The Assyrian Democratic Organization
Margareta Viklund Sweden – AINA — Margareta Viklund, chairwoman of The Swedish committee for Assyrians, visited north Iraq from April 29 to May 7, 2007. Her mission was to assess the needs of Assyrian (also known as Chaldean and Syriac) woman in the Kurdish dominated areas of north Iraq. …
Read More »Iraqi Christians Find Sanctuary in Istanbul
By Thomas Grove ISTANBUL – Reuters — Every Sunday the basement chapel of one of Istanbul’s largest churches echoes to the sound of slow chanting in Aramaic, the ancient language spoken by Jesus. The 300 worshippers, all Iraqi Christians, have come here to forget the Muslim sectarian violence that …
Read More »Australian Contractors Killed As Assyrian Christians Face Daily Persecution in Iraq
By Robert Williams BAGDAD – Christianity Today — Two Australian private contractors have been killed in Iraq on Sunday with a third being treated for injury after a bomb went off destroying the car they were travelling in. This comes as a conference was held recently to highlight the …
Read More »Assyrian Genocide Discussed At Sarajevo Conference
Sarajevo – ESNA — On the 12th of July 2007 an international genocide research conference took place in Bosnia-Herzegovina’s capital Sarajevo. The conference was arranged by the “Institute of Research About Crime Against Humanity and International Law” at the University of Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, together with the IAGS (International Association …
Read More »Assyrians in New Zealand Rally for Assyrians in Iraq
Zealand – tvnz — Several hundred Iraqi Christians have rallied in Auckland to try to highlight the persecution they suffer in their homeland. The Chaldean Catholic community held a special mass to draw attention to the killing and kidnapping of their priests and the bombing of their churches. …
Read More »Statement on the occasion of the golden jubilee
Syria – ADO — The Assyrian Democratic Organization Celebrates its golden anniversary, the anniversary of the passing of 50 years of its establishment , as her march for struggle and freedom started in the city of Qamishli on the 15th of July 1957 at the hands of a …
Read More »Australian Conference Calls for Protection for Iraq’s Assyrians
Sydney – AINA– Mr. Hermiz Shahen, the Secretary of the Assyrian Universal Alliance in Australia received an invitation from Reverend the Hon. Fred Nile MLC to participate as a key speaker at the Middle East Christian Conference held at NSW State Parliament on Monday 9 July, 2007. The theme …
Read More »Chaldean Church Plans to Keep Camp Brighton
By Tom Tolen Detroit – Ann Arbor News — The Chaldean Catholic Church has big hopes for Camp Brighton, the property west of Brighton that had been used as a summer camp for city of Detroit children. The Rev. Manuel Boji, the Chaldean Church spokesman, says the Chaldean community …
Read More »Chaldean Grocers Serve Community Well
By Martin Manna USA – Detroit News — Throughout our history, it has been an unfortunate reality to debase the most recent group of immigrants to our nation as evidenced by recent media coverage regarding the lack of major grocery retailers in Detroit. If it were not for stores …
Read More »Church and Sheiks Secure Release of Four Chaldeans Kidnapped in Iraq
Kirkuk – AsiaNews — Four Chaldean Christians who were kidnapped a week ago in northern Iraq are free and well, according to AsiaNews sources on the spot. Georges Isaak, his son Stuart, Shaqat Youssif and Martin Yacoub, were abducted on 4 July around 100km south of Kirkuk. The …
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