Indeed, Congressman @BradSherman has been a friend and advocate for our community here in Southern California and throughout.
JUST IN: The U.S. House passes API-backed NDAA Amendment #28 sponsored by Rep. @BradSherman requiring @SecBlinken to provide a strategy on measures to support political and security solutions that enable Assyrians to administer and secure their own areas in the Nineveh Plain. ✅
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UPDATE: Rep. @BradSherman's amendment to the FY22 NDAA regarding security in the Nineveh Plain was made in order by the House Rules Committee. ✅
Now it heads to the floor for a full House vote.
As part of our continued advocacy and outreach initiatives, AAASC will be releasing several statements from local, state, and national elected officials for the commemoration of August 7th.
Here is CA State Assemblymember Suzette Martinez Valladares.
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“The Congressman has been a passionate, steadfast champion of this issue, and his efforts have undoubtedly created the space for greater visibility and understanding of both the suffering of the Assyrian people, as well as their resilience.”
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“Recognition of the Assyrian Genocide goes beyond symbolism—it restores a sense of dignity for the victims and affirms the moral necessity of remembrance. Further, it is a critical step on the journey towards justice and accountability...”
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API Board Member @RamondTK is quoted here emphasizing the importance of U.S. recognition of the Assyrian Genocide.
Read Rep. Josh Harder's official release announcing H.Res. 550 at the link below. harder.house.gov/media/press…
Congratulations to the Assyrian Lion @beneildariush on his most important victory to date. #ufc262
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Best of luck to Assyrian-American MMA fighter and fellow SoCal resident @beneildariush on tomorrow’s co-main event. #assyrianlion #assyrian #ufc262 📸: MMAartwork
“Seeing President Biden recognize the Genocide…is huge to Armenians around the world, Greeks and Assyrians around the world, who were also massacred by the Ottoman Turks in 1915…it’s an amazing milestone toward receiving justice from Turkey ultimately” @serjtankian
“The WH commendably joins Congress in recognizing as genocide the horrific killings of countless Armenians—as well as Greeks, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Syriacs, Maronites, & other religious, ethnic minorities—in the final years of the Ottoman Empire,” said USCIRF Chair Gayle Manchin.
The Biden administration’s recognition of the #ArmenianGenocide marks a significant and long overdue step to acknowledge the reality of the nature of those atrocities.
@POTUS @JoeBiden @WhiteHouse
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“Today's denial of the #ArmenianGenocide, which also claimed the lives of #Assyrians & #Greeks under the Ottoman Empire, is a continuation of this erasure (1/2)
newsweek.com/biden-needs-cal…
“And it's gone on long enough. It's time for President Joe Biden to stand up to those who would erase the history of indigenous communities for their own advantage.” (2/2)
Check out full Newsweek article by @Ramsen_ Shamon
newsweek.com/biden-needs-cal…
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The sentencing of Fr. Sefer "Aho" Bileçen to 25 months in prison on the grounds of terrorism—for acts of charity—is an grave injustice and represents another attack on human rights in Turkey.
Background: bit.ly/3dbWXzS
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"While the papal tour to Iraq may have inspired hope in many, it also revealed how insidious the erasure of Middle Eastern Christians is—and how easily their experiences have been sidelined for the sake of political expediency."
My latest in @Newsweek.
newsweek.com/mainstream-medi…
