BRITISH MP CALLS ON TURKEY TO RECOGNIZE ASSYRIAN RIGHTS

Assyrian International News Agency
Jan 30 2009

(AINA) — A new "Early Day Motion" was put in the UK parliament
calling on the Turkish government to recognize the Syriac, Armenian
and Kurdish names of villages in its eastern regions, and to respect
the international treaties it signed regarding religious and cultural
freedom.

The motion was put by Andrew Dismore, the hard-working Labour MP who
is chairman of the Joint Committee on Human Rights. The motion reads:

Early Day Motion 621 SYRIAC AND ASSYRIAN CULTURAL RIGHTS 28.01.2009
Dismore, Andrew

That this House is concerned about the cultural and religious rights
of the Syriac and Assyrian community in Turkey, whose numbers in the
Tur Abdin heartland have decreased from over 100,000 to under 3,000
in recent years; believes that the prohibition of the Syriac language
violates the freedom of religion; calls on the government of Turkey
to respect the international treaties it signed regarding religious
and cultural freedom and officially to recognise the Syriac, as well
as Armenian and Kurdish names, of villages in its eastern regions.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress