#Yezidis in Turkish-occupied Afrin were displaced & forced to renounce their religion. #Yazidi shrines & cemeteries were destroyed. Yezidi & Christian leaders warned about the threat to religious minorities before Turkey invaded. I warned as well. Part 2 of my @USCIRF testimony. pic.twitter.com/kXAaKfhk2w

— Doktora Amy Austin Holmes (@AmyAustinHolmes) June 15, 2020

Many #Yezidis and #Kurds who have remained in #Afrin have been kidnapped and held for ransom until their families pay exorbitant sums of money, which they cannot afford. It’s a way of forcing them to leave, and continuing demographic change. Part 3 of my @USCIRF testimony. pic.twitter.com/20kiCTd16Y

— Doktora Amy Austin Holmes (@AmyAustinHolmes) June 15, 2020