Brussels (AINA) — Concerned Christian organizations from the Middle East met in Brussels today under the umbrella of the Middle East Christian Committee (MECHRIC) to demand action on the brutal and merciless ethno-religious cleansing against Assyrians, Copts and other Christians taking place in the greater Middle East. Weiterlesen
(AINA) — The Society for Endagered People, one of Europe’s largest human rights organizations, honored Mrs. Janet Abraham for long-standing and extraordinary human rights activism at its recent annual plenary session, held in mid October in Göttingen, Germany. Weiterlesen
(AINA) — The Middle East Christian Committee (MECHRIC) in Washington confirmed that an „emergency leadership meeting of NGOs will be held in Europe“ early November. Weiterlesen
Stockholm (AINA) — Swedish media have begun to show an increasing interest in the plight of Christians of the Middle East in general and the Assyrians in particular. The large Assyrian community in Sweden, more one hundred thousand, has played an important role in raising awareness. Weiterlesen
(AINA) – His Holiness Dinkha IV, the Patriarch of the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, has send a letter to the United Nations expressing alarm and concern over the anti-Christian violence in the Middle East. Weiterlesen
We are the Churches’ leaders of Aleppo meet at the Syrian Orthodox Archdiocese of Aleppo on Friday 24th August 2012, in an extraordinary circumstances, to discuss the current political impasse in Syria and its unprecedented and foretold consequences which are currently unfolding with an ugly magnitude all over Syria and witnessed and suffered by all Syrians and especially Aleppians. Weiterlesen
A Muslim mob attacked Copts today in the Upper Egyptian village of Rahmaniya-Kebly, Nag Hammadi, Qena province, destroying and torching their homes, straw huts and shops, while chanting Allahu Akbar. No one was reported killed or injured. According to reports, security forces were present but did not intervene and the fire brigade arrived 90 minutes late. Weiterlesen
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
Secret documents published by Wikileaks reveal that the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Zakka Iwaz and his emissary accuse U.S. and Israel of being behind the September 11 attacks. With several misguided statements the leaders of the church are again taking the party of regimes and rulers who have oppressed the Assyrians in the Middle East, writes freelance journalist Dikran Ego. Weiterlesen