Sep 3, 20192 minSentencing Hearing for Shamiran Issavi and Victor Bet-Tamraz PostponedToday's scheduled sentencing hearing for Shamiran Issavi, Pastor Victor Bet-Tamraz, and three Christian converts charged for activities related to the practi...
Aug 9, 20194 minAPI Statement on Indigenous Peoples' Day 2019An estimated 3.5 million people globally comprise a distinct, indigenous ethnic group known as Assyrians. Tracing their heritage to ancient Assyria, Assyrian...
Jul 18, 20191 minAssyrian Human Rights Activist Meets with U.S. President Donald TrumpOn July 17, 2019, Iranian Assyrian human rights activist Dabrina Bet Tamraz was part of a delegation of survivors of religious persecution that met with Unit...
Jul 18, 20195 minDabrina Bet Tamraz Testimony at U.S. State Department MinisterialAssyrian Pastor and human rights activist Dabrina Bet Tamraz spoke on a panel entitled "Addressing Challenges to Religious Freedom in the Middle East" at the...
Jun 25, 20198 minHighlights from 2018 U.S. State Department International Religious Freedom ReportOn June 21, 2019, the U.S. Department of State released its 2018 Report on International Religious Freedom which describes the status of religious freedom in...
Sep 12, 20182 minIranian Airstrikes in northern Iraq Displace Hundreds of Assyrian CiviliansOn Saturday, September 8, 2018, Iranian airstrikes targeted the headquarters of two Iranian Kurdish opposition party near the Assyrian town of Armota in nort...
Aug 30, 20183 minAssyrians in Iran Imprisoned for Activities Related to the Practice of Christian FaithTwo ethnic Assyrians in Iran, Victor Bet-Tamraz and his wife Shamiran Issavi, have each been sentenced to ten years in prison for activities related to the p...
