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Assyrian Priest Was Slain Before Ransom Could Be Raised

MOSUL — Officials were still trying to raise ransom money for a kidnapped Syrian-Orthodox priest when his mutilated body was found in Iraq last week. About 500 people attended the funeral of Father Paulos Eskandar at Mosul’s Syrian-Orthodox Church of St. Ephrem, who was abducted and found beheaded. The AsiaNews …

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EU-Syria Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement (EN)

The European Parliament Strasbourg — European Parliament resolution containing the European Parliament’s recommendation to the Council on the conclusion of a Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Syrian Arab Republic, of the other part (2006/2150(INI)) The European Parliament , …

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Iraq?s Christians Flee as Extremist Threat Worsens

New York Times by Michael Louo BAGHDAD, Oct. 16 ? The blackened shells of five cars still sit in front of the Church of the Virgin Mary here, stark reminders of a bomb blast that killed two people after a recent Sunday Mass. Johan Spanner/Polaris, for The New York Times …

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Patriarch Delly: World has forgotten Iraqi Christians

by Yousef Hourany In the aftermath of the murder of the priest Paulos Eskandar, the Chaldean patriarch denounced the indifference of the international community which, coupled with persecution, threatens to ?empty? the Middle East of its Christian communities. Beirut (AsiaNews) ? Outside interference in Iraq as well as in Syria …

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Iraq?s Anti-Christian Pogroms

Charles Tannock Brussel- Project Syndicate– The world is consumed by fears that Iraq is degenerating into a civil war between Shiites, Sunnis, and Kurds. But in this looming war of all against all, it is Iraq?s small community of Assyrian Christians that is at risk of annihilation. Iraq?s Christian communities …

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Demokratik Kamuoyuna, insan haklar?na Sayg?l? t?m T?rkiyelilere!

Soyk?r?m ma?duru halklar?n tehdit ve hakaretlere, fiziksel sald?r?lara, iftira ve a?a??lanmaya, kar?? korunmas?, ma?duriyetten kaynaklanan en temel insan hakk?d?r! Fransa?da bu hakk?n Ermeni halk? i?in de kanunla?t?r?lmas?, ge?te olsa yerinde ve do?ru bir ad?md?r ve desteklenmelidir! Soyk?r?m ma?duru halklar?n hak ve adalet aray??lar? d?nyan?n neresinde olursa olsun en ufak bir …

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