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Apr 16, 20205 min

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

Mar 31, 20202 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...

Feb 11, 20203 min

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...

Jan 24, 20201 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...

Jan 2, 20203 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."...

Nov 10, 20191 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...

Oct 31, 20191 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...

Oct 29, 20192 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...

Oct 10, 20192 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...

Sep 30, 20192 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, 20194 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...

Aug 7, 20192 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...

Aug 4, 20197 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...

Jul 26, 20192 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...

Jul 20, 20194 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....

Jul 18, 20191 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...

Jul 18, 20195 min

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...

Jun 25, 20198 min

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 21, 20192 min

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 19, 20192 min

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,...