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On Monday, March 21, 2011, the Assyrian documentary filmmaker Lina Yakubova passed away unexpectedly in Los Angeles, due to undiagnosed liver cancer.  Lina was 35 years old. With her passing, our nation has lost a unique young and creative talent in the world of documentary films, who was working tirelessly …

A group of armed men burst into the home of Youssif Isho, in central Baghdad, stabbing him to death. The group’s modus operandi suggests the murder was a “targeted killing” against Christians. The Christian community expect more violence. Street demonstrations are scheduled for tomorrow in Iraq’s main cities. (ADO-World.org) Baghdad …

(ADO-World.org) At their recent meeting in Brussels on January 31st, the EU Foreign Ministers rejected a draft resolution condemning the atrocities against Christian minorities in Egypt and Iraq. Although preceded by an unequivocal resolution of the European Parliament (EP) on January 20th and an equally explicit recommendation by the Council …

Fatal attacks trigger exodus of Christians from major cities. (ADO-World.org) A ringing doorbell at the Baghdad home of an elderly Christian couple seemed innocent enough five days after Christmas. But when Fawzi Rahim, 76, and wife Janet Mekha, 78, opened their front door, a bomb exploded and took their lives. …

ADO-World.org – Baghdad, Iraq — On Monday February 14, 2011, a terrorist group attacked the home of a Christian family in Al-Jihad district of Baghdad.  A security police source declared that "the attack resulted in the death of two people and a woman was injured." The terrorist group had also …

(ADO-World.org) Dayro d-Mor Gabriel (The Monastery of St. Gabriel), founded in 397, is the oldest surviving Syriac Orthodox monastery in the world. It is located on the Tur Abdin plateau near Midyat in the Mardin Province in Southeastern Turkey, the motherland of the Syriac people. It is also the seat …

(ADO-World.org) The tumult in Cairo may spell much worse to come for the Copts. Hosni Mubarak can count on at least one loyal supporter. Coptic Christian leader Pope Shenouda wants the anti-Mubarak protesters to stand down. He has two inarguable reasons to stick with the dictator: fear and experience. Even …

(ADO-World.org) Wednesday, February 9, 2011 President Obama had promised to support the demand for a congressional resolution on the Armenian genocide (“Round two,” Geopolitics, Feb. 7). I have great empathy for the Armenians and the genocide they suffered in Asia Minor by the Ottoman Turks. However, I feel strongly that …

By Santa Mikail Brussels – 2011-02-10   On Tuesday, February 8, 2011, European Parliamentarian Mario Mauro of the European People’s Party (EPP) group, met with a delegation of the Assyrian Democratic Organization (ADO/Mtakasta) which included Mr. Ablahad Astepho (Director of ADO European Branch) and Mr. Georges Chachan (Head of the …

HABBANIYA CECE, Iraq (ADO-World.org) — January 19, 2011 — The last Christian man in town goes to church each morning to clean the building and to remember the past. Romel Hawal, 48, was born in this town in Anbar Province back when most of the population was Christian. Now, he …