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Yezidis stage protest outside UN Office in Yerevan

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Yezidis living in Armenia today gathered outside the UN Office in Yerevan, to voice support for their compatriots in Iraq.

"Northern Iraq, knows as Yezdistan, is our homeland but they want to exile Yezidis from their land," announced Aziz Tamoyan, Chairman of the National Union of Yezidis.
He states that Kurds chase Yezidis, arson their shops and houses.

The group handed a letter to the UN Office asking them to help save one of the oldest nations in the world - Yezidis