Monthly Archives: January 2011

ASSYRIAN UNIVERSAL ALLIANCE AUSTRALIA CHAPTER Member, Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) PRESS RELEASE ENOUGH BLOODSHED – ENOUGH PERSECUTION – STOP TERRORISM…

By strong emphasizing religious freedom in his message for the World Day of Peace and his address to the Vatican diplomatic corps, Pope Benedict XVI has provided welcome encouragement to embattled Christians in the Middle East,…

A Statement from the General Secretary of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales THE ESTABLISHMENT IN ENGLAND AND WALES OF A PERSONAL…

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Yerevan, Armenia The Assyrian Universal Alliance – Armenia Chapter and the Association of the Assyrians of Armenia “Atour” is pleased to announce that the construction of the…

 San Jose, On December 14 and 15, 2010 the Assyrian Universal Alliance, as a member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, participated in the third session of the United Nations Forum on minority issues in Geneva, Switzerland.…

Christian Solidarity Worldwide has condemned as “brutal” the arrest and detention of 70 Christians during the Christmas period in Iran. Twenty-five of them were rounded up in the early hours of Christmas Day.…

A victim of the Islamist attack on a Baghdad church said after she had been lying for hours in her own blood, “I thought I would come out alive, but even if I didn’t I was in church and therefore it would have been good to die.”…

GENEVA – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday condemned recent attacks targeting religious groups in various countries across the world,…

Christians in the Middle East are the victims of “religious cleansing”, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France warned yesterday following a string of attacks on churches in the region.…

Gavin Hewitt For Coptic Christians this is Christmas Day. In Egypt it is being celebrated behind cordons of police and Christians are wearing black.…

 International Assyrian Pianist Joseph Fraidon Poles releases fifth album “Life in Bota Fogo,” featuring eight original tracks, all composed by Poles ~ The Prostitute That Made Me Cry, Bella of Siracusa, African Winter,…

Worshippers in Alexandria shout around the exploded car in Alexandria. Photo: AP Is Salman Taseer in his grave because some Christian-owned goats strayed into Muslim fields in the Punjab region of Pakistan?…

American and Papal pretensions to be defenders of local religious minorities have contributed more to the situation of sectarianism, rather than to the “safeguard” of the Christian communityJoseph Massad ,…

PARIS: French president Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday that Christian minorities in the Middle East are victims of “religious cleansing”, following deadly attacks on churches in the region.…

Ankawa.com – Mosul – Exclusive A source from the Iraqi Army reported that a military force foiled today, Thursday afternoon, an attempt to blow up the church of Mar Georges of the Eastern Assyrian…

 Mosul (Iraq), Jan 6 (DPA) Iraqi police said Thursday they foiled an attempt to bomb a church in Mosul, located some 400 km north of Baghdad. A security source said they found six improvised explosive devices and belts ladened…

PARIS, Jan. 6 (UPI) — The time for making statements of concern regarding the Christian community in the Middle East is over, the French foreign minister said.…

Egyptian Copts have been thrust into the global spotlight since a New Year’s attack on a Coptic church in Alexandria, Egypt, killed more than 20 people. Though often overlooked in a predominantly Muslim region,…

 AFP – Christians are joined by Muslims during a rally in the mixed working class district of Shubra in the … WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States said Tuesday it is “deeply concerned”…