Assyrian Democratic Organization ADO
His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI ܒܪܟܡܪܝ Vatican – ADO — On behalf of the Assyrian Chaldean Syriac people living in their Homeland (Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey and Iran) and Diaspora, we are writing to you to express our deep concern and growing alarm at the rapidly deteriorating situation of …
Read More »Konsuln går den turkiska statens ärenden
Sweden – ACSA — Sveriges konsul i Istanbul, Ingmar Karlsson, har haft stort genomslag hos svenska beslutsfattare när det gäller olika frågor, såsom speciellt Sveriges syn på Turkiets EU-medlemskap. Karlsson ger ett tydligt besked om var han själv står, genom sin under 2007 utgivna bok, ”Europa och turken, betraktelser …
Read More »Pertofts krav till Bildt – erkänn folkmordet Seyfo
Reporter:Ivana Vukadinovic SÖDERTÄLJE – LT — Erkänn folkmordet på armenier och assyrier/syrianer, kräver miljöpartiets Mats Pertoft. Han har nu skrivit en fråga till utrikesminister Carl Bildt. – Tyvärr tror jag inte att han vågar svara på den, säger Mats Pertoft. Nyligen slog det amerikanska representanthusets utrikesutskott fast att Turkiet …
Read More »Seyfobeslut sätter press på Ankara
Södertälje ( Sweden) – LT — Här i Södertälje är frågan om folkmordet – eller Seyfo, Svärdets år – ständigt aktuell. Många ättlingar till dem som drabbades av de systematiska utrensningar av kristna, som utfördes av ungturkarnas regim ledd av Enver Pascha, kämpar för ett turkiskt erkännande av folkmordet. …
Read More »Swedish Social Democratic Party Apologizes to Assyrians
Sweden – AINA — The Swedish social democratic party finally presented a written apology to the Assyrians of Sweden for having demanded from them to take down a banner calling for the acknowledgment for the genocide on Assyrians during a political rally.Assyrians were subjected to a systematic genocide …
Read More »An Honour for Patriarch Delly and the Persecuted Church in Iraq
By Paul Dakiki Beirut – AsiaNews — “The Holy Father has granted an honour to His Beatitude, Patriarch Emmanuel Delly, by appointing him cardinal. But the honour is also for the entire Church in Iraq, so tried by these days of persecution, emigration, kidnappings and insecurity,” said Mgr Michel …
Read More »Two Kidnapped Priests Released in North Iraq
Mosul(Iraq) – AINA — On Saturday, October 13, at 5:00 pm, two Christian priests were kidnapped by unknown armed individuals using civilian cars, in the Hay Al-Thawra neighborhood west of the city of Mosul. The two priests were identified as Father Mazin Esho and Father Piyous Affas. They …
Read More »Syrian Women Fear Honour Killings
By Lina Sinjab Damascus – BBC — Seventeen-year-old Bushra is too scared to give her real name. She talks in a low, trembling voice, her face full of fear. “They want to shed my blood, they want to kill me,” she says, as she recounts how she escaped being …
Read More »Lebanon PM Asks UN, Arab League to Stop Arms From Syria
BEIRUT – AFP — Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora has asked for UN and Arab League help in halting what he said was the flow of illegal arms into the country from Syria, according to a letter seen by AFP. In a plea to UN Secretary General Ban …
Read More »Turkey Recalls Ambassador Over Genocide Resolution
Washington – CNN — Turkey has recalled its ambassador to the United States in response to a House resolution that would call the World War I massacre of Armenians by Turkish forces genocide, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said Thursday. The House Committee on Foreign Affairs passed the measure …
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