現地の報道によると、イラクの少数民族である「ヤズィーディー教を信仰するクルド人」たちが、イラクとシリアで活動するイスラム過激派組織「ISIS」（イスラム国）からの迫害を受け、現在多数がイラク北部の山岳地域に追いやられている。ISISはこの民族に対し、男性は斬首刑、女性には強制売春を強要しているという。
ヤズィーディー教は、ゾロアスター教の流れを受け継ぐ古代ペルシャから続く宗教であり、サダム・フセイン政権時代から、一部のイスラム教徒からは「悪魔の崇拝者」と呼ばれたこともあった。
ISISは支配地域を拡大しており、2014年8月はじめには、クルド人が暮らす多数の町と、イラク北部のシンジャールという町の大部分を掌握した（国内最大のダムや油田も制圧した。ISISは勢力を広げる過程で大量の公開処刑などを行っており、アルカイダからも「過激すぎる」として非難されている（日本語版記事）。
イラク国民議会のフィヤン・ダキー議員。2006年のUNICEF資料によると、イラク政府の大臣37人のうち4人が女性。またイラクの女性議員は全体の25％にのぼる。
ブルームバーグの記事によると、この事態に対し、ヤズィーディー教を信仰するイラク国民議会のフィヤン・ダキー議員は8月5日、国会で感情を交えて次のように訴えた（冒頭の動画）。「ヤズィーディー教徒たちに対する虐殺は、現在も進行しています。今まさに私の家族が虐殺されようとしているのです。私の家族が虐殺されようとしているのです」
「女性たちは、愛人になるよう強要され、人身売買の犠牲になっています。どうか我々を救って下さい」
ダキー議員によると、3万世帯が過激派勢力からの避難を余儀なくされたが、水と食料がない状態が48時間経過しており、70人の子供と、50人の高齢者が、潜伏生活による飲み水の不足と疲労のために死亡しているという。
さらに同議員は、「現在までに500人以上の男性が、ISISにより処刑されました」と目に涙を浮かべながら訴えた。「この地球上から、ひとつの宗教が根絶されようとしているのです。同胞のみなさん、私は人類のために訴えます。どうか我々を救って下さい」
「ヤズィーディーと連帯する同胞組織」（ Solidarity and Brotherhood Yezidi Organization）のホウサム・サリム責任者も、ブルームバーグに対して、「男性は街頭で処刑され、女性は誘拐され性的に暴行されている。男性は捕まればすぐに殺される」と訴えている。
モスルの西にあるシェナル地域で、ヤズィーディー教徒たちが逃亡しているところ。
山岳部に逃げたたくさんの女性や子供たちが、飢えと渇きで死亡したと伝えられている。
町を避難した家族たちは、現在早急な援助を必要としている。シンジャール周辺の山岳地帯に取り残されている子供の数は2万5000人に上り、飲料水や衛生面などの支援を早急に行う必要があると見られている。UNICEF（国連児童基金）も、支援を求める声明を発表している。
[Jessica Elgot(English) 日本語版：丸山佳伸/ガリレオ]
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イスラム過激派「イラク・レバントのイスラム国（ＩＳＩＬ）」に襲われたイラク北部モスル［携帯電話で撮影した画像より］ (credit:AFP＝時事)
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イスラム過激派「イラク・レバントのイスラム国（ＩＳＩＬ）」による攻撃を逃れ、イラク北部クルド人自治区に入ろうとする避難民の車（イラク） (credit:AFP＝時事)
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イラク北部モスルで、炎上する治安部隊の車両［携帯電話で撮影された画像より］ (credit:AFP＝時事)
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イスラム過激派が攻め込んだイラク北部モスルの路上に残された治安部隊員の服や装備品（イラク・モスル） (credit:AFP＝時事)
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Iraqis who fled the violence in Mosul stand in a queue at a checkpoint in Erbil, Kurdistan region, north Iraq, 11 June 2014. Relative calm prevailed in the northern city of Mosul two days after fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) captured it from government troops. The al-Qaeda splinter group\'s control of Mosul has triggered a mass exodus from the city. EPA/KAMAL AKRAYI (credit:EPA＝時事)
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Iraqis who fled the violence in Mosul wait at a checkpoint in Erbil, Kurdistan region, north Iraq, 11 June 2014. Relative calm prevailed in the northern city of Mosul two days after fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) captured it from government troops. The al-Qaeda splinter group\'s control of Mosul has triggered a mass exodus from the city. EPA/KAMAL AKRAYI (credit:EPA＝時事)
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Iraqis who fled the violence in Mosul arrive at a checkpoint in Erbil, Kurdistan region, north Iraq, 11 June 2014. Relative calm prevailed in the northern city of Mosul two days after fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) captured it from government troops. The al-Qaeda splinter group\'s control of Mosul has triggered a mass exodus from the city. EPA/KAMAL AKRAYI (credit:EPA＝時事)
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Soldiers search Iraqis who fled the violence in Mosul upon their arrival at a checkpoint in Erbil, Kurdistan region, north Iraq, 11 June 2014. Relative calm prevailed in the northern city of Mosul two days after fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) captured it from government troops. The al-Qaeda splinter group\'s control of Mosul has triggered a mass exodus from the city. EPA/KAMAL AKRAYI (credit:EPA＝時事)
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Soldiers check Iraqis who fled the violence in Mosul upon their arrival at a checkpoint in Erbil, Kurdistan region, north Iraq, 11 June 2014. Relative calm prevailed in the northern city of Mosul two days after fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) captured it from government troops. The al-Qaeda splinter group\'s control of Mosul has triggered a mass exodus from the city. EPA/KAMAL AKRAYI (credit:EPA＝時事)
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Iraqis who fled the violence in Mosul wait at a checkpoint in Erbil, Kurdistan region, north Iraq, 11 June 2014. Relative calm prevailed in the northern city of Mosul two days after fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) captured it from government troops. The al-Qaeda splinter group\'s control of Mosul has triggered a mass exodus from the city. EPA/KAMAL AKRAYI (credit:EPA＝時事)
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Iraqi Red Crescent staff members set up tents for fleeing Iraqis in Erbil, Kurdistan region, north Iraq, 11 June 2014. Relative calm prevailed in the northern city of Mosul two days after fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) captured it from government troops. The al-Qaeda splinter group\'s control of Mosul has triggered a mass exodus from the city. EPA/KAMAL AKRAYI (credit:EPA＝時事)
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Iraqis who fled the violence in Mosul stand in a queue at a checkpoint in Erbil, Kurdistan region, north Iraq, 11 June 2014. Relative calm prevailed in the northern city of Mosul two days after fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) captured it from government troops. The al-Qaeda splinter group\'s control of Mosul has triggered a mass exodus from the city. EPA/KAMAL AKRAYI (credit:EPA＝時事)
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An Iraqi girl stands next to tents erected by Red Crescent staff members for fleeing Iraqis in Erbil, Kurdistan region, north Iraq, 11 June 2014. Relative calm prevailed in the northern city of Mosul two days after fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) captured it from government troops. The al-Qaeda splinter group\'s control of Mosul has triggered a mass exodus from the city. EPA/KAMAL AKRAYI (credit:EPA＝時事)
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Iraqi displaced families queue at a checkpoint in Erbil, Kurdistan region, north Iraq, 11 June 2014. Relative calm prevailed in the northern city of Mosul two days after fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) captured it from government troops. The al-Qaeda splinter group\'s control of Mosul has triggered a mass exodus from the city. EPA/KAMAL AKRAYI (credit:EPA＝時事)
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Iraqis who fled the violence in Mosul queue at a checkpoint in Erbil, Kurdistan region, north Iraq, 11 June 2014. Relative calm prevailed in the northern city of Mosul two days after fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) captured it from government troops. The al-Qaeda splinter group\'s control of Mosul has triggered a mass exodus from the city. EPA/KAMAL AKRAYI (credit:EPA＝時事)
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Iraqi soldiers leave a military base as Kurdish forces take control over many areas in Kirkuk on 11 June 2014. Iraqi Kurdish forces have moved into the contested northern city of Kirkuk, some 160 kilometres south-west of Mosul, to defend it against advancing jihadist fighters, security sources say. Thousands of Iraqi army and police troops have also deployed to protect Kirkuk province vital oil fields, the sources add. EPA/KHALIL AL-A\'NEI (credit:EPA＝時事)
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Iraqi soldiers leave a military base as Kurdish forces take control over many areas in Kirkuk on 11 June 2014. Iraqi Kurdish forces have moved into the contested northern city of Kirkuk, some 160 kilometres south-west of Mosul, to defend it against advancing jihadist fighters, security sources say. Thousands of Iraqi army and police troops have also deployed to protect Kirkuk province vital oil fields, the sources add. EPA/KHALIL AL-A\'NEI (credit:EPA＝時事)
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Iraqi soldiers leave a military base as Kurdish forces take control over many areas in Kirkuk on 11 June 2014. Iraqi Kurdish forces have moved into the contested northern city of Kirkuk, some 160 kilometres south-west of Mosul, to defend it against advancing jihadist fighters, security sources say. Thousands of Iraqi army and police troops have also deployed to protect Kirkuk province vital oil fields, the sources add. EPA/KHALIL AL-A\'NEI (credit:EPA＝時事)
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Iraqis queue at a checkpoint in Erbil, Kurdistan region, north Iraq, 11 June 2014. Relative calm prevailed in the northern city of Mosul two days after fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) captured it from government troops. The al-Qaeda splinter group\'s control of Mosul has triggered a mass exodus from the city. EPA/KAMAL AKRAYI (credit:EPA＝時事)
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Iraqi soldiers leave a military base as Kurdish forces take control over many areas in Kirkuk on 11 June 2014. Iraqi Kurdish forces have moved into the contested northern city of Kirkuk, some 160 kilometres south-west of Mosul, to defend it against advancing jihadist fighters, security sources say. Thousands of Iraqi army and police troops have also deployed to protect Kirkuk province vital oil fields, the sources add. EPA/KHALIL AL-A\'NEI (credit:EPA＝時事)
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Iraqis arrive at a checkpoint in Erbil, Kurdistan region, north Iraq, 11 June 2014. Relative calm prevailed in the northern city of Mosul two days after fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) captured it from government troops. The al-Qaeda splinter group\'s control of Mosul has triggered a mass exodus from the city. EPA/KAMAL AKRAYI (credit:EPA＝時事)
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Iraqi boys ride an armored military vehicle at a street in Tikrit, northern Iraq, 11 June 2014. There were conflicting claims as to the fate of Salah al-Din\'s provincial capital Tikrit, with state television quoting security officials as saying they had retaken it from militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Iraq\'s air force went into action against militants who have seized a swathe of the north including the country\'s second largest city Mosul, state television reported. (credit:EPA＝時事)
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Iraqi Sunni gunmen at a street in Tikrit, northern Iraq,11 June 2014. There were conflicting claims as to the fate of Salah al-Din\'s provincial capital Tikrit, with state television quoting security officials as saying they had retaken it from militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Iraq\'s air force went into action against militants who have seized a swathe of the north including the country\'s second largest city Mosul, state television reported. Alsumaria television earlier reported that ISIL had seized the city, 170 kilometres north of Baghdad. EPA/STR BEST QUALTY AVAILABLE (credit:EPA＝時事)
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Iraqi boys ride an armored military vehicle at a street in Tikrit, northern Iraq, 11 June 2014. There were conflicting claims as to the fate of Salah al-Din\'s provincial capital Tikrit, with state television quoting security officials as saying they had retaken it from militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Iraq\'s air force went into action against militants who have seized a swathe of the north including the country\'s second largest city Mosul, state television reported. (credit:EPA＝時事)
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Iraqi Sunni gunmen drive in a pickup truck on a street in Tikrit, northern Iraq, 11 June 2014. There were conflicting claims as to the fate of Salah al-Din\'s provincial capital Tikrit, with state television quoting security officials as saying they had retaken it from militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Iraq\'s air force went into action against militants who have seized a swathe of the north including the country\'s second largest city Mosul, state television reported. Alsumaria television earlier reported that ISIL had seized the city, 170 kilometres north of Baghdad. EPA/STR BEST QUALTY AVAILABLE (credit:EPA＝時事)
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Iraqis inspect the site of a suicide bomb attack that targeted a funeral tent in the Sadr city district in Baghdad, Iraq, 11 June 2014. At least 21 people were killed and dozens others injured when a suicide bomber blow himself up inside a funeral tent in Sadr city, police said. EPA/AHMED ALI (credit:EPA＝時事)
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Smoke billows from the site of a car bomb explosion in Khadiyah, northern Baghdad, Iraq, 11 June 2014. At least 19 people were reported killed and dozens others wounded when a car bomb exploded inside a security checkpoint in Khadiyah city, police said. EPA/AHMED ALI BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE (credit:EPA＝時事)
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Iraqis inspect damage near the site of a suicide bomb attack that targeted a funeral tent in the Sadr city district in Baghdad, Iraq, 11 June 2014. At least 21 people were killed and dozens others injured when a suicide bomber blow himself up inside a funeral tent in Sadr city, police said. EPA/AHMED ALI (credit:EPA＝時事)
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Iraqis who fled the violence in Mosul stand in a queue at a checkpoint in Erbil, Kurdistan region, north Iraq, 11 June 2014. Relative calm prevailed in the northern city of Mosul two days after fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) captured it from government troops. The al-Qaeda splinter group\'s control of Mosul has triggered a mass exodus from the city. EPA/KAMAL AKRAYI (credit:EPA＝時事)
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