Yazidi refugees celebrate news of the liberation of their homeland of Sinjar from ISIL extremists, while at a refugee camp on November 13, 2015 in Derek, Rojava, Syria. Kurdish Peshmerga forces in Iraq say they have retaken Sinjar, with the help of airstrikes from U.S. led coalition warplanes. The Islamic State captured Sinjar in August 2014, killing many and sexually enslaving thousands of Yazidi women. (John Moore/Getty Images)
The author of an acclaimed new book on how the terms “genocide” and “crimes against humanity” became the legal headings under which we categorize the worst outrages says the “G-word” still grabs attention, …read more
Source: Macleans
