The discovery of a mass grave containing the decapitated bodies of dozens of people in Syria — mostly women believed to be members of the Yazidi sect — has refugees in Winnipeg calling on the Canadian government to act. More than 3,000 Yazidis were killed in northern Iraq in 2014, and nearly 7,000 women and girls were abducted and sexually abused. Members of the local Yazidi community gather on the steps of the Manitoba Legislature Wednesday. (Cameron MacLean/CBC)People at the rally wore purple scarves to symbolize the purple veils many Yazidi women wear. It has also extended the one-year window for Yazidi refugees to sponsor a relative to come to Canada, and continues to fast-track applications for privately sponsored Yazidi refugees, Genest said.

Source: CBC News March 07, 2019 02:15 UTC