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UNPO 150,000 ChaldoAssyrians gathered in al-Hamadaniya, Karmelis, Bartila, al-Ayadiya and the surrounding villages to protest their exclusion from voting in the election on Sunday, Azzaman Newspaper reported yesterday. Voting boxes and supplies were not delivered to the predominantly Christian districts of Baghdeda, Bartilla, Karamlesh, Shekhan, Ain Sifne and Rimady, which …

Despite being proclaimed a great success, Iraq’s landmark elections on Sunday have sparked significant complaints from the Christian communities both in Iraq and in the United States. According to a report published yesterday by the Alabama-based Decatur Daily News, Christian Assyrians–which include members of the Assyrian Church of the East …

VALFUSK I IRAK!Hundratusentals i Irak hindrades från att rösta. De kristna assyrier/kaldéer/syrianer, i staden Mosul med omnejd, kunde aldrig utnyttja sin rösträtt i det historiska valet i Irak.Vid söndagens val fattades valurnor och röstsedlar på de platser där majoriteten av befolkningen är assyrier/syrianer/kaldéer. I vissa av dessa städer dök inte …

Thousands of voters from Chaldoassyrian towns and villages in the plains around Mosoul:  Baghdeda, Karemlesh, Bartillé, Bashiqa, Bahzané and Ain Sifne (Shekhan), waited throughout Sunday in front of the polling stations without being able to achieve their voting rights because the ballot boxes and supplies (anchor, bulletins….) were not delivered …

Iraq’s Christians Disenfranchised at Home and in U.S. Last weekend was the first time in their 6,700 year history that Iraq’s Assyrian community was able to participate in a free, democratic election. But Ron Michael, who cast his vote Sunday, says it was insignificant. “It’s not going to matter,” he …

Mosul (AINA) — 150,000 ChaldoAssyrians gathered in al-Hamadaniya, Karmelis, Bartila, al-Ayadiya and the surrounding villages to protest their exclusion from voting in the election on Sunday, Azzaman Newspaper reported yesterday. Voting boxes and supplies were not delivered to the predominantly Christian districts of Baghdeda, Bartilla, Karamlesh, Shekhan, Ain Sifne and …

(AINA) — The Assyrian Democratic Movement (ADM), the main political party that represents the Christian ChaldoAssyrians in Iraq, has issued a press release on Sunday’s elections in Iraq. While congratulating the country on taking this step toward democracy, ADM also criticized election officials in North Iraq for the seemingly deliberate …

Hundratusentals i Irak hindrades fr?n att r?sta. De kristna assyrier/kald?er/syrianer, i staden Mosul med omnejd, kunde aldrig utnyttja sin r?str?tt i det historiska valet i Irak.Vid s?ndagens val fattades valurnor och r?stsedlar p? de platser d?r majoriteten av befolkningen ?r assyrier/syrianer/kald?er. I vissa av dessa st?der d?k inte ens valtj?nstem?nnen …

Bloomberg) — The U.S. has failed to halt a push for power in northern Iraq by the Kurdish minority that threatens stability in the region, Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. “Turkey won’t allow the region to be thrown into a chaos,” Erdogan, 50, told his party at the …

Torsdagen den 14 oktober i ?r h?mtades assyrier/syrianen Nasem Abraham av en grupp araber. Han f?rdes bort, misshandlades och torterades till d?ds p? offentlig plats i staden Al Hassakeh. Ett stort antal assyrier/syrianer tvingades bevittna den tortyr som ledde till Nasem Abrahams d?d. De f?rm?dde inte ingripa, d? de ins?g …