The Hague – AINA — The Dutch parliament yesterday approved legislation that allocated 6 million Euros (8.63 million USD) for Assyrians in North Iraq. The money will be spent for internally displaced refugees who currently live in the Nineveh Plains area in north Iraq. The funding is …
Read More »Swedish Universities to Commemorate Murdered Assyrian Researcher
Sweden(Orebro)- AINA — The murder of Fuat Deniz, a senior lecturer and researcher at Sweden’s Orebro University has prompted action against violence and what is seen as an attack on the open Swedish society. Eight Swedish university towns have prepared for ceremonies to be held simultaneously on …
Read More »Platser och talare for manifestationerna
Sweden- Hujada — Platserna och talarna för manifestationerna är nu spikade. Här följer en lista över dem. Vid eventuella ändringar eller tillägg vad gäller talarna, uppdateras det här på hujada.com fortlöpande. Samtliga platser och talare för manifestationerna till minne av universitetslektorn är nu spikade. Alla manifestationer arrangeras …
Read More »‘Stop Highlighting the Genocide or Your People Will Get Hurt’ — Turkish Governors
Stockholm(Sweden)- AINA — Former head of the Assyrian Federation in Sweden, Simon Barmano, revealed in an interview today with Swedish paper Länstidningen that he received threats from Turkish officials. The threat was delivered to Barmano during a meeting this summer he had with four Turkish governors who …
Read More »Turkey police Arrest Five in Abduction of Assyrian Priest
Midyat(Turkey) – Hurriyet — Police have arrested five suspects in the abduction of Syriac orthodox priest Edip Daniel Savcý. Abdurrahman Oral, Mehmet Emin Oral, Þefik Oral, Halil Esen and Zeynel Karaman have all been taken into police custody. Police are still seeking two suspects. The suspects belong to …
Read More »Scandinavian Archdiocese Condemns Kidnapping of Assyrian Priest in Turkey
Sweden – ESNA — The Syriac-Orthodox archdiocese of Sweden and Scandinavia condemns the kidnapping of Fr. Daniel Savci in Turkey, an member of the Syriac Orthodox Church. “I’m shocked, hurt and upset. The violence towards Christians in Islamic countries has to come to an end,” said Archbishop …
Read More »monk Daniyel Savci is freely
Rather of friends Tur-Abdin(Turkey) – ADO — We have the message gotten that the monk Daniyel Savci freely just came At time is in place Batman approx.. Removes 80 km from instead of Midyat its homeland place to thanks to all friends with confessed. Assyri democratic organization Section European …
Read More »Assyrian Priest Kidnapped in South-eastern Turkey Released
Ankara – DPA — An Assyrian Christian priest kidnapped in south- eastern Turkey on Wednesday was released unharmed on Friday, the Anadolu news agency reported. Father Daniel Savci, 55, was taken hostage Wednesday afternoon by unidentified people who stopped his car as he was travelling to the Mor …
Read More »Kidnappers Demand 300,000 Euros for Assyrian Priest
GMT 11-28-2007 23:49:9Assyrian International News AgencyTo unsubscribe or set email news digest options, visit http://www.aina.org/mailinglist.html One of the monks of a monastery in south-east Turkey was occupied with his daily choirs as he received a phone call from Daniel, another monk. Responding to the call he soon found out it …
Read More »Assyrian Priest Kidnapped in South-eastern Turkey
Tur-Abdin (Turkey) – DPA/ADO — An Assyrian Christian priest was taken hostage in south-eastern Turkey Wednesday, with the kidnappers demanding 300,000 euros for his release, CNN Turk television reported. Father Daniel Savci, 55, was taken hostage by unidentified people at around 3 p.m. They stopped his car as …
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