Lack of representation and employment in Iraq increasing emigration of already declining Mandaean population - Syriac Press

Lack of representation and employment in Iraq increasing emigration of already declining Mandaean population - Syriac Press

BAGHDAD — Iraq’s minorities, including Christian Chaldean–Syriac–Assyrian, Yezidis, and others, continue to face systematic marginalization and exclusion. They are denied equal rights, excluded from government representation, and pushed out of state jobs, the military, and security services. These challenges—compounded by the atrocities committed by the Islamic State (ISIS) during its occupation of large parts of the country — have triggered sha…