German court denies Yezidis asylum, says persecution in Iraq over

For this reason, the court in Lower Saxony denied asylum to a Yezidi man from Iraq and his sister.
In 2014, Islamic State militants surrounded Mount Sinjar in northern Iraq, trapping more than 10,000 members of the Yezidi minority. Thousands of women and children were enslaved and thousands of men were killed.
Many survivors were able to flee to European countries, including Germany.
On Saturday, the Yezidi community in Lower Saxony will hold a commemorative event for the massacre and to express their gratitude in being able to flee to Germany.
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