A Legislative Survey Report July 5, 2024 Author: Ramina Jajoo, MD, FACR, FACP, President Seyfo Center, AZ chapter Editors: Sophia Isaac, EdD, Vice President Seyfo Center, AZ chapter, Jennifer Shahin, and Adam Frindrich Introduction Over the past few years, Assyrians have intensified their efforts to advocate for global recognition of various genocides perpetrated against them. States within several countries, such as the US and Australia, have recognized the Genocide of 1915 and the Simele Massacre of 1933. Such efforts are …
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Numan Kurtulmus, Speaker of the Turkish Parliament, sent a letter to Yael Braun-Pivet, President of the French National Assembly, condemning the decision to acknowledge the Assyrian and Chaldean Genocide by the Ottoman Empire adopted by the French National Assembly on April 29. In the letter, Kurtulmus said, “We deeply condemn the adoption of an Assyrian-Chaldean bill containing baseless allegations against Ottoman history in the French National Assembly on April 29, 2024, at a time when we are trying to develop …
AACF – Officiel: It’s done. Today, April 29, 2024, the National Assembly has just voted unanimously on a resolution recognizing the Assyro-Chalden Genocide of 1915–1918, presented by the deputy Anne Laure BLIN, chairman of the Renaissance group, and the deputy LR Sylvain Maillard. Remember, at our Annual Grand Dinner just 2 months ago, former President Nicolas Sarkozy, who had honored us with his presence, in his speech, called on the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, to officially recognize the …
“Sizin arkanızdayım!” Fransa’daki Asur-Keldani Derneği’nin (AACF) 27 Şubat 2024 tarihinde düzenlediği son derece iyi organize edilmiş gala, 400’den fazla kişinin katılımıyla gerçekleşti. Geçtiğimiz yılın Şubat ayında, Fransa Senatosu’nun Asur (Süryani, Keldani) soykırımını tanımasıyla alakalı bir karar aldığı biliniyor. Bu yıl, Paris’te bulunan InterContinental Paris le Grand otelinde yapılan galanın amacı, Asur Soykırımı konusunda farkındalık yaratmak ve Fransız Parlamentosu’nda bir tasarı sunarak bunun kabulünü sağlamaktı. Etkinlik, Asur-Keldani dernek başkanı Tony İde’nin misafirleri selamlama konuşmasıyla başladı. Etkinliğe dört yüzden fazla kişi katılım …
More than four hundred guests and nearly sixty French Parliament and Senate members attended the well-organized gala of the Association des Assyro-Chaldeans in France (AACF) held on February 27, 2024. As it is known, last year, the French Senate passed a resolution that recognized the Assyrian (also known as Syriac and Chaldean) Genocide. The purpose of the gala was to continue to raise awareness of the Assyrian Genocide and to introduce the resolution in the French Parliament. It was spectacular …
Published in 2021, Sayfo is based on surviving eyewitness accounts of the Assyrian genocide, penned by a seminarian from greater Tur Abdin (southeast of the modern Turkish state). The viewpoint is relatively unknown and seldom discussed. This text, which has been translated and annotated by a master of Syriac who also knows a lot about modern Assyrian history, is a rare chance for new research. The killing of the Assyrians is one of the worst things that people have forgotten …