Below is an article by the Assyrian International News Agency (AINA) Over the weekend, the Turkish Air Force continued bombing NW Iraq, reportedly displacing many and killing up to five civilians. Turkey claims that some members of the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) are based in this area and that they were the target. However, several of the impacted villages are also home to Christian communities. Hundreds...
Last weekend, Turkish aircraft reportedly attacked settlements in northwestern Iraq home to Assyrian communities, claiming Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) members were operating there. 5 civilians were killed...
Below is an article by Assyrian International News Agency (AINA) Gulgoze, Turkey (AFP) -- Inside the sixth century church in southeastern Turkey, dozens of Assyrian Christian women, men and children...
Below is a report published by International Christian Concern While COVID-19 dominates most of daily life in the Nineveh Governorate, sectarian tensions are further defining the landscape. Residents...
QAMISHLI, Syria — A small radio station in the town of Qamishli, on the border of Turkey and Syria, has been broadcasting in the ancient Christian liturgical language of Syriac. The...
Below is an article published by the Assyrian International News Agency (AINA): Jimmy Aldaoud crouched on a sidewalk, miserable, hungry and short on insulin. The 41-year-old with diabetes and severe mental...
After introductions by Fernando Burgés, Head of Policy & Research at UNPO, who also moderated the discussions during the event, and Mr Abdirahman Mahdi, Vice-President of the UNPO and representative...
Below is an article published by the Assyrian International News Agency: Exactly two years on from the liberation of Mosul from Daesh (ISIS), only 40 Christians at most have returned home to Iraq's second...
Below is an article published by Barnabas Fund: Iranian security agents stormed into a 100-year-old Assyrian church and tore the cross from its tower in a major city in the north-west...
The article below was published by Al-Monitor: Melinda Khubiar was moved to tears as she walked down the streets of Erbil in 2013. She had just landed in the city with a group of 30 Assyrians...
Below is an article published by the Assyrian International News Agency (Original from Gatestone Institute): The daughter of a former pastor in Iran -- Dabrina Bet-Tamraz -- recently described...
Despite having ancient roots in the Middle East, Assyrians living in the area have struggled for survival in recent centuries. In addition to regular societal marginalisation and persecution, calamitous...
The statement below was published by: AINA News On the second of February, Attiya Gamri, President of the Assyrian Confederation of Europe, visited the exhibition I Am Ashurbanipal, King of the...
The article below and full report were published by the Assyrian Policy Institute: In elections characterized as fraudulent by a wide spectrum of the public, five new Christian representatives were elected...
This article was published by the Assyrian International News Agency: It is estimated 1.5 million people died in the Armenian Genocide during World War I - among them, 300,000 Assyrians. On Sunday, New...
USCIRF is an independent, bipartisan U.S. federal government commission created to monitor the universal right to freedom of religion abroad. The USCIF monitors and documents violations globally and makes...
The article below was publishes by AINA News: (AINA) -- The Assyrian Confederation of Europe (ACE), an umbrella organization for Assyrian federations throughout Europe, says it is deeply concerned with...
The article below was published by the Financial Tribune: A Syrian National Day was held with participation of a group of religious minority leaders and the Assyrian community on Sunday [1 July 2018]...
The article below was published by Ahval News. As Turkey heads to presidential and parliamentary elections on June 24 [2018], one party has stood out for the diversity of its candidates. The...
Untitled Document Amnesty International (AI) Country Report, Iraq, 1999 Human rights abuses were reported in areas under Kurdish control. AI Country Report, Iraq, 1998 In February two members of the Assyrian...
The event began with opening remarks by UNPO Programme Officer Julie Duval. Underlining UNPO’s continuous support for minorities worldwide and more particularly for their youth, she stressed that...
Below is an article found on AINA Christian organizations on the ground in the Nineveh valley, a heavily Christian area in Iraq devastated by the 2014 ISIS occupation, have expressed "frustration" with...
UNPO Programme Director Mr Tommaso Nodari delivered opening remarks briefly introducing the cases of the Nations and Peoples represented during the event. While freedom of religion or belief is one of...
Thursday, 14 September 2017, 11:00 to 12:30 Palais des Nations, Room XV, Geneva, Switzerland Side-event to the 36th Session of the UNHRC In May 2017, the United States Commission on...
UNPO Programme Director Mr Tommaso Nodari delivered opening remarks briefly introducing the cases of the Nations and Peoples represented during the event. While freedom of religion or belief is one of...
The article was published by abc.net.au In the 15 years since St Hurmizd was founded, the Assyrian primary school in Western Sydney has grown from a cohort of 85 students, to more than 700. All of the...
The article was published by abc.net.au In the 15 years since St Hurmizd was founded, the Assyrian primary school in Western Sydney has grown from a cohort of 85 students, to more than 700. All of the...
Below is an article published by the Assyrian International News Agency: A large demonstration was held yesterday [23 July 2017] in the Assyrian town of Alqosh, situated in Iraq's Nineveh Plains,...
Below is an article published by the Assyrian International News Agency: Three years ago, as darkness fell over the northern Iraqi town of Qaraqosh, Sabah Petrus Shema helped his extended family...
Below is an article published by the Assyrian International News Agency: Members of Iraq's Christian minority celebrated Palm Sunday in the country's main Christian town of Qaraqosh [Baghdede in...
Below is an article published by Assyrian International News Agency: Dominican-Iraqi sister Habiba Bihnam Toma spoke Wednesday [29 March 2017] about the time she spent helping refugees...
The article below was published by the Assyrian International News Agency: In the summer of 2014, Mosul was for the first time in its history almost totally emptied of Christian civilians. More...
Below is an article published by Assyrian international News Agency: Cypriotic state broadcaster CYBY has announced it will air the documentary film "Seyfo 1915 - The Assyrian Genocide" on March...
As the military operation to retake Mosul and occupied areas in the north from ISIS steadily advances, the coming months will remain an enormous question mark for those who have been on the receiving end...
Below is an article by Haaretz: Extensive excavations by Islamic State militants under Mosul's ancient Mosque of Jonah show they took care to preserve artifacts for loot, a local...
Below is an article published by KQED News: Inside the Assyrian American Civic Club of Turlock there’s a large banquet hall, a catering company and a radio station that broadcasts Assyrian music. “The...
Below is an article published by AINA: Iraq's long-persecuted Yazidi and Assyrian Christian minorities are blasting claims by the country's Kurdish Regional Government that its refusal to let them return...
Below is an article published by Assyrian International News Agency: Dozens of Iraqi Christians have marched outside the U.N. regional headquarters in Beirut, demanding the speeding up of their...
Below is an article published by the Voltaire Network: The mayor of Diyarbakir, recently appointed by the Yildirim government after the dismissal of the elected mayor, has removed the Assyrian statue...
According to the World Report’s emphasis, the most egregious human rights violations against indigenous populations in 2016 can be seen in the crackdowns on Oromo in Ethiopia, the lingering human...
Below is an article published by WXPR: When I meet Nineb Lamassu at England's Cambridge University, where he's a researcher, he transports us to his Middle Eastern homeland by opening his computer...
The following article was published by CBS News: The giant winged bulls that once stood sentry at the nearly 3,000-year-old palace at Nimrud have been hacked to pieces. The fantastical...
On international Human Rights Day, UNPO reiterates its commitment to the promotion of democracy, rule of law, and human rights everywhere. The first United Nations Forum on Human Rights, Democracy...
The following article was published by the Assyrian Universal Alliance-Australia Chapter: On Wednesday, 30 November 2016, a delegation led by Mr. Hermiz Shahen, Deputy Secretary General of the...
Below is an article published by Assyrian International News Agency (AINA): Joseph Haweil, a prominent member of the Assyrian-Australian community, has become the first Australian of Assyrian...
The article below is courtesy of Christian Post: A displaced Iraqi Christian teenager has taken it upon himself to recreate historic Assyrian artifacts destroyed during the Islamic State's rampage...
Speakers from UNPO and the Rojhalat Women’s Organisation gave their views on "the role of women in the Middle East: how to obtain more rights for women and build up a better democracy". Moira Holden...
Below is an article posted by AINA: The European Commission has recently issued its 2016 Turkey Progress Report, which contains serious criticism of the country's increasingly grave human rights record. One...
Below is an article published by the Assyrian International News Agency: A resolution to protect religious minorities including Christians and Yazidis in Iraq following the expected defeat of...
Below is a press release by the Assyrian Universal Alliance: On Thursday, 20 October 2016, a delegation led by Mr. Hermiz Shahen, Deputy Secretary General of the Assyrian Universal Alliance (AUA),...
Below an article published by AinaNews: Assyrians in Europe concluded the first Assyrian European Convention, held on October 8 and 9 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The convention saw the election of the first...
Not only challenged by being women in a conflict zone, but also by belonging to a minority, Assyrian women should be empowered to have an impact on future developments in their homeland, stressed Kati...
A devastating and protracted humanitarian crisis is currently ongoing in Syria and Iraq, with brutal violence and chaos forcing millions to flee their homelands and leave everything behind. Women and children...
Below is an article published by Middle East Eye: On 10 June 2014, militants of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) conquered the city of Mosul, the capital of Iraq’s Nineveh province. By...
Photo courtesy of Sasa Kralj/Reuters. Below is an article published by the Assyrian International News Agency: A suicide bomber disguised as a priest attempted to enter an Assyrian genocide commemoration...
Below is an article by the National Post: They are the original people of Mesopotamia’s cradle of civilization, the indigenous people of ancient Sumer and Babylon, and they’ve been...
Below is an article published by the Assyrian International News Agency: (AINA) -- Archbishop Nicodemus Sharaf Daoud, the Syriac-Orthodox Bishop of Mosul, visited France and Belgium from...
Below is an article published by the Assyrian International News Agency: Washington -- Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) today commended passage of two amendments he introduced in the...
The following is an article published by the Assyrian International News Agency: If August 1914 shattered the received order of Europe forever, August 2014 dissolved the received tradition...
Below is an article published by the Assyrian Universal Alliance. Over 500 people descended on Martin Place in a public demonstration organised by the Assyrian Council of Australia. The...
Below is an article by the NPR: On a sky-blue Sunday morning in the little town of Tell Tamer in northeastern Syria, sunlight pours through olive trees, dappling the path to a church that has...
Photo courtesy of @KhalafYezidi on Twitter. Below is an article published by the Assyrian International News Agency: Representatives from the religious minority community in the...
Below is an article published by the Assyrian Universal Alliance Mr. Chris Hayes MP, Federal Member for Fowler and Chief Opposition Whip, made a statement in the Federal Parliament on...
Below is an article by Foreign Policy Journal The western coalition has spent a considerable amount of resources in the support of Kurdish forces in Iraq. Canada, in particular,...
Below is an article by The Guardian New satellite photos confirm what church leaders and Middle East preservationists had feared: the oldest Christian monastery in Iraq has been reduced to rubble,...
Below is an article from Fox News: Christians and Yezidi, under constant siege from ISIS, accuse their erstwhile allies, the Kurds, of double-crossing them. With the U.S., Baghdad and the international...
The below article was published by AINA: Assyrian Christians in Gothenburg have been threatened with messages linked to Islamic State, according to local reports. Swedish Daily Newspaper 'Dagens Nyheter'...
The below article was published by Rudaw: Erbil, Kurdistan Region – The Assyrian Church of the East has elected a new leader to become the 111th patriarch during a time of instability...
The United Nations announced that in June 2014, at least 1075 people have been killed in Iraq, since ISIS militants started their march to capture towns and cities. It was reported that at least 757 civilians...
Below is an article published by The Christian Post: Over 200 Assyrian Christians remain captured by terror group ISIS despite the release of another hostage earlier this week, and despite the...
Below is a press release by the Assyrian Universal Alliance Australia Chapter: The Assyrian genocide monument, a memorial to the nearly 750,000 Assyrians murdered by Turkey’s Ottoman Government...
Below is an article published by Breitbart Since last February [2015], Tal Nasri has been under the control of the jihadist group led by self-proclaimed Caliph al-Baghdadi. Fighters of Kurdish...
Below is an article published by The Guardian Islamic State militants appear to have destroyed Christian and Shia Muslim shrines in northern Iraq – including a fourth-century memorial...
Read more about their abduction. Below is an article published by Radio Free Europe: Around 200 Syrian Assyrian Christians remain in captivity in northeastern Syria, after Islamic State (IS) militants...
Below is an article published by Al Arabiya The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group began bulldozing the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in Iraq on Thursday, the government said,...
Below is an article published by Aljazeera Fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group have released 21 Assyrian Christians they abducted during an offensive against Kurdish...
Below is an article published by The Guardian: Reports this week that Mosul’s central library has been ransacked by Isis and 100,000 books and manuscripts burned has cast an international...
Below is an article published by Reuters: Islamic State militants have abducted at least 220 people from Assyrian Christian villages in north-eastern Syria during a three day offensive, a monitor...
Below is an article published by Reuters: Islamic State militants have abducted at least 150 people from Assyrian Christian villages in northeastern Syria they had raided, Christian Syrian...
Below is an article published by Rudaw: It is no secret that Middle Eastern countries, with few if any exception, would not support a future independent Kurdistan, despite several regional countries'...
Below is an article published by Inquirer.net: In a small village in the southeast of Turkey stand two Assyrian churches, one a thousand years old, the other modern, signs of both the...
Below is an article published by AINA: Heavy rains flooded refugee camps in Dohuk, Iraq, where an estimated 100,000 Iraqis fled when ISIS entered the Nineveh Plain on August 7. The refugees are...
Below is an article published by AINA: Militiamen from the self-proclaimed 'Islamic Caliphate' have removed the crosses and burned ancient manuscripts in the historic Monastery of Mar Behnam, ten minutes...
On this occasion, the UPR Pre-session on Iraq consisted of a panel of NGOs and international organizations concerned with the human rights situation in Iraq. The panel consisted of UNPO, Minority Rights...
Below is an article published by BBC News: A "staggering array" of human rights abuses has been committed by Islamic State (IS) militants and associated armed groups over a nine-week period in...
Below is an article published by AINA News: According to a report by BBC Arabic, Islamists in Tikrit have destroyed The Assyrian Green Church, built in 700 A.D., and Forty Shrine, the oldest Islamic...
Below is the letter published in Assyria Times: The following letter was sent by His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV, The Patriarch of Assyrian Church of the East to His Excellency Ban Ki-Moon: The grave situation...
Below is a story published by The Assyrian International News Agency Iraqi Christian refugees braved temperatures as high as 122 degrees Fahrenheit to demand that the United Nations...
Below is an article published by AINA The Hammurabi Human Rights Organization (HHRO), an NGO based in Baghdad, Iraq, monitors the human rights situation in Iraq, particularly of minorities...
Photo by Izahorsky On the occasion of the 20th Session of the United Nations Universal Periodic Review, UNPO has submitted two reports denouncing the human rights situation in the Republic of Iraq and...
Below is an article published by the Assyrian International News Agency: On January 21 [2014] the Iraq Council of Ministers approved a plan to establish three new provinces in Iraq. One province would...
Below is an article by World Bulletin: Turkmen, Syriac and Assyrian were recognized as official languages in Iraq, bringing the number of official languages in the country to five after Arabic and Kurdish. The...
More than 20 representatives of nine Members (Uyghurs, Sindh, Khmer Krom, Ahwazi, Assyria, Chin, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Tibet and Ogaden) attended the sixth Session of the Forum on Minority Issues held...
On Friday August 9th a demonstration was held on the Dam square in Amsterdam to raise awareness about the abuse of indigenous people all over the world. Several indigenous people were present at this demonstration...
The UNPO would like to join the global Assyrian community in commemorating the 80-year anniversary of the brutal attack on the Assyrian Iraqi village of Simmele on 7 August 1933. The deep-seated animosity...
Below is an article published by aua.net: In the past two years the people of Syria have suffered greatly, tens of thousands have lost their lives, millions of people have been displaced, and the country...
Below is an article published by the Assyrian Universal Alliance: The conference was officially opened by The Hon. Chris Bowen MP, Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Australia, and member for McMahon. Mr...
The Delegation for Relations with Iraq will be holding a hearing dedicated to the situation of Ethnic Minorities and Religious Groups in Iraq Thursday, 20 June 2013, 9.15 – 11.15Room ASP...
Below is an article published by the Assyrian Universal Alliance: On Thursday, May 23rd, the United Nations Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO Committee) recommended the Assyrian Universal...
Below is the Press Release published by the Assyrian Universal Alliance: Today, Wednesday 8 May 2013, in a historic move, The Hon Barry O’Farrell MP, Premier of NSW, rose in the NSW Parliament,...
Below is a press release published by the Assyrian Universal Alliance: ASSYRIAN UNIVERSAL ALLIANCE AUSTRALIA CHAPTER Member, Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) PRESS RELEASE Sydney...
Below is an article published by ArmenPress:Wednesday 1st May 2013, the Parliament of NSW Legislative Council passed unanimously a motion recognizing the Assyrian, Greek and Armenian genocide, at the request...
Below is an article published by the Assyrian Universal Alliance: On Monday, April 22, 2013 the Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese of Aleppo reported that Metropolitan Paul Yazigi of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese...
Below is an article from Panorama: President Serzh Sargsyan addressed a congratulatory message to the Assyrian community of Armenia on Kha b’Nisan - Assyrian New Year. “Distinguished...
Below is an article published by Fairfield City Champion: Assyrians from here and abroad have been called to join the annual festival of the Assyrian New Year which will be held on Easter Monday [1 April...
Below is an article published by Assyrian Universal Alliance: On November 27 and 28, the Assyrian Universal Alliance participated in the Fifth Session on the Forum on Minority Issues at the United...
More than thirty representatives of twelve UNPO Members (Afrikaner, Ahwazi, Assyria, Crimean Tatars, East Turkestan, Haratin, Hmong, Iranian Kurdistan, Iraqi Kurdistan, Khmer Krom, Ogaden, and West Balochistan)...
Below is a press release issued by the Assyrian Universal Alliance (Australia): On 14 September 2012, a delegation headed by Mr. Hermiz Shahen, Deputy Secretary General of the Assyrian Universal...
Below is a press release issued by the Assyrian Universal Alliance: The Assyrian Universal Alliance (AUA) – Australian Chapter is pleased to announce the second meeting of the Assyria Parliamentary...
Below is a press release published by the Assyrian Universal Alliance Preparations are under way in Sydney - Australia for the upcoming celebration of Assyria day. This event will be held on Sunday 1st...
Below is a press release from the Assyrian Universal Alliance: Once again the Assyrian nation has proved that it will mass stronger against all attempts to deny the Assyrian genocide committed by the...
Below is an article published by the Assyrian Universal Alliance: Once again the Assyrian Australian National Federation (AANF) together with the Assyrian Universal Alliance (AUA) hosted one of the most...
Below is a press release from the Assyrian Universal Alliance: Election of a new President and his Deputy for the Assyria Parliamentary Friendship Group took place this Thursday, March 8, 2012...
Below is an article published by Assyrian International News Agency: Nearly one thousand Assyrians in Sweden gathered on Sunday [12 February 2012] to inaugurate a new internet TV channel called...
Below is an article published by Panorama A range of Assyrian organizations have sent an open letter to President of European Parliament Jerzy Buzek and the other members of EP with the request to state...
Below is a letter published by the Assyrian Universal Alliance: Dear Prime Minister, We the Assyrian Univeral Alliance, an umbrella organization representing all Assyrian organizations,...
Photo: UNPO and Minority Rights Group participants pose for a photograph at the close of the first day of the UN Forum on Minority Issues Close to thirty representatives of nine UNPO Member...
Below is an article published by aina.org. The Congress convened for three consecutive days during which time reports of various delegations from different countries were read. Attending the Congress...
Below is a press release issued by the Assyrian Universal Alliance: For the second time in one month, the newly established Young Assyrians, a subsidiary of the Assyrian Universal Alliance-Australian...
Below is an article published by the Assyrian International News Agency: A scholarly Seminar addressing the Assyrian Genocide was held on August 14. The Seminar, organized by the Australian Assyrian Arts...
Below is a press release issued by the Assyrian Universal Alliance: On Friday 5th August, 2011, a seminar commemorating Assyrian Martyrs and Genocide Day was organised by the Assyrian Universal Alliance-Australian...
On July 28, 2011, HR 440, a bill that would create a special envoy to address the concerns of religious minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia, passed the House of Representatives with overwhelming...
Below is an article by CBN News: A short film that documents the near-genocide of Iraq's ancient Assyrian Christian civilization had a high-profile showing on Capitol Hill. Congressmen and the media...
Below is a press release published by the Assyria Council of Europe: Dutch Parliament passes a bill demanding Minister of Foreign Affairs Uri Rosenthal to urge the Iraqi government and the EU for recognition...
Below is an article published by Fairfield Champion: This Friday [1 July 2011] marks an important day for Assyrian communities worldwide. Assyria Day is on July 1 and hopes to unify and educate...
Below is an article published by the Assyrian International News Agency: Preparations are under way in Sydney, Australia for the upcoming celebration of Assyria day. This event will be held on July 3,...
On 30 May 2011 Mr. Chris Hayes (MP of the Labor Party of Australia) introduced a motion during Private Members Business entitled Religious Minorities in Iraq. Focusing upon the current equity deficit of...
Below is an excerpt from the joint fact-finding mission report: At a meeting of the Assyrian Universal Alliance world congress, held in Erbil, Northern Iraq on 2-4 December 2010 a new union was formed...
Below is an article published by: Return To Anatolia:In a landmark resolution adopted by the National Women’s Labor Conference in Brisbane, Queensland last weekend, delegates resolved to...
Below is an article published by: Assyrian International News Agency.Ashur Issa Yaqub, a 29-year-old Chaldean Christian, had been snatched on Saturday in the oil-rich ethnically-mixed northern...
Below is an article published by Niqash Khadida Barakat has been searching for his daughter for several days now. A few days ago the 13-year-old was herding cattle in the Ninawa province, in the north...
Below is an article published by: Radio France Internationale.The church, in the Karrada district, was empty at the time. Easter Sunday services had been held earlier in the day.Shards of glass...
A hearing on minorities and unrepresented peoples, focusing on Balochistan and Assyrian issues, was held yesterday, 13 April 2011, in the European Parliament by the Subcommittee on Human Rights....
Erbil, 3 April 2011 – Aketo, the Assyrian New Year was celebrated in Dohuk on 1 April 2011 amid a new sense of political unity. 30,000 Assyrians joined to welcome Year 6761 in the largest celebration...
The Middle East and North Africa are in a state of flux, as decades old dictatorships are collapsing. With the popular uprisings still continuing, it near impossible to predict what the outcome of these...
Below is an article published by Niqash: For the first time ever, Christian leaders have formally demanded the creation of a province in the Ninawa Plain, east of Mosul. No one can predict whether their...
Below is an article published by UNPO: In the wake of arrests in Iran over the Christmas period of many Christians, the European Parliament’s Delegation for Relation with Iran devoted its meeting...
Below is a press release published by The Assyrian Universal Alliance: The Assyrian Universal Alliance – Australia Chapter is calling on all Assyrians to support the rally that is organized by the...
Below is an article published by the Assyrian International News Agency: Christmas and the New Year...
Below is an article published by The New York Times A new wave of Iraqi Christians has fled to northern Iraq or abroad amid a campaign of violence against them and growing fear that the country’s...
Below is an article published by The Christian Post: On December 4, groups such as the Iraqi Christian Relief Council and the American Mesopotamian Organization will gather across the...
Below is an article published by the Official Website of the European Parliament Recent deadly attacks on Christian communities by suspected Al-Qaida militants in Iraq drew condemnation by the...
Below is a press release published by the European Parliament: Burma MEPs welcome the recent release of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi but are concerned about her safety...
Below is a press release published by the Assyrian Universal Alliance: The Assyrian Universal Alliance - Australia Chapter (AUA) has met a number of times with the Australian government officials and...
Below is a press release published by the Assyrian Universal Alliance: On Tuesday, 16 November 2010, a delegation representing the Assyrian Universal Alliance – Australian Chapter...
Below is an article published by Worthy News Middle East Service Christians in Iraq feared further attacks Thursday, November 11, after co-ordinated bombings in Christian areas of Baghdad killed at least...
Below is a statement published by Christian Muslim Forum: As the Presidents of the Christian Muslim Forum we condemn the attack on the Syriac Catholic Church in Bahgdad on 31 October...
Below is an article published by Assyrian International News Agency: Protesters demanded an end to the low-grade genocide of Assyrians (also known as Chaldeans and Syriacs) which began...
Below is an article published by Assyrian Universal Alliance: The Assyrian Universal Alliance (AUA) condemns the barbaric attack on the Our Lady of Salvation Syriac Catholic Church in...
Below is an article published by Al Jazeera: An al-Qaeda-linked group has claimed responsibility for an attack on a Catholic church in the Iraqi capital, which resulted in the deaths of at least 37 people,...
Below is an article published by the Assyrian Times: It was a historic day for the Australian Assyrian community as over 2000 people assembled for the unveiling of the world’s first...
Below is an article published by Fair Field Champion:August 7 holds a special significance because it is observed by the Assyrian population around the world as Assyrian Martyrs Day, although no...
Below is an article published by Niqash:On 1 May 2008, just days before the launch of Um al-Rabiain security campaign by security forces in Mosul, four masked men in the broad daylight...
Below is an invitation published by Assyrian Universal Alliance: Cordially invites all Assyrian organizations & individuals in Australia and Abroad to attend the Unveiling of the Assyrian...
Below is an article published by the Assyrian Universal Alliance: Dear Mr ShahenI refer to your letter dated 4 May 2010 to the Prime Minister, Mr Kevin Rudd, conceming the situation of...
Below is an article published by Assyrian International News Agency:This tragedy has stunned the Assyrian community, whose position in their native homeland has been under existential threat...
Below is the full letter of Mr. Chris Hayes MP: Dear Minister, I refer to my earlier correspondence of November 2008 and August 2009 in which I raised with you the...
Below is an article published by the Executive Board of the Assyrian Universal Alliance : The Assyrian Universal Alliance strongly condemns the cowardly attacks against buses carrying...
Finding Solutions to the Disputes in the North10 June 201010h00 – 14h00European Parliament, BrusselsThe various communities of Northern Iraq have differing views for the future of the region....
Below is an article published by The New York Times :About 70 college students, most of them Christians, were wounded Sunday and another Iraqi was killed when a convoy of school...
Below is an press release by the Assyrian Universal Alliance:The AUA representatives attended the observance conferences organized by the Armenian Genocide Commemorative Committee that took...
Below is an article published by Ekklesia : Recently, a friend suggested I tune in to a programme on BBC Radio 4 entitled Iraq’s Forgotten Conflict. Presented by the veteran journalist...
Below is an article published by Society for Threatened Peoples :Syria is according to information received by the Society for Threatened Peoples -STP (Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker GfbV)...
Below is an article published by Assyrian Times : Work is underway to erect the Assyrian genocide monument at Bonnyrigg Park; leaders of the Assyrian Universal Alliance (AUA) visited the...
Below is an article published by: Assyrian International News Agency"This is not a joke," he said. "My children, they are begging me to retire."Cr Khoshaba linked the death threats...
Below is an article published by: Dayton Daily News"This is a pragmatic, conservationist rescue dig," said Matney, an associate professor of archaeology at the University of Akron. In the...
Below is an article published by: Assyrian International News AgencyAs Sunday's elections approach, the Christian community is becoming increasingly fearful. After a spate of killings, at least...
Below is an article published by the BBC: At least eight Christians have been killed in the past two weeks in the volatile northern city of Mosul. The killings prompted an appeal by Pope...
Below is an article published by Assyrian International News Agency: A member of Australia's parliament has spoken on the plight of the Assyrians of Iraq. Senator Fierravanti-Wells...
Below is an article published by Assyria Times: With a note of gratitude to the Australian government, let us pause at the beginning of the year 2010 and think how the decision...
Click here to read the statement made by Rev Hon Fred Nile MLC in pdf format Mayor and Councillors,I am pleased to make this Statement in support of the application by the Assyrian Universal...
Below is an article published by the FairField Advance:Erecting a monument to honour Assyrian victims of genocide could spark a violent racial feud in Fairfield, according to the city’s Turkish community.The...
Below is an article published by Niqash: Farish Nzarit Gatalian, an Armenian Christian living in Kirkuk, says that “the lucky person is he who gets a [foreign] visa and leaves this...
Below is an article published by UPI: Minority groups from the Christian religious community to ethnic Yazidis, Shabaks and Turkomen are fleeing Iraq in record numbers in the wake of...
Below is an article published by Admwowaa :In a series of meetings with the winning slates of the new Kurdistan region parliament, the President of Iraqi Kurdistan Region, Mr. Massoud Barzani, received...
Below is an article published by AINA : August 7 is Assyrian Memorial day, a day when the Assyrian (also known as Chaldean and Syriac) community worldwide remembers its Martyrs. Reflecting the Assyrian...
Below is an article published by the Assyrian International News Agency Congressman Frank Wolf (10th district, Virginia) and Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (14th district, California) sent a letter to...
Below is an article published by the Assyrian International News Agency:On May 17th, 2009, Esther de Lange spoke about her activities with the Assyrian Association in Enschede (Netherlands)....
Below is an article published by Catholic News Agency:U.S. State Department overlooks ‘especially dire’ religious freedom violations in IraqNewly public information shows that the U.S....
Click here for a PDF of the full report . On January 31st, 2009, Iraqis cast their ballots for the third time since the fall of Saddam Hussein. The last provincial and parliamentary...
Below is an abstract of anarticle published by: Assyrian International News Agency Baghdad (AINA) -- Speaking to a journalist from PUK Media in Baghdad, Mr. Yonadam Kanna, a member of the Iraqi...
Former chairperson of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) General Assembly passes away peacefully at the age of 86. On hearing of the demise of Senator Nimrod, the UNPO...
Below is an article published by JournalChretien.net :On Sunday, January 4, 2009, Senator John Nimrod, former Illinois State Senator, former Secretary General of the Assyrian Universal Alliance and...
Below is an article published by AsiaNews.it: Iraqi bishops: This is our Christmas, between hopes and sufferings. Iraqi bishops tell AsiaNews about the climate in the country, on the eve of the...
Below is an article published by the Assyrian International News Agency:The European Parliament conference titled "Assyrians in Iraq", held in June this year [2008], marked a starting...
Below is an article published by: Radio Free EuropeBAGHDAD -- Iraqi minority groups are demanding changes to legislation that sets quotas for minority seats on provincial councils, RFE/RL's Radio Free...
Iraq’s Council of Representatives voted in a new provincial elections law on Wednesday 24 September 2008. The new law has been described as a major step forward for Iraq, but it...
Kerkuk Problem and Article 140: Defining Alternatives The views of Kerkuk’s Turkmen and Arabs European Parliament, Brussels - 23 June 2008 - Iraq is a multi-ethnic and multi-religious country,...
Kerkuk Problem and Article 140: Defining Alternatives The views of Kerkuk’s Turkmen and Arabs European Parliament, Brussels - 23 June 2008 - 13.00 - 16.30 Iraq is a multi-ethnic...
Below is an article written by Compass Direct News and published by Iranian Minorities Human Rights Organization: Police in the southern Iran city of Shiraz this month [May 2008] cracked down against...
Below is an article published by the BBC: Fr Adel Youssef, an Assyrian Orthodox priest, was gunned down near his home in the capital's Karrada district. His death follows the discovery of the...
Below is a press release excerpt written by Hermiz Shahen, issued by the Assyrian Universal Alliance (Australia Chapter): For the Assyrians, the New Year makes us reflect on the past and envisage...
The Indigenous Iraqi Assyrian Community Since the Fall of Saddam Hussein - Human Rights Reports, Political Resolutions & Other Documentation.
The Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahoo, of the Chaldean Church of Mosul was kidnapped. as he left the Holy Spirit Church in the Al-Noor area of Mosul city. Below is a press release published by the Assyrian...
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. Below is an article...
No Peace Without Justice (NPWJ) and the International Alliance for Justice (IAJ) organised a Conference on “DiverCities - Mixed Cities and Disputed Areas: Local Approaches to Federal Democracy”...
A deadly blast in the northern Shiite and predominately Turkmen village of Tal Afar has killed 28 people and injured 50, further raising tensions in northern Iraq. Below are extracts of an article...
Some Iraqi Turkmen leaders have expressed their desire for the proposed referendum on the future status of the disputed city of Kirkuk to be delayed until a process of normalization is complete. Below...
The European Parliament has adopted two resolutions; one on human rights in Vietnam and one on human rights in Iraq. In doing so, it has uttered support for the marginalized minorities in these countries. Below...
The Iraqi Cabinet has approved a substantial part of the long-awaited oil law and submitted it to the Parliament for approval. Below are extracts from an article written by Alissa J. Rubin and published...
– Press Release – European Parliament Hears of Human Rights Violations and a Crisis in Kerkuk Iraq’s Turkmen Speak of ongoing MarginalisationConference organised...
“Iraqi Turkmen: The Human Rights Situation and Crisis in Kerkuk" 26 – 27 March 2007European Parliament, Brussels (ASP 5G1)Organised by the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation...
Below is an article published by the Washington Times. One of the most important yet underreported stories about Iraq is the situation in Kirkuk, where Shi'ite and Sunni, ethnic Turkmen and even Christian...
Below is an excerpt from an article published Journal Chrétien: “Operation Assyria” volunteers from throughout the United States and overseas have been flooding American Congressman...
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A high-level independent US panel is to release proposals for a change of course in Iraq, as Iraq's prime minister called for peace talks among his country's bitterly divided factions. The...
Faced with growing repression by Muslims, Christians from an ancient tradition in Iraq are calling on American political leaders for help before their entire community is extinguished. Christian Assyrians...
A central component of the VIII UNPO General Assembly, held this year in Taipei, Taiwan, from 27 – 29 October, was to facilitate the discussion of specific problems facing UNPO Members, as well...
The world is consumed by fears that Iraq is degenerating into a civil war between Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds. But in this looming war of all against all, it is Iraq's small community of Assyrian Christians...
Courtesy of the Nederlands Dagblad Within the Syriac-Orthodox community of the Netherlands there is a great concern rising, about the government's intention to deport a few hundred refugees...
Untitled Document Assyria National Assembly A delegation of Assyria National Assembly meets with the Turkish ambassador in the Canadian Capital Ottawa. A delegation...
The results of the recent Iraqi elections to select a permanent national assembly showed far higher participation from the country’s various ethnic communities than previous polls. Unlike...
Pending a more comprehensive report, the below is a brief report about the event which took place at the House of Commons earlier today, namely, Seyfo: The Assyrian Genocide, Ankara’s Denial...
Ever since the fall of Saddam’s regime in 2003, various Human Rights organizations have been active in Iraq to help the poor, the needy, and the victims. Although these services are very...
Today, the governorate of Nineveh holds the key position due to its multi-ethnic nature, where the 1.7 million Sunni Arabs, and the 500,000 to 600,000 Assyrian Christians, Shabaks, Yezidis, and...
Untitled Document The Iraqi government is building a dam which will destroy the ancient city of Assur, the former capital which gave its name to Assyria. Although it has received...
Untitled Document Despite the emergence of a fledgling democratic government and a minority president, Assyrian Christians in Iraq have expressed concern over the persecution...
150,000 ChaldoAssyrians gathered in al-Hamadaniya, Karmelis, Bartila, al-Ayadiya and the surrounding villages to protest their exclusion from voting in the election on Sunday, Azzaman Newspaper...
AINA In a brazen and nearly unbelievable move, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) headed by warlord Masoud Barzani has prevented voting by Assyrian (also known as Chaldean and Syriac) Christians...
Documento senza titolo (AINA) -- A November 25 communique entitled "Appeal for a ChaldoAssyrian Safe Haven in Iraq" has once again highlighted growing international alarm...
With the handover of sovereignty by the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) now complete, the new interim government in Iraq has begun to prepare the groundwork for nationwide elections now set...
Untitled Document The Assyrians are the indigenous people of Mesopotamia and have a history spanning over 6700 years. Today, the Assyrians are the descendants of the ancient Assyrian...
THE CHALDOASSYRIAN COMMUNITY IN TODAY’S IRAQ OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES Mission Report November 2003 Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 I. INTRODUCTION: THE CHALDOASSYRIAN...
Election Observation Mission: Iraq Provincial ElectionsJanuary 28 – February 3, 2009Dohuk, Iraq Mr. Andrew Swan and Ms. Maggie Murphy of UNPO formed a joint Election Observation team with...
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