JINHA

AMED - Yesterday, on the first anniversary of the Daesh attack on Shengal, Shengal survivorsliving in refugee camps declared their opposition to the genocide with a march and a theatrical performance.

On August 3, 2014, thousands of Êzidî residents of the city of Shengal, in the Federal Kurdistan Region of Iraq, were subjected to a genocidal attack by Daesh. Thousands were massacred and around 7,000 women and children captured as "slaves" in the attack. Many of the survivors fled to a camp in the city of Diyarbakır, set up by the municipality.

Yesterday, camp residents dressed all in white held a march with the slogan "enough of the genocide." Camp resident Maha Haluga called for the genocide to be officially recognized by international powers.

"The Shengal genocide is still continuing," said Selma Irmak, of the Democratic Society Congress (DTK), visiting the camp along with Diyarbakır co-mayor Gültan Kışanak. "Today it's Daesh; tomorrow it will be another attack." She called for the world to take action for Shengal.

Youth in the camp held a play reenacting the genocide that they witnessed one year ago. As young men dressed as Daesh fighters dramatized threats against Êzidî women, the women in the audience screamed. Several women in the audience had crises as they watched the play.

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