- Created on 10 October 2011
Joint Statement: Middle East Christian Leaders condemn the Massacre of Copts in Cairo
On behalf of the Aramean (Syriac) people, the Syriac Universal Alliance strongly condemns the recent wave of violence against the indigenous Christian people in Egypt. We stand united with the Copts and all other persecuted, ignored and uprooted indigenous peoples of the Middle East.
- Created on 28 September 2011
Arab Spring Must Protect Native Minorities in the Middle East
Geneva, Switzerland
The Syriac Universal Alliance (SUA) gave two rousing speeches at the 18th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, Switzerland, on 21 and 23 September 2011.
Both speeches focused on the plight of the Aramean (Syriac) people in Turkey, Syria and Iraq. However, it was the reference to the so-called “Arab Spring” and the lack of true opportunity, freedom or democracy for the Arameans and other minority groups, such as the Armenians, Copts and Greeks, which stirred up most interest.
- Created on 21 July 2011
Breaking News: U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Calls upon Turkey to Return Christian Properties
Yesterday, 20 July 2011, the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee sent a powerful message to Turkey by adopting the Berman-Cicilline Amendment, with a vote of 43 to 1, that calls upon the Government of Turkey to guarantee religious freedom and return stolen properties to its diminishing indigenous Christian populations like the Armenians, Greeks and Arameans (Syriacs).
- Created on 01 November 2010
Iraqi massacre in Syriac church: 52 killed and scores injured
London, UK
The Syriac Universal Alliance (SUA), the recognised United Nations NGO representing the Aramean (Syriac) people worldwide, sharply condemns the latest and most horrific massacre in the Syriac Catholic Church in Baghdad where 52 Christian Arameans and Iraqi police were slaughtered by Al Qaeda linked forces.
- Created on 22 August 2010
Midyat churchgoers remain on edge after attack during sunday mass
Turkish police have arrested a local man charged with terrorizing churchgoers in Midyat, Turkey. The Syriac Universal Alliance (SUA), the recognised United Nations NGO representing the Aramean (Syriac) people worldwide, condemns the actions of a 27-year-old Kurdish man intended to intimidate churchgoers at Mor Barsaumo Syriac Orthodox Church in Midyat on 22 August 2010.
- Created on 16 July 2010
Monastery boundary cases declared null and void in Ankara court battle: Back to the drawing board for the monastery
The Syriac Universal Alliance (SUA), the recognised United Nations NGO representing the Aramean (Syriac) people worldwide, reports that the Supreme Court in Ankara handed down its long awaited decision regarding the St Gabriel Monastery (“Monastery”) land boundary battle with neighbouring villages of Yayvantepe (Qartmin) and Eğlence (Zinol) in southeast Turkey.
- Created on 16 July 2010
Alarming anti-Aramean (Syriac) intimidations in Southeast Turkey
The Syriac Universal Alliance (SUA), the recognized United Nations NGO representing the Aramean (Syriac) people worldwide, is becoming increasingly alarmed at the anti Christian and anti-Aramean activities taking place lately in the Tur ‘Abdin region in Southeast-Turkey
- Created on 14 July 2010
New postponement of Aramean (Syriac) monastery case
The Syriac Universal Alliance (SUA), the recognized United Nations NGO representing the Aramean (Syriac) people worldwide, reports that the court trial held in relation to one of the several Mor Gabriel Monastery trials on Wednesday 14 July 2010 in Midyat, Turkey, has once again been postponed to 3 November 2010.
- Created on 11 March 2010
Sweden to recognize Aramean (Syriac) Genocide
The Swedish parliament passed on Thursday a historic resolution recognizing the 1915 mass killings of 2,5 million Armenians, Pontian Greeks and Arameans (Syriacs) as genocide. Sweden is the first and only nation that has officially accepted the Aramean genocide.
