Lawmaker Appeals From Hospital for World to Save Yezidis
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Vian Dakheel grabbed the world’s attention with her urgent appeals at Iraq’s parliament to prevent a genocide of her people. From a hospital bed in Istanbul, she’s now pleading for countries to open their doors to Yezidis who she says will be killed should they return home.
The Yezidis face a “decree of death” at the hands of the Islamic State, Dakheel said in an interview in Istanbul today. “My people have survived 72 firmans throughout history and this is the 73rd,” she said, referring to orders Islamic rulers historically used to govern their territories. “They are afraid to return to their homes. European Union members and other countries should open their borders to us.”