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ASSYRIA: COMMEMORATING MARTYRS DAY
UNPO - Unrepresented Nations & Peoples Organization
http://www.unpo.org/article/14626
July 27 2012
The Assyrian Community organises seminar on Assyrian Genocide and Simel
Massacre with the participation of Armenian and Greek representatives
to memorialize Martyrs Day.
Below is a press release published by the Assyrian Universal Alliance:
The Assyrian community will commemorate Martyrs Day next month. A
memorial seminar will be held on August 7th [2012] to remember the
loss of the Assyrian people during World War 1 Assyrian genocide and
Simel massacre at State Parliament's Theatrette Room.
The Assyrian Universal Alliance Australian Chapter (AUA) together with
the Australian Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (AIHGS)
will be welcoming guest speakers and historical researcher on ethnic
minorities, Dr. Racho Donef and Stavros Stavridis.
Other special guest includes Federal, State and Local politicians
and representatives from the Armenian and Greek communities. U.S.
filmmaker, Andre Anton, will be premiering his short film Defying
Deletion after the seminar.
Formerly screening the documentary to U.S. Congress, Mr. Anton,
hopes to receive political support from countries to promote freedom,
democracy, human rights and religious liberty.
"If the United States and other countries fail to assist Assyrians
in securing their human rights and assuring their survival in their
ancient homeland, I fear that Assyrians will disappear from the world,"
he said.
The multi-award winning film shows the struggles that the indigenous
people of Iraq are facing today. AUA Deputy Secretary General, Hermiz
Shahen, is asking for an apology from regions who committed brutal
acts of genocide against the Assyrian people.
"We invite international humanitarian institutions to pressure Turkey
to acknowledge and apologise for the atrocities they committed in
1915 against the Assyrians, Armenians and Greeks," he said.
AUA youth chapter, The Young Assyrians, will be hosting an exclusive
film premier event at Hoyts cinemas, Wetherill Park for youth audiences
later in August.
For media queries Contact:
Hermiz Shahen: AUA deputy secretary general, 0407235349,
[email protected]
Ninos Aaron: AUA youth chapter President, 0427797426,
[email protected]
UNPO - Unrepresented Nations & Peoples Organization
http://www.unpo.org/article/14626
July 27 2012
The Assyrian Community organises seminar on Assyrian Genocide and Simel
Massacre with the participation of Armenian and Greek representatives
to memorialize Martyrs Day.
Below is a press release published by the Assyrian Universal Alliance:
The Assyrian community will commemorate Martyrs Day next month. A
memorial seminar will be held on August 7th [2012] to remember the
loss of the Assyrian people during World War 1 Assyrian genocide and
Simel massacre at State Parliament's Theatrette Room.
The Assyrian Universal Alliance Australian Chapter (AUA) together with
the Australian Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (AIHGS)
will be welcoming guest speakers and historical researcher on ethnic
minorities, Dr. Racho Donef and Stavros Stavridis.
Other special guest includes Federal, State and Local politicians
and representatives from the Armenian and Greek communities. U.S.
filmmaker, Andre Anton, will be premiering his short film Defying
Deletion after the seminar.
Formerly screening the documentary to U.S. Congress, Mr. Anton,
hopes to receive political support from countries to promote freedom,
democracy, human rights and religious liberty.
"If the United States and other countries fail to assist Assyrians
in securing their human rights and assuring their survival in their
ancient homeland, I fear that Assyrians will disappear from the world,"
he said.
The multi-award winning film shows the struggles that the indigenous
people of Iraq are facing today. AUA Deputy Secretary General, Hermiz
Shahen, is asking for an apology from regions who committed brutal
acts of genocide against the Assyrian people.
"We invite international humanitarian institutions to pressure Turkey
to acknowledge and apologise for the atrocities they committed in
1915 against the Assyrians, Armenians and Greeks," he said.
AUA youth chapter, The Young Assyrians, will be hosting an exclusive
film premier event at Hoyts cinemas, Wetherill Park for youth audiences
later in August.
For media queries Contact:
Hermiz Shahen: AUA deputy secretary general, 0407235349,
[email protected]
Ninos Aaron: AUA youth chapter President, 0427797426,
[email protected]