Der Armenische Präsident, Herr Sezrh Sargsyan, gratuliert den Assyrern in Armenien zum diesjährigen Akitu Fest. Weiterlesen
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Armenischer Präsident gratuliert Assyrern zu Hab Nisan
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Ein Artikel über die Assyrer in Jerusalem
Sacred but troubled feast for Assyrians
In the lead-up to Easter ancient rituals collide with modern politics, writes Ruth Pollard in Jerusalem.
Protest against Turkey's denial of genocides
Assyrians and Armenians Protest As Gül Adresses Swedish Parliament
Stockholm (AINA) — Hundreds of Assyrians and Armenians defied the cold weather in Stockholm on Wednesday morning as they gathered outside parliament to highlight Turkey’s denial of genocides committed against them, while Turkish president Abdullah Gül was adressing the Swedish parliament. Weiterlesen
Turkish President
Assyrians Important Part of Turkey
Ankara, Turkey (AINA) — „Assyrians are an important part of Turkey and their roots go back thousands of years on these lands,“ said the Turkish president Abdullah Gül during a meeting with Assyrian organizations on February 18th in the presidential palace in Ankara. Weiterlesen
Ahmet Türk
Kurdish Politician in Turkey Apologizes to Armenians, Assyrians for 1915 Genocide
(AINA) — Ahmet Türk, the Co-Chairman of the Democratic Society Congress (DTK), a pro-kurdish party in Turkey, said that Kurds were part of the policies implemented in 1915 against the Armenians, Assyrians and Yezidies. „The Kurds have their share in that as well,“ he said. „Our grandparents persecuted these people. As descendands, we apologize to them.“ Weiterlesen
Allegations against Chairman of the Syrian Orthodox Church in Istanbul
Turkey’s Ugly Trap for Assyrians
Stockholm (AINA) — Turkey’s permission to allow the Syrian Orthodox community to build a church in Istanbul after 90 years of the republican period did make a great splash in the Turkish press recently. At first glance, this decision is seen as a positive signal by everyone. But upon closer inspection the matter looks quite ugly and filled with mischief. Weiterlesen
Plunging City in Fear Again
Christian Teacher Has Throat Cut in Mosul
Mosul — Police in Mosul found the body of a Christian woman with her throat cut. The gruesome discovery was made today in an area where attacks have been perpetrated in the past against members of the city’s Christian minority, some, like abducted Bishop Faraj Rahho and Fr Ragheed Ganni, murdered. Weiterlesen
Assyrer und Armenier wollen engere Zusammenarbeit in den USA
Closer cooperation between Assyrians and Armenians
Seyfo Centre USA hosted a series of educational lectures in Los Angeles, San Diego, Turlock and San Jose on the Assyrian / Armenian Genocide and Seyfo in 1915. The lectures were organized with the help of local Assyrian American organizations, and given by the British-Armenian historian, Ara Sarafian (Gomidas Institute, London). Weiterlesen
UN Human Rights Council
AUA Participates in the UN 5th Session on Minority Issues
On November 27 and 28, the Assyrian Universal Alliance participated in the Fifth Session on the Forum on Minority Issues at the United Nations Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. This year’s Forum highlighted the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration on the rights of National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities and focused on identifying positive practices and opportunities in applying the Declaration. Weiterlesen
New school in north Iraq
Assyrian School Opens in Baghdad
(AINA) — Assyrians (also known as Chaldeans and Syriacs) have opened their first school in Baghdad in more than 50 years. In 2005 the Iraqi parliament passed legislation to allow minorities to teach their own language in school. Weiterlesen