2014 Sinjar massacre

E217239
crime against humanity genocidal attack massacre war crime

The 2014 Sinjar massacre was a genocidal attack by ISIS against the Yazidi population in and around Sinjar, Iraq, involving mass killings, abductions, and enslavement that drew global condemnation.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
2014 Sinjar massacre canonical 3
Siege of Mount Sinjar 1
Sinjar offensive (2014) 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf crime against humanity ⓘ
genocidal attack ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
war crime ⓘ
cause ISIS offensive in Northern Iraq (2014) ⓘ
condemnedBy Amnesty International ⓘ
Human Rights Watch ⓘ
United Nations Security Council ⓘ
human rights organizations ⓘ
conflictType genocide ⓘ
country Iraq ⓘ
deathToll thousands of Yazidis killed ⓘ
location Iraq ⓘ
Nineveh Governorate ⓘ
Sinjar ⓘ
Sinjar ⓘ
surface form: Sinjar District
method enslavement ⓘ
kidnapping ⓘ
mass executions ⓘ
sexual violence ⓘ
summary killings ⓘ
notableFor role in international recognition of Yazidi genocide ⓘ
scale of atrocities against Yazidis ⓘ
partOf Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) ⓘ
Global Coalition to Counter ISIL ⓘ
surface form: War against the Islamic State
perpetrator Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ
surface form: Daesh

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ
surface form: ISIL

ISIS ⓘ
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ
surface form: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
recognizedAsGenocideBy Parliament of Australia ⓘ
surface form: Australian Parliament

Parliament of Canada ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Parliament

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe ⓘ
surface form: Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly

European Parliament ⓘ
Bundestag ⓘ
surface form: German Bundestag

House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: United Kingdom House of Commons

United Nations ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
relatedEvent 2014 Sinjar massacre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Siege of Mount Sinjar

Sinjar offensive (2015) ⓘ
result abduction of Yazidi women and children ⓘ
forced religious conversion of Yazidis ⓘ
mass displacement of Yazidis from Sinjar ⓘ
mass killing of Yazidi civilians ⓘ
sexual slavery of Yazidi women and girls ⓘ
startTime 2014-08-03 ⓘ
target Yazidi population of Sinjar ⓘ
Yazidis ⓘ
timePeriod August 2014 ⓘ
victimGroup Yazidi children ⓘ
Yazidi men ⓘ
Yazidis ⓘ
surface form: Yazidi women

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yazidism → notableEvent → 2014 Sinjar massacre ⓘ
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) → hasPart → 2014 Sinjar massacre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sinjar offensive (2014)
Yazidis → experiencedEvent → 2014 Sinjar massacre ⓘ
Sinjar → event → 2014 Sinjar massacre ⓘ
2014 Sinjar massacre → relatedEvent → 2014 Sinjar massacre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siege of Mount Sinjar