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Assyrian International News Agency AINA
July 28 2012
Australians Will Rememeber On Assyrian Martyrs Day
Sydney -- The Assyrian community will commemorate Martyrs Day next month.
A memorial seminar will be held on August 7th to remember the loss of
the Assyrian people during World War 1 Assyrian genocide and Simel
massacre at State Parliament's Theatrette Room.
The Assyrian Universal Alliance Australian Chapter (AUA) together with
the Australian Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (AIHGS)
will be welcoming guest speakers and historical researcher on ethnic
minorities, Dr. Racho Donef and Stavros Stavridis.
Other special guest includes Federal, State and Local politicians and
representatives from the Armenian and Greek communities.
U.S. filmmaker, Andre Anton, will be premiering his short film Defying
Deletion after the seminar.
Formerly screening the documentary to U.S. Congress, Mr. Anton, hopes
to receive political support from countries to promote freedom,
democracy, human rights and religious liberty.
"If the United States and other countries fail to assist Assyrians in
securing their human rights and assuring their survival in their
ancient homeland, I fear that Assyrians will disappear from the
world," he said.
The multi-award winning film shows the struggles that the indigenous
people of Iraq are facing today.
AUA Deputy Secretary General, Hermiz Shahen, is asking for an apology
from regions who committed brutal acts of genocide against the
Assyrian people.
"We invite international humanitarian institutions to pressure Turkey
to acknowledge and apologise for the atrocities they committed in 1915
against the Assyrians, Armenians and Greeks," he said.
AUA youth chapter, The Young Assyrians, will be hosting an exclusive
film premier event at Hoyts cinemas, Wetherill Park for youth
audiences later in August.
By Heather Tamson
Assyrian Universal Alliance
http://www.aina.org/news/20120727223751.htm
July 28 2012
Australians Will Rememeber On Assyrian Martyrs Day
Sydney -- The Assyrian community will commemorate Martyrs Day next month.
A memorial seminar will be held on August 7th to remember the loss of
the Assyrian people during World War 1 Assyrian genocide and Simel
massacre at State Parliament's Theatrette Room.
The Assyrian Universal Alliance Australian Chapter (AUA) together with
the Australian Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (AIHGS)
will be welcoming guest speakers and historical researcher on ethnic
minorities, Dr. Racho Donef and Stavros Stavridis.
Other special guest includes Federal, State and Local politicians and
representatives from the Armenian and Greek communities.
U.S. filmmaker, Andre Anton, will be premiering his short film Defying
Deletion after the seminar.
Formerly screening the documentary to U.S. Congress, Mr. Anton, hopes
to receive political support from countries to promote freedom,
democracy, human rights and religious liberty.
"If the United States and other countries fail to assist Assyrians in
securing their human rights and assuring their survival in their
ancient homeland, I fear that Assyrians will disappear from the
world," he said.
The multi-award winning film shows the struggles that the indigenous
people of Iraq are facing today.
AUA Deputy Secretary General, Hermiz Shahen, is asking for an apology
from regions who committed brutal acts of genocide against the
Assyrian people.
"We invite international humanitarian institutions to pressure Turkey
to acknowledge and apologise for the atrocities they committed in 1915
against the Assyrians, Armenians and Greeks," he said.
AUA youth chapter, The Young Assyrians, will be hosting an exclusive
film premier event at Hoyts cinemas, Wetherill Park for youth
audiences later in August.
By Heather Tamson
Assyrian Universal Alliance
http://www.aina.org/news/20120727223751.htm