The Assyrian Democratic Organization
Brussels – ACE — On Friday 18th and Saturday 19th January 2008 the Solidarity Group for Tur Abdin & North Iraq organized a conference in Nürnberg, Germany on the plight of Iraqi Christians and the challenges faced by the international community. The Assyria Council of Europe (ACE) …
Read More »Iraq Church Bombed for Second Time
Baghdad – AFP — A car bomb has exploded outside a church in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, slightly injuring two people, in the latest in a wave of attacks on Christian buildings. The booby-trapped car was discovered parked outside the Al-Tahira Chaldean church in the …
Read More »Police arrest murder suspect in the Fuat Deniz case
Sweden – ESNA — At 3:39 PM local time, the police in Gothenburg announced the arrestment of a 40 year old suspect after having cooperated with the federal police and the local police of Örebro, where Fuat Deniz was attacked with a knife at December 11th. More …
Read More »Man Arrested for Murder of Swedish Assyrian Researcher
Sweden – Thelocal — A man has been arrested in Gothenburg on suspicion of murdering university lecturer Fuat Deniz, who was stabbed on campus at Örebro University in central Sweden last month (AINA, 12-13-2007). The man arrested is in his forties, police say. A warrant had earlier …
Read More »Breakthrough in university murder case
Sweden – TT/The Local — State forensic experts have helped bring police in Orebro a step closer to identifying a man suspected of murdering university lecturer Fuat Deniz. -Political motive suspected in Orebro murder (16 Dec 07) -University murderer remains at large (14 Dec 07) -Stabbed lecturer …
Read More »Archbishop of Kirkuk Says Bombs Will Not Kill Hope or Stop Dialogue
Kirkuk(Irak) – AsiaNews — “We are concerned by yesterday’s attacks but we continue to have hope and we will continue in our commitment to inter-religious dialogue”.Msgr. Louis Sako, Archbishop of Kirkuk declared to AsiaNews in the aftermath of yesterday’s two car bomb attacks (not three as it …
Read More »Turkish police foil plot to kill priest
ANKARA – Reuters — Turkish police have foiled a plot to murder a priest, in a case that recalls other attacks this year against Christians in Muslim but secular Turkey, newspapers reported on Monday.Police in the coastal resort of Antalya detained a young man on Sunday on …
Read More »Turkish Television: “Need a Weapon to Kill Christians? I will Give You One”
ANKARA – The Brussels Journal — The well-known Turkish nationwide television station ‘Show TV’ aired on 8th, 15th and 29 November 2007 a new episode of the old series “Kurtlar Vadisi-Pusu” – The Valley of the Wolves. (…) The film is about the relationship between the state …
Read More »Funeral of Fuat Deniz 09.Jan.2008
Funeral of Fuat Deniz 09.Jan.2008 Fuat Deniz, who was murdered at his workplace at Örebro University on December 10th, 2007, will be buried on Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 in Örebro. The funeral will take place at 12 AM in the St. Olai church in the center of …
Read More »Dutch Members of Parliament Inquire About Iraq Church Bombings
The Hague – AINA– In response to yesterday’s coordinated church and monastery bombings in Iraq (AINA 1, 2), five members of the Dutch Parliament addressed questions to the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maxime Verhagen (CDA). The questions were submitted by Peter Omtzigt (Christian Democratic Party, CDA), …
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