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Other forms of pressure and threats include pressure to sell lands, the coercion of woman to wear veils, and the abduction of women for marriage against their will. The continuing onslaught against the vulnerable ChaldoAssyrian civilian population is perpetrated with the specific intent of terrorizing the indigenous Christian population into …

They are practicing terrorism in its most abominable forms. They didn’t distinguish between places of worship and the occupation forces, between the olive branch and the gun, between the dove of peace and the hawks of war. This is an organized crime against defenseless innocentIraqis whose only fault is that …

Since 2002, nearly a year before the toppling of Saddam Hussein, the Christian Assyrians in Iraq (also known as Chaldeans, and Syriacs) have been under threat, due largely to their non-Muslim status. Beheadings, kidnappings, and assassinations have escalated in proportion to how vocal the large Diaspora community became in support …

So far, there are 18 casualties and scores of wounded, the majority of whom are children, women and elderly ChaldoAssyrians who were attending the Sunday Mass in their Churches.  Prior to these terrorist attacks there was a period of many threats which were followed by a series of assassinations, kidnappings …

The first of Nissan (April) arrives to confirm the continuity of our people’s (Syriacs and Chaldeans) contribution and creativity, passed from one generation to another, throughout thousands of years, and with the renewal and rebirth of nature in every April we add renewed meanings and human values to our civilized …

The riots started when the Arab supporters started to yell provocative slogans, in which they stressed their support for ex-dictator Saddam Hussein. The conflict became political and both groups attacked each other. The Syrian police intervened violently and killed several persons. The next day, during the funeral the situation got …

  Due to these events the Assyrian Democratic Organization recognized the importance of this phase and based on its lasting experience covering many decades of political work as well as its solid sense of national responsibility, it is contributing to this developments by intensified activities in the regional and national …

The 10th General Conference of the Assyrian Democratic Organization has come to give a boost to its already advanced democratic experience as it carried major changes to the organization’s leadership and its structures as a whole in order to embody the will of renovation and to make way for a …

Each year, on April 24th, Christians living in Near East or originating from there – like Assyrians, Armenians or Greeks – commemorate the beginning of the Genocide 1914-18 in Turkey. Even after almost 90 years the topic of the bloody pursuit and killing of over 2 million Christian did not …

However, the trial on Yusuf Akbulut, who is priest of the Syrian-Orthodox church in Diyarbakir/Turkey, aroused interest on the international level. On April 5th, 2002 the judge concluded the case with an acquittal and thus this incident emphasized anewly its importance for the Assyrians. Rev. Father Yusuf Akbulut had openly …