Armenia`s National Assembly observes a moment of silence in memory of   victims of Yazidi Genocide

ArmInfo.  The National Assembly of Armenia observed a moment of silence in memory of the victims of the Yazidi Genocide in Sinjar. This initiative was  introduced by Rustam Bakoyan, a member of parliament from the ruling  Civil Contract faction, at the first session of the 9th National  Assembly 

He recalled that the extermination of an entire people on August 3,  2014, was a catastrophe for the Yazidis.  "What happened in 2014  continues today. Yazidi women and girls continue to be sold in  markets in Arab countries, and the fate of approximately 3,000 women  remains unknown," Bakoyan noted. According to the MP, the Yazidi  genocide resulted in tens of thousands of people being killed, and an  equal number being sold into slavery. Following his remarks, the MP  briefly addressed the assembly in the Yazidi language. 

The Yazidi genocide began when militants from the Islamic State  (ISIS) terrorist group launched a coordinated attack on the Sinjar  region in Iraq. The offensive resulted in mass killings, forced  conversions, and the abduction of thousands. ISIS militants  surrounded Mount Sinjar, forcing communities to face extreme  violence, with thousands of men and elderly women executed and  approximately 7,000 women and children subjected to enslavement. More  than 400,000 Yazidis were displaced, fleeing into the mountains  without basic provisions. These atrocities have since been formally  recognized as genocide by the United Nations and numerous nations  worldwide.