A monument in France dedicated
to the Remembrance of Assyro-Chaldean massacres by the Ottoman
Turks.
10, 17, 05
In 2004 on the occasion of the 89th commemorative year of
the first genocide of the 20th century, the Assyro-Chaldean Youth
and the Association of Assyro-Chaldeans of France organized various
activities. The Assyro-Chaldean Youth reserved the number 15
of April, 2004 on its bulletin, Les Lions de Babylone (Lions
of Babylone), for the genocide of 1915. Indeed, the special number
is dedicated to the first genocide of the last century made in
the shadow of the First World War, The Buletin contained 32 pages
and brought together people great specialists like Sébastien
de Courtois, Joseph Yacoub and Sabri Atman.
The special edition of the Lions of Babylon, edited for the
release of 1000 copies, includes testimonies of the victims of
the genocide and testimonies of their descendants. Sébastien
de Courtois tells about the beginnings of the genocide, which
started with the massacres in 1895. Sabri Atman remembers the
genocide itself and requires from Turkey to recognize this crime
against the humanity, the purpose of which was to eliminate all
the obstacles blocking the way from the turkofication. Joseph
Yacoub speaks about the peace treaties signed after the war and
deals with the abandonment of the Assyro-Chaldeans, the smallest
allies of the powers like France or the United Kingdom. The Lions
of Babylon are trying by this mean to inform the readers on this
black page of the Turkish and human history and to make them
aware of these issues.
The most significant commemorative ceremony for our people
took place in Sarcelles on April 25th 2004, in the presence of
the mayor of the city, François Pupponi (Socialist Party),
the representatives of the community and many other people. Naman
Adlun and Sabri Atman, in the name of the Assyro-Chaldean community,
placed a wreath of flowers in front of the monument commemorating
the Armenian genocide.
The event took place on a recently baptized street "rue
du 24 avril 1915: 1er génocide du 20e siècle"
("street of April 24, 1915: 1st genocide of the 20th century").
A commemorative monument of the Assyro-Chaldean genocide will
be placed very soon beside the Armenian stele. One minute of
silence preceded the speech of the mayor of Sarcelles, François
Pupponi, who reminded that the municipality has always worked
for the recognition of the genocide. Underlining the fact that
the Assyro-Chaldean martyrs, who experienced the same fate, should
be remembered.
Francois Pupponi, the socialist mayor of Paris' Sarcelles
district, true to his promiss on Oct. 17th 2005 unvailed a monument
in Paris in remmebrnce of the Assyro-Chaldean genocide of World
War one in the waning days of the Ottoman Empire. Some 10,000
Assyrian-Chaldeans live in Paris. The monument is near a similar
one dedicated to the victims of the Armenian genocide.
Francois Pupponi, in a dedication speech said the monument
was meant to show France's deep sympathy for the Assyrian-Chaldean
people who died in 1915. He also stated ; for as long as Turkey
resists the genocide allegations it will never join the European
Union. An Assyro- Chaldean Iraqi parliamentarian, Yonadam Kanna,
also attended the dedication ceremony, saying that the monument
is not a symbol of hostility between Turkey and Iraq but would
help raise awareness of the subject.

    
Yonadam Khanna and Francois Pupponi
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Who are
the Christians of Iraq?
October
A monument in France dedicated
to the Remembrance of Assyro-Chaldean massacres by the Ottoman
Turks. 10,
17, 05
Swing state' of
Nineveh may be moving in favour of constitution 10, 15,
05
Iraq
votes for the Constitution and for its future 10, 14, 05
Forgotten
victims - Iraqi Christians who speak the language of Jesus 10, 14, 05
Mgr
Sako: people in Kirkuk have not read the constitution but will
vote 10,13,
05
Terrorism
strikes all Iraqis, says Patriarch 10, 13, 05
Assyriska a national
football team without a country 10, 12, 05
Referendum:
'Yes' in Kurdistan and Southern cities and 'No' in Kirkuk, al
Anbar and Diala 10, 12, 05
Chaos
depriving Towns from Voting - The Minorities Fear the Domination
of Islamic Parties10, 12, 05
Bas-reliefs
of winged goddesses discovered in western Iran 10, 12, 05
Immigration
of Iraqi Chaldeans Abroad Passes through Jordan 10, 12, 05
Baghdadis
tell their stories 10,
12, 05
Assyrialogist
Henry Saggs Dies at 84 10,
10, 05
Letter by Ms. Jacqueline
Zomaya The Assyrian representative to the Iraqi National Assembly 10, 10, 05
The
Kurds are "cleansing" their domain and provoking
a civil war in Iraq 10, 09, 05
Nestorian
label "imposed unjustly upon the Assyrians" 10, 08, 05
Iran's Assyrian MP-Felicitation
to the Supreme Leader 10, 8, 05
Syriac Manuscripts
from the Vatican Library: Volume 1 10, 08, 05
Sunnis
Threaten Referendum Boycott if Rules Not Changed 10, 05, 05
Helping
the Iraqi refugees in Jordan 10, 04, 05
Final Draft of
Iraqi Constitution 10, 03, 05
Two
More Assyrian Children Orphaned 10, 02, 05
Discoveries of the
Assyrian antiquities in Syria 10, 01, 05
Sectarian Strife
tears apart Baghdad's Neighborhoods 10, 01,
05
September
POLITICS-IRAQ:
Kurd's Voting Shenanigans Cloud Key Province 9, 28,
05
Church
in Iraq Helps Rebuild New Orleans Parish; U.S. Relief Agency
Bridges Partnership 9, 28, 05
The Armenian Genocide
And The Assyrian Factor 9, 28, 05
Interview with the
Writer and the Historian Rosie Malek-Younan 9, 28, 05
Assyrian Cultural
Festival in Ceres CA. 9, 27, 05
Swedish
Radio's Decision to End Turkish Language Broadcasts 9, 27, 05
Assyrian
Refugees Face Harsh Discrimination in Greece 9, 26, 05
A cry
of help by the Assyrians 9, 26, 05
samples of songs
by various Eastern and Western Assyiran singers. 9, 24, 05
USAID:
Iraq Reconstruction and Humanitarian Relief 9, 24, 05
4 Assyrians Killed in
Assassination Attempt on Former Iraq Assyrian Minister 9, 23, 05
Seminar in Stokholm
About Seyfo ( world war one massacres) 9, 22, 05
Iraq
chaos threatens ancient faith 9, 22, 05
The
Crimson Field Previews 9, 17, 05
Treatment of Horses"
by the Assyrian scientist of the 13th century Faraj 9, 21,
05
A New Satellite
T.V. Program From San Jose 9, 20, 05
English translation
of the ancient Mesopotamian tablets 9, 20, 05
First
Nestorian [Church of the East] search engine goes online 9, 19, 05
Download Assyrian
songs.by ReeMon 9,
18, 05
Letter
from the 'Save the Assyrian Campaign'. 9,
16, 05
Growing
Opposition to Dividing the Assyrians 9,
16, 05
Books by
Assyrian writers 9, 15, 05
English
cardinal warns of Iraqi constitution 9, 14, 05
Brutality
Against Christians in Iraq Continues 9,
13, 05
John
Kanno for Congress 9, 12, 05
Reply
to Culomnist Ken Rudin 9, 12, 05
Assyrians:
Wine-producing season starts in Midyat 9, 11, 05
Iraqi
Christians cautious about new constitution 9,
11, 05
Assyrian
Human Rights Documentation Project Launched in Canada 9, 6, 05
Fire
Consumes Over 500 Assyrian Shops in Baghdad Suburb 9, 6, 05
Education
in Armenia for Assyrians and other Minorities 9, 6, 05
Capital of Musasir
gov't in northwest Iran Discovered 9, 5, 05
The Assyrian Democratic
Organization Rejects Iraq's Constitution 9, 4, 05
The Ordeal
of the Christians in Arab countries 9, 3, 05
August
"Arab Christians"?
Not in My View 8, 31, 05
Emotional
Funeral for Assyrian Murdered By Kurds in Iraq 8, 31, 05
Risking it all for
a song 8, 31, 05
Iraq's
draft constitution and the ChaldoAssyrians 8,
30, 05
Kurdish
Reprisal Attacks Against Assyrian Christians in Iraq 8,
27, 05
For
Basra's Christians, Hussein era the good old days 8, 28, 05
Assyrian Restuarant
in Chicago Reminds Iraqis of Home 8, 28. 05
Assyrians
in Northern Iraq terrorized by the Kurdish Mlitia 8, 27, 05
Iraq's
Proposed constitution could lead to fragmented state. 8, 27, 05
Conflicts between
Kurds and the Shabak 8, 26, 05
New Iraq constitution
may throw women's rights into Stone Age 8, 26,
05
Assyrians
of Telesqof demonstrate against being divided in the Constitution 8, 25. 05
Assyrian
Demonstrators Voice their Concern about the New Iraqi Constitution 8, 24, 05
A letter
from the Rep.of Shabak in the National Assermbly 8, 24, 05
New Iraq
constitution must protect Christians 8,
22, 05
The text of
the latest Proposed Iraq Constitution 8, 22, 05
Outside
View: Who lost Iraq? 8, 22, 05
Iraq's
Religious Minorities Concerned About Islamic Constitution 8, 22, 05
Iraq TV's
'Cops' breaks new ground 8, 21, 05
Young
Catholics Gather in Baghdad 8, 20 05
Iraqis
Squeezed Out By Kurdish Expansion, Muslim-Centric Constitution 8, 20, 05
A Memoradum
from the Christians of Iraq to the Drafters of the Constitution. 8, 20, 05
Shafting
Nineveh: The Fate of Iraqi Christians 8,
20, 05
Plea
for Assyrian Christians and Iraqi minorities 8, 18, 05
Undemocratic aspects
of the new Iraqi constitution draft 8, 17, 05
Iraqis vent rage on
call-in TV after bombs kill 43 8, 17, 05
Iraq's
Non-Muslims' Constitution Fears
8, 17, 05
Kurdish
Gunmen Open Fire on Demonstrators in North Iraq 8, 16, 05
Their suffering
continues 8, 14, 05
IRAQ:
Focus on constitutional concerns 8, 14, 05
Photos form homeland 8, 14, 05
Despite
Turmoil, Christians Place Faith in New Iraq 8, 13, 05
Iraqi-American Translators:
The Untold Story 8, 12, 05
Life
in Ankawa 8, 12, 05
Why
Torah's Hebrew script was Changed to the square Assyrian script 8, 11, 05
Assyrian
Restaurant in Chicago 8, 10, 05
Speech
at the Commonwealth Club of California By Fred Aprim 8, 10, 05
KURDS TAKE A HARD-LINE
STANCE ON IRAQI CONSTITUTION 8, 10, 05
72nd
Assyrian American National Convention 8,
09, 05
Unresolved
Iraqi Constitutional Points 8, 09, 05
Information wanted
for Upcoming Documentary about Iraqi women
8, 09, 05
Assyrian
Objection to the Nationality Law 8, 06, 05
Iraqi
Christians Remember Church Bombings One Year Later 8, 05 05
Looted history 8,
05, 05
Book
Release: Rosie Malek-Yonan's "The Crimson Field" 8, 05, 05
Iraq
Must Avoid a Rollback of Rights 8, 04, 05
Nina Shea: Rule of law, rule of Islam
8, 4, 05
Iraqis in U.S.
Won't Vote on Constitution 8, 03, 05
Bush's
Global War on Christians 8,
01, 05
An Open Letter to
Patriarch Mar Ignatius Zakka I 8, 01, 05
Democracy
could struggle in Islamic Iraq 7,
30, 05
Assyrian Granny
Shimmes's Contribution to Rendezvous of Civilizations 7, 29,
05
House
amends funding bill to help Iraqi Christians 7, 29, 05
Iraq
draft constitution fails to protect religious, human rights,
USCIRF says 7, 29, 05
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