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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...
Mar 31, 20202 min read


Updated: 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...
Feb 11, 20203 min read


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...
Jan 24, 20201 min read


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."...
Jan 2, 20203 min read


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...
Nov 10, 20191 min read


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...
Oct 31, 20191 min read


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...
Oct 29, 20192 min read


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...
Oct 10, 20192 min read


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...
Sep 30, 20192 min read


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...
Aug 9, 20194 min read


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...
Aug 7, 20192 min read


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...
Aug 4, 20197 min read


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...
Jul 26, 20192 min read


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....
Jul 20, 20194 min read


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...
Jul 18, 20191 min read


Dabrina Bet Tamraz Testimony at U.S. State Department Ministerial
Assyrian Pastor and human rights activist Dabrina Bet Tamraz spoke on a panel entitled "Addressing Challenges to Religious Freedom in the...
Jul 18, 20195 min read


Highlights from 2018 U.S. State Department International Religious Freedom Report
On June 21, 2019, the U.S. Department of State released its 2018 Report on International Religious Freedom which describes the status of...
Jun 25, 20198 min read


New Report Highlights Challenges Faced by Assyrian Refugees in Jordan
Of the millions of refugees in Jordan, little is known about the fate of the ethnic Assyrians among the refugee population. The...
Jun 21, 20192 min read


KRG Intelligence Forces Detain Assyrian Journalist Hormuz Mushi in Dohuk
On Monday, June 17, 2019, Kurdish intelligence forces (Asayish) detained Assyrian journalist Hormuz Mushi in Dohuk, Iraq. As of June 19,...
Jun 19, 20192 min read
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