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The Assyrian Awareness Campaign
by Armenian, Assyrian and Hellenic Genocide News
Posted: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 07:01 am CST

FOR URGENT ACTION

Dear Sir/Madam,

We, the Assyrians and friends of Assyria, would like to bring your attention to the unacceptable number of atrocities and persecutions being committed against our people in the Internationally protected United Nations "Safe Haven" in northern Iraq and throughout the Middle Eastern countries where Christian Assyrians reside.

Current tragedies...

11/19/2000 - Priest Yusuf Arrested in Front of Tourists https://www.atour.com/news/assyria/20001119c.html

11/19/2000 - Turks Arrest Assyrian Priest https://www.atour.com/news/assyria/20001119a.html

10/25/2000 - 300 years Old Church was Converted to Mosque with One Petition https://www.atour.com/news/assyria/20001025a.html

10/05/2000 - Turk Police Arrest Priest for Genocide Remarks https://www.atour.com/news/assyria/20001005a.html

10/04/2000 - Iraq Intensifies Persecution of Assyrians https://www.atour.com/news/assyria/20001004a.html

09/18/2000 - Democracy and Pluralism, Behdanani KDP Style https://www.atour.com/news/assyria/20000918a.html

09/17/2000 - Assyrians Summoned by the Iraqi Directorate General of Intelligence https://www.atour.com/news/assyria/20000917a.html

08/28/2000 - Assyrians in Turkey: Our Minority Rights Should Be Recognized https://www.atour.com/news/assyria/20000828b.html

08/28/2000 - The Tribe That Came Back Home https://www.atour.com/news/assyria/20000828a.html

08/21/2000 - Syria's Water Policy Targets Assyrian Christians https://www.atour.com/news/assyria/20000821a.html

05/31/2000 - The Fate of Karkuk
https://www.atour.com/news/assyria/20000531v.html

06/19/1999 - An Assyrian Woman Murdered in Dohuk, Iraq https://www.atour.com/news/assyria/20000531t.html

01/07/1999 - Terrorism in Assyria (Northern Iraq) https://www.atour.com/news/assyria/20000531q.html

12/09/1998 - An Assyrian Mother and Daughter Murdered https://www.atour.com/news/assyria/20000531m.html

08/21/1998 - Ancient Tradition at Turkish Monastery Under Siege https://www.atour.com/news/assyria/20000531p.html

12/23/1998 - An Assyrian Family in Turmoil, in Turkey https://www.atour.com/news/assyria/20000531r.html

12/13/1997 - Assyrian Massacre in Northern Iraq https://www.atour.com/news/assyria/20000531c.html

06/10/1997 - Turkish Governor Bans Monasteries https://www.atour.com/news/assyria/20000603a.html

03/01/1997 - Whereabouts of Assyrian Employees in Saddam's Service remain unknown, in Baghdad, Iraq. https://www.atour.com/news/assyria/20000531b.html

10/06/1996 - Turkish Government Bans Syriac in Tur Abdin, Turkey https://www.atour.com/news/assyria/20000531o.html

09/29/1996 - Turkey Destroys Assyrian Villages https://www.atour.com/news/assyria/20000531n.html

Article 2 of the International Declaration of Human Rights (December, 1948), states...

"Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty."

https://www.atour.com/government/government/docs/UNrights.html

We draw your attention to the scores of attacks against Assyrians in the United Nations administered "Safe Haven" in northern Iraq including rapes, abductions of young girls, murders, attacks on Churches and clergy, cultural and linguistic persecution, and land expropriations. These crimes which have occurred in the past several years have had the cumulative effect of terrorizing the indigenous Assyrian communities in northern Iraq, southeastern Turkey and Syria. The premeditated and well established pattern of directing attacks against Assyrians and then steadfastly denying justice to the victims by the regional governments has led to the gradual exodus of Assyrians from their ancestral homes and villages.

These atrocities have the effect of galvanizing the Assyrian community in the Diaspora to seek international recognition of a safe haven for Assyrians as a necessity for Assyrian survival in the Middle East. A territorially delineated Assyrian safe haven within predominantly Assyrian areas would allow the recognition and protection of Assyrians, their lands, schools, and churches. Perhaps within an Assyrian safe haven, Assyrian families could feel secure enough to continue to live in a land inhabited by their ancestors for several millennia.

We therefore request from the United Nations, the U.S. Administration, various other governmental bodies, and the International Human Rights Organizations to begin immediate and comprehensive investigations to bring justice and security for the Assyrian Nation and to begin to devise a lasting solution for the Assyrians living in their ancestral homeland.

Sincerely,

the Assyrians

• https://www.atour.com/~assyrians/docs/petitionlist.html • https://www.atour.com/~assyrians
• https://www.atour.com/~holocaust

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