London – AINA — Assyrian genocide scholar Sabri Atman addressed the British House of Commons on the Turkish genocide of Assyrians, Armenians and Greeks in World War One. The genocide claimed 750,000 Assyrians (75%), 1.5 million Assyrians and 400,000 Greeks. Ladies and Gentlemen, I am an Assyrian! I …
Read More »Assyrians Need Own Area in Iraq, Swedish Mayor Tells US Congress
Stockholm(Sweden)- AINA — It’s mission accomplished for Anders Lago, the mayor of the Swedish town of Södertälje. He has gone from an unknown mayor of a Stockholm suburb to a world voice on Iraqi refugees after his recent and well covered visit to the U.S, which was prompted …
Read More »Assyrians Gather Outside European Parliament, Demand Safety for Assyrians in Iraq
Brussels- AINA — An administrative area for Assyrians on the Nineveh Plains in northern Iraq, that was the demand conveyed by an estimated 5000 demonstrators on Saturday, April 19 outside the European Parliament in Brussels. Demonstrators came by buses from several European countries. The event which was organized by a …
Read More »International Aid Not Reaching Assyrians in Iraq
By Afram Barryakoub North-iraq – AINA– The continuing turmoil in Iraq is preventing international from reaching Assyrians in the Nineveh Plains of north Iraq, which lay close to the restive city of Mosul. This conclusion is drawn by the Dutch fact finding mission that recently visited northern Iraq to investigate …
Read More »Een nieuwe fase tot Seyfo erkenning!
Enschede (Holland) – Sayfo center — Afgelopen jaren zijn er vele activiteiten geweest omtrent Seyfo. Met Seyfo Centre als drijfkracht zijn er tal van lezingen gegeven in verenigingen en kerken aan het eigen volk, maar ook zijn er vele ontmoetingen geweest met en seminars gegeven aan relevante instellingen …
Read More »Christian Iraqis Can’t Leave Jordan
By Kenneth R. Timmerman Jordan – newsmax — Christian refugees who lost everything when they fled their homeland in Iraq now face a new hurdle on their way to a new life. They are being told by the United States government that their refugee applications has been denied because …
Read More »Assyrian Soccer Team Returns to Sweden’s Premiere League
Södertälje(Sweden)- Assyriska — the Cinderalla Assyrian football team that returned to Sweden’s premiere league this year, won its first game, beating Qviding 2-1. Assyriska scored in the 3rd and 39th minute. Qviding scored its only goal late in the second half. Assyriska was founded in 1973. It …
Read More »Assyrians Celebrate New Year in Syria
Syria – iwpr — As Assyrians celebrated their new year in Syria last week, an organisation representing this Christian minority expressed concern about attacks on members of their community in Iraq and called for more rights inside their own country. Assyrians, who are the second largest minority group …
Read More »Swedish Mayor Calls for Solution to Iraq Refugee Crisis
By Anders Göransson Södertälje – metro — this town alone takes more Iraqi refugees than the U.S. This was reported in Metro a year ago. The story made big headlines all over the world — and on Thursday mayor Anders Lago (Social Democratic Party) will give a speech to …
Read More »Sweden’s Insecure Asylum Testing
By Birgitta Elfström Sweden – HN — Christians are being driven out of Iraq. That is a fact. Churches are systematically being bombed. Christian women are being raped and forced to convert to Islam. Young Christian men are being beheaded in front of cameras. As part of as scaremongering …
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