Assyrian Democratic Organization ADO
??venistlerin y?r?y??? yasakland? Almanya’n?n ba?kenti Berlin’de 15-19 Mart tarihleri aras?nda, Rauf Denkta?, Do?u Perin?ek ba?ta olmak ?zere di?er t?rk ??venistlerinin yapaca?? y?r?y?? ve etkinlikler yasakland?. Berlin Emniyet M?d?r??n?n ald??? karar alman ve t?rk bas?n?nda yer ald?. Y?r?y??, 1915 Soyk?r?m? kurbanlar?n?n an?s?na sayg?s?zl?k olaca?? gerek?esiyle yasakland?. Gerek?enin bu ?ekilde g?sterilmi? …
Read More »Conversations with the Assyrians of Mardin
By Mehmet Kalyoncu In this insightful essay reflecting on a recent trip to Turkey?s often ignored southeast, Turkish scholar Mehmet Kalyoncu makes the case for why the national interest lies with improving the rights of religious minorities such as the Assyrian Christians. Assyrian Metropolitan Samuel Aktas was anxiously pacing back …
Read More »Assyrians/Syriacs are being robbed of property they have owned for thousands of years
At the beginning of the 21st century Assyrians began to apply for entry into the land register for their rightful land in Turabdin. Many Assyrians have been in the villages and tried to get their properties registered at the Turkish surveying office. This work, which Turkish authorities described as the …
Read More »Kurdish Minister Has No Objection to Assyrian Christian Administrative Area
AINA- Noorth iraq: In a public forum organized by the Kurdish Center for Human Rights on February 18th, 2006, the Kurdistan Regional Government’s Minister of Human Rights discussed their latest findings of mass graves filled with hundreds of victims of the Saddam Hussein regime. The victims were mostly Kurds belonging …
Read More »US to aid Syrian democracy groups
Ms Rice has also requested funds to back dissidents in Iran The US has announced it is to give $5m (?2.87m) in grants to pro-democracy groups in Syria. The funds are aimed at “accelerating the work of reformers”, a State Department statement said. A website has been set up …
Read More »An Assyrian Administrative Unit: Ending the Exodus of Iraq’s Most Vulnerable
The January 29th, 2006 bombing of six churches throughout Kirkuk and Baghdad marks an undeniable trend. The message is intended for two audiences. The international community (mainly the multinational forces in Iraq) constitutes one target audience. The other is Iraq’s Christian Assyrian1 community. The latter live close enough to insurgents, …
Read More »The reactions against the Mohammed caricatures continue, this time even in Turabdin in south-eastern Turkey.
All over the Muslim world people have demonstrated and even burnt down and attacked Danish and other European embassies. The first victims due to the paintings were the Assyrians/Syriacs of Iraq. Six churches belonging to this group have been attacked and three Christian Assyrians/Syriacs have been killed. The massive pressure …
Read More »The Mohammad caricatures are an alarm clock
In some of the media in the Moslem world they jeer at, or ridicule Jesus, Moses, Buddha or some other prophet almost every day. I have never heard that anyone spit on, trampled or burned the flags of Arab nations because of this. The religion that western society is based …
Read More »Attentats contre des églises à Bagdad et Kirkouk
Le 29 janvier 2006 Presse Canadienne Des voitures piégées ont explosé dans un court intervalle de temps dimanche devant au moins quatre églises de Bagdad et de Kirkouk, dans le nord de l’Irak, tuant au moins trois Irakiens et en blessant neuf, selon la police. Le colonel Birhan Taha a …
Read More »Muslim Militants Threaten Christians and Europeans
By Julie StahlCNSNews.com Jerusalem Bureau ChiefFebruary 02, 2006 Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) – Palestinian militants angry over the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed in European newspapers issued threats against Europeans on Thursday, while a Christian group said there may be a link between the Danish cartoons and a recent wave …
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