Der Art. 125 der irakischen Verfassung legitimiert die Errichtung einer autonomen Provinz durch ihre Mehrheitsbevölkerung. Durch ihn erhoffen sich die Assyrer eine Selbstverwaltung in der Ninive Ebene. Besonders seit einem Jahr bringen sie die Früchte ihrer Arbeit immer näher an das Ziel. Weiterlesen
Smaller communities such as the Assyrians are being squeezed still further. Their fate is a crucial test of Iraq’s democracy. Weiterlesen
On December 23, President Barack Obama signed the 2012 Appropriations Bill into law. This bill contains language calling for the US government (USG) and specifically the state Department to assist in the implementation of article 125 of the Iraqi constitution and to report back to Congress within 90 days from the date of the enactment of the Bill on the efforts to help the ethno-religious minorities in the Nineveh Plain area. Weiterlesen
Ninos Aho ist ein assyrischer Poet, Liedtextschreiber und Aktivist aus dem Dorf Gerke-Shamo in syrisch-Assyrien. Heute lebt er in Los Angeles, USA, wo er ein aktives Mitglied der Assyrisch Demokratischen Organisation und vom Seyfo Center USA ist. Seine Gedichte, wie z.B. „Habtho d´Heto“ oder „Aturaya Khata“ und seine Reden sorgen nun schon seit über vier Jahrzehnten für Begeisterung unter den Assyrern. Weiterlesen
Der 18-jährige Mikael Ishak überzeugt Trainer Stale Solbakken beim Probetraining und wechselt jetzt vom schwedischen Zweitligisten Assyriska FF zum 1. FC Köln. Weiterlesen
Wichtige News – kurz und knackig – das ist unser Qolo-Newsletter. Er beinhaltet relevante News über Assyrer und wird von Qolo.de herausgegeben – das mediale Sprachrohr vom AJM und ZAVD. Weiterlesen
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 their opinion about the persecution of the non-Muslim population – the Assyrians, Armenians and Yezids, on the territory of Iraq since 2003. Weiterlesen
The Cairo Criminal Court decided this week to accept the appeal and release, pending investigations, the remaining 27 Coptic detainees arrested in connection with the events of Maspero Massacre on October 9, where 27 Copts were killed and 329 injured. Weiterlesen
A trove of newly translated texts from the ancient Middle East are revealing accounts of war, the building of pyramidlike structures called ziggurats and even the people’s use of beer tabs at local taverns. The 107 cuneiform texts, most of them previously unpublished, are from the collection of Martin Schøyen, a businessman from Norway who has a collection of antiquities. Weiterlesen
The US withdrawal from Iraq could spell the last push factor for the remaining members of Iraq’s vulnerable minorities. Iraq is far from a safe and functioning country. Attacks continue to threat civilians. The violence has forced more than 60 percent of Iraq’s Assyrian population to flee the country. Assyrians in Iraq continue to be the targets of systematic violence, whether in areas under the central government or the Kurdish administrated area. The latest attacks on Assyrian businesses in Northern Iraq clearly prove the continuing discrimination. Weiterlesen