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Aug 7
5 min

Joint NGO Statement to Commemorate Assyrian Genocide Remembrance Day

Every year on August 7, Assyrians worldwide pay tribute to the memory of the Assyrians lost to genocide and persecution. The date marks t...

Jul 17
3 min

Joint NGO Statement to Commemorate International Justice Day 2020

The API has signed onto a joint NGO statement calling on Iraqi authorities and the international community to bring ISIS to justice.

Jun 1
2 min

New Report—Contested Control: The Future of Security in the Nineveh Plain

The Assyrian Policy Institute announces the release of our new report, Contested Control: The Future of Security in the Nineveh Plain. Th...

May 3
5 min

World Press Freedom Day 2020: Threats Faced by Assyrian Journalists

The United Nations recognizes May 3 to be World Press Freedom Day, observed to raise awareness of the importance of freedom of the press ...

Apr 16
5 min

Joint NGO Statement: Humanitarian and security implications of the COVID-19 crisis in northern Iraq

The Assyrian Policy Institute has signed onto a joint NGO letter calling on Iraqi authorities and the United Nations to implement urgent ...

Mar 31
2 min

New Report: Erasing the Legacy of Khabour: Destruction of Assyrian Cultural Heritage in the Khabour

The Assyrian Policy Institute announces the release of "Erasing the Legacy of Khabour: Destruction of Assyrian Cultural Heritage in the K...

Feb 11
2 min

Assyrian priest indicted on terrorism charges in Turkey

The Assyrian Policy Institute is deeply concerned by the indictment of Assyrian Priest Sefer Aho Bileçen (who leads Mor Yacoub Syriac Ort...

Jan 24
1 min

Updated: Four humanitarian workers, including one Assyrian, missing in Baghdad, Iraq

See updates below. The Assyrian Policy Institute is deeply concerned by initial reports that four humanitarian workers employed by the Fr...

Jan 2
3 min

New Report: Improving the Status of Assyrians in the Iraqi Constitution

The Assyrian Policy Institute announces the release of "An Iraq for All: Improving the Status of Assyrians in the Iraqi Constitution." Th...

Nov 10, 2019
1 min

Updated: Assyrian Journalist Khlapieel Bnyameen Detained by KRG since October 31

The Assyrian Policy Institute is deeply concerned by the arrest of well-respected Assyrian journalist William Bnyameen Adam, known public...

Oct 31, 2019
1 min

API Statement on 9th Anniversary of the Our Lady of Salvation Church Massacre

Nine years ago, Assyrians in Iraq witnessed one of the deadliest attacks against their community in recent years, which stole the lives o...

Oct 29, 2019
2 min

API Statement on Passage of House Resolution 296 Recognizing the Armenian, Greek, Assyrian Genocide

The Assyrian Policy Institute joins with our partner organization the Assyrian American Association of Southern California in welcoming t...

Oct 10, 2019
2 min

API Statement on Turkish Offensive in Northeastern Syria

The Assyrian Policy Institute condemns the Turkish military incursion into northern Syria and the reported indiscriminate airstrikes whic...

Sep 30, 2019
2 min

API Director Testifies at USCIRF Hearing on "Religious Minorities' Fight to Remain in Iraq"

On September 26, 2019, API Director Reine Hanna testified at a United States Commission on International Religious Freedom hearing about ...

Aug 9, 2019
4 min

API Statement on Indigenous Peoples' Day 2019

An estimated 3.5 million people globally comprise a distinct, indigenous ethnic group known as Assyrians. Tracing their heritage to ancie...

Aug 7, 2019
2 min

API Statement on Assyrian Martyrs Day 2019

Every year on August 7, Assyrians worldwide pay tribute to the memory of the Assyrians lost to genocide and persecution. The date marks t...

Aug 4, 2019
7 min

API Statement on the Status of Assyrians in Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attended the ground-breaking ceremony on August 3, 2019 for the construction of the “first new chu...

Jul 26, 2019
2 min

Assyrian Activist Faces Death Threats After Criticizing KRG Officials

A prominent Assyrian human rights activist residing in Ankawa, Iraq named William Bnyameen Adam—known by his pen name “Khlapieel Bnyameen...

Jul 20, 2019
4 min

API Attends 2019 State Department Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom

The Assyrian Policy Institute was pleased to attend the second annual Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom hosted by the U.S. Departm...

Jul 18, 2019
1 min

Assyrian Human Rights Activist Meets with U.S. President Donald Trump

On July 17, 2019, Iranian Assyrian human rights activist Dabrina Bet Tamraz was part of a delegation of survivors of religious persecutio...

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