An Assyrian Rights interview with Robel Malki, President, Assyrian Without Borders (AWB): – Please describe AWB: when was it established, by whom, and what is the objective or statement of purpose for the organization? AWB was founded in 2007 by …
Posted in Activism, Assyrians, Awareness | Tagged assyria, assyrian rights, assyrians | Leave a commentThe site of Ziyaret Tepe is an ancient Assyrian provincial capital on the river Tigris in southeastern Turkey, 60 km east of Diyarbakir. As an archaeological site it is of exceptional importance, as it is a provincial capital of the …
Posted in Assyrians, Turkey | Tagged assyrian, assyrian rights, Turkey | Leave a commentA fiery sermon after Friday prayers in Iraq’s Kurdistan region sparked two days of violence as about 100 Kurdish youth burned businesses belonging mainly to Assyrians and Yezidis. The sermon given by Ismael Osman reportedly called on worshipers to attack a Chinese massage parlor, which was …
Posted in Assyrians, Civil Rights, Kurdistan, Yezidis | Tagged assyrians, Kurdistan, yezidis | Leave a commentWe are excited to announce the launch of AssyrianRights.org. We are a cross-cultural group of activists, students, and professionals that are concerned for and supportive of Assyrian human rights in addition to the conservation of Assyrian culture, language and history. …
Posted in Assyrians, Awareness, Culture, Human Rights, Iraq | 1 CommentOur latest podcast on Mideast Youth features an interview with a Christian Iranian activist, Firouz Khanjani, whose brother, a pastor, was arrested twice this year in Iran. In the podcast Firouz describes the persecution Christians suffer in Iran, the limitations …
Posted in Activism, Assyrians, Awareness, Christians, Civil Rights, Iran, Minorities, Podcasts | 3 CommentsSalahadin, Erbil – Reports from Mosul indicate that hundreds of Christian families are fleeing the city after a series of terrorist attacks directed at them. The local government of Mosul has never, not even once, not even for a little …
Posted in Arab Christians, Assyrians, Education, Iraq, Kurdistan | 2 CommentsWe have been alerted, although without official sources yet, that this blogging journalist (Osama Edward Mousa) was arrested in Syria on the 27th of February by Syrian authorities. No one knows where he was taken or where he’s exactly imprisoned …
Posted in Activism, Assyrians, Civil Rights, Freedom of Speech, Syria | 18 Comments[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaNG6OF3pQE[/youtube] It’s an 8 minute news video, if you have time, please watch it!
Posted in Assyrians, Iraq, Media, Videos | 12 CommentsAccording to the Assyrian International News Agency: (AINA) — A string of demonstrations have been witnessed around the world this summer. The common denominator has been the persecution of the Christian Assyrians (also called Chaldeans and Syriacs) in Iraq. Thousands …
Posted in Activism, Assyrians, Current Events, Iraq | 10 CommentsAccording to the Assyrian International News Agency: Welcome to The Religion Report. Stephen Crittenden: The plight of Christian minorities in the Islamic Middle East is one of the 20th century tragedies to which we pay least attention. From the Copts …
Posted in Assyrians, Awareness, Iraq, Religion | 36 Comments