The API met with the White House Working Group on Race and Ethnicity Standards to discuss the initial proposals for revising the federal race and ethnicity standards and express support for the proposed new MENA ethnic category. Full statement: https://t.co/oRx3nuEJGe
This is the site where the remains of Şimoni Diril were discovered during a civilian-led search three years ago today.
Şimoni and her husband Hurmuz Diril are believed to have been abducted from the Assyrian village of Meer (Kovankaya) in January 2020.
Happening now: NPU soldiers stage a demonstration in Bakhdida (Qaraqosh), Iraq today protesting the PMF’s November 2021 reassignment of the NPU to the operational control of Brigade 50 (“Babylon Brigades”). Soldiers and local community members demand the reinstatement of the NPU.
The API is deeply concerned by reports that an Assyrian woman named Bianka Zaia has been detained in Tehran, Iran in connection to recent protests. She is reportedly being held in Evin Prison. We are urgently seeking further information.
The Alliance for Lincolnwood Party is excited to announce that candidates Atour Toma Sargon, Craig Klatzco and Christopher Martel are officially on the ballot for the April 4, 2023 election!