In Seyfo Center’s next instalment of interviews with Assyrian Genocide scholars and activists, Seyfo Center spoke with author and recognition advocate, Thea Halo. First published in 2000, Halo’s acclaimed book Not Even My Name, brought wider public attention to the Assyrian and Greek genocides. The book narrates the experiences of Sano, Thea Halo’s mother, during the genocide and her survival against a seemingly insurmountable and calculated campaign of horror. Weiterlesen
Schlagwort-Archive: Assyrians
In the Armenian capital of Yerevan
Syriacs ready to open genocide memorial
The expatriate Syriac Christian community in Europe has rolled into action to create greater public awareness of the alleged Syriac genocide of 1915 with plans to erect a genocide memorial in the Armenian capital of Yerevan in April. Weiterlesen
Stimmen zu Assyria TV
Große Freude mit hohen Erwartungen verbunden
Seit langer Zeit war es ein Traum, nun ist dieser wahr geworden. Vor einigen Monaten kam die Bestätigung aus Schweden, dass die dort lebenden Assyrer (Suryoye) einen TV-Sender eröffnen wollen. Dieser sollte sich vom Format anderer Sender deutlich unterscheiden. Nun dürfen wir stolz verkünden, dass Assyria TV in der Testphase auf Sendung gegangen ist. Als Web-TV Sender soll er eine Plattform für die Assyrer weltweit bieten. Weiterlesen
Zu Ehren einer großen Persönlichkeit
Neu entdecktes Naum Faik Haus wird zum Museum und zur Bibliothek
Seit nun knapp vier Jahren läuft ein ganz besonderes Projekt, das sich Naum Faik widmet, einem Vater der assyrischen Nationalbewegung im frühen 20. Jahrhundert. Sein Haus wurde von Herrn Abdullah Demirbas, Leiter der Stadtverwaltung Diyarbakir-Sur in Diyarbakir ausfindig gemacht. Weiterlesen
Erfreuliche Nachrichten
Mor Julius Ablahad Gallo Shabo verlässt bald das Krankenhaus
Laut dem heute auf hujada.com erschienenen Bericht, soll seine Eminenz bald das Krankenhaus verlassen. Mor Julius Ablahad Gallo Shabo erlitt vor ca. zwei Wochen eine Gehirnblutung und wurde in die Intensivstation des örtlichen Krankenhauses in Södertälje eingeliefert. Weiterlesen
Erol Dora in Munich
Conference Highlighted Assyrian Human Rights Issues
Munich (AINA) — On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of signing an agreement between Germany and Turkey to recruit migrant workers from Turkey (German: Anwerbeabkommen), official celebrations were held across Germany. State representatives of Germany and Turkey met in Berlin, while celebrations were held in various cities in late October through November. Weiterlesen
President of Seyfo Center USA
Noray Betbaba in Germany
Mr. Noray Betbaba, President of Seyfo Center USA, attended a seminar, in Bonn, Germany on December 12, and 13, 2011, organized by the European Association for the Education of Adults and Academia in cooperation with the Columbia University Institute for the Human Rights (ISHR). There were over 100 renowned intellectuals in attendance, representing various organizations in their own countries. In addition to the organizers of the seminar, some of the organizations present were DVV International and BoCAED. Below is Mr. Betbaba’s speech, delivered on the seminar. Weiterlesen
Minorities in the Iraq
The desperate plight of Iraq’s Assyrians and other minorities
Smaller communities such as the Assyrians are being squeezed still further. Their fate is a crucial test of Iraq’s democracy. Weiterlesen
Over persecution of non-Muslim population in Iraq
Assyrian organizations appeal to President of European Parliament
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
Turkish textbooks on history
Turkish new textbooks escalates hatred towards Armenians and Assyrians
ANKARA. – Turkish new textbooks on history contain expressions that escalate hatred towards Armenians and Assyrians. Weiterlesen