a million civilians is a war crime and crime against humanity.