Yazidis call on Australian government and international community for assistance

members of Yazidi community at Parliament house Canberra

Source: Supplied by Rasheed Shani Baqi

About 100 members of the Yazidi community in Wagga Wagga travelled to Canberra on Thursday March 21 to hold a peaceful rally in front of Parliament House in Canberra. Rasheed Shani Baqi is from Wagga Wagga’s Yazidi community; he and the Yazidi community are calling on the Australian government and the international community to continue to fight for the freedoms of the Yazidi women and children who remain in IS hands.



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