Monthly Archives: September 2008

SOCIETY FOR THREATENED PEOPLES PRESS RELEASE Göttingen, Iraq: New Election law disadvantages minorities Quota system for Assyrian Chaldean Christians, Mandaeans, Armenians, Yezidi, Shabak and Feili-Kurds called for…

(AP) BAGHDAD – Anti-U.S. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr strongly supports demands by Iraqi Christians and other minorities for guaranteed seats on regional governing councils, his chief spokesman said Tuesday.…

Dear Mr. Nouri Al Maliki Prim Minister of the Republic of Iraq We wish to bring to your attention the serious human rights issue of unlawful action taken by the Iraqi parliament on Wednesday, 24 Sept. 2008 by voting to abolish Article 50 of the Iraqi Provincial Election Law of councils for governorates, districts and…

H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, C/O Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General United Nations, S-378 New York, NY 10017 Re: Iraqi Assyrians Protest Against A Newly Approved Provisional Election Law You’re Excellency, We wish to bring to your attention the serious human rights issue of unlawful action taken by the…

Sports | The third division football game between Syrianska and VästerÃ¥s had to be interupted last night after some supporters of Syrianska threw crackers at the away fans and also attacked their bus.…

Devin Montgomery [JURIST] Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] on Sunday urged [Reuters report] lawmakers to reintroduce a clause guaranteeing a certain number of legislative seats to Christians and other religious minorities into the country’s controversial provincial elections bill [JURIST news archive].…

The archbishop of Kirkuk launches an appeal to the government and to UN representatives, for the protection of Christians and other minorities, excluded from the new law that will regulate the provincial elections. Yesterday, in all of Iraqi Kurdistan, demonstrations were held after the Sunday Masses.…

Exclusive / ankawa.com Aws Hasso Saturday 28/9/2008 A peace parade stemmed in Baghdeda across the streets raising slogans demanding to affirm Article (50) of election law for provinces council including the system of Qota for Chaldean, Syriac and Assyrian people plus other minorities.…

The Chaldean Church in Monterial-Canada participated the clergyman father Badie Butrus , the great catastrophe of Meskooni family for the martyrdom of Jihad Meskooni , his son Marwan and daughter Milad by a criminal event in Baghdad – Karada district on 16-September-2008.…

Mowafaq Al-Samani Ankawa.com – Mosul Bashar Nafee was martyred on Saturday 28-Sep. at 10.00 am in Mosul. An Orthodox clergyman stated to ankawa.com that the youth passed away after targeting at his office.…

ASSYRIAN UNIVERSAL ALLIANCE Member: Unrepresented Nations & Peoples Organization (UNPO) Date:9/29/2008 No;013 Dear Mr. Jalal Talebani, The President of the Republic of Iraq We wish to bring to your attention the serious human rights issue of unlawful action…

  The Iraqi parliament has ended a policy of reserving seats in provincial legislatures for Christians and other religious minorities, which Iraqi Christians see as an attempt to push their communities to the margins of society.…

The Associated Press PAUL J. RICHARDS Al-Maliki BAGHDAD | Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Sunday sought safeguards for small religious communities in this mainly Muslim country.…

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki urged lawmakers Sunday to protect the rights of religious minorities, after a recent decision by parliament to end a quota system that guaranteed seats in provincial councils for Christians and other religious minorities.…

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki sought safeguards on Sunday for Christians and other minorities who have complained that they have lost guaranteed seats in provincial councils under a new election law.…

Below is an email I have received – in support of our protest of the elimination of article 50 from the Iraqi constitution – from Leena, an Iraqi Sunni woman living in Dubai. She is associated with the Iraqi government. In various other conversations with other prominent Muslims, it has become apparent that there is…

By SAMEER N. YACOUB – BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister on Sunday sought safeguards for small religious communities in this mainly Muslim country as Christians protested parliament’s decision to stop setting aside seats for minorities on provincial councils.…

Baghdad – More than 5,000 Iraqi Christians demonstrated in the country’s Ninewa province to protest the absence in a new elections law of a clause that would have stipulated a quota of provincial council seats for Christians.…

Exclusive :ankawa.com Rivan Al-Hakim / Alqosh On 28/9/2008 at 11.15am , a mass public demonstration stemmed in Alqosh including people from villages and nearby cities gathered in the public square.…

BAGHDAD: Hundreds of Iraqi Christians rallied in northern Iraq on Sunday to protest a new provincial elections law they say denies them their rights because it fails to give them a guaranteed number of seats on provincial councils.…