Cases of harrassment, torture, imprisonment, assault and religious persecution in Iraq.
July 22, 2008: (Reporters Without Borders)- Reporters Without Borders condemns the murder of reporter Soran Mama Hama of the fortnightly magazine Leven, who was gunned down yesterday outside his home in Kirkuk, in the northern region of Kurdistan. His colleagues said he had received threats about articles he had written on sensitive subjects. Click here to read more.
May 30, 2008: (Compass Direct News) – An Iraqi pastor jailed on kidnapping charges and held for 30 days in the Kurdish region last month has said the real reason for his arrest was religious. Click here to read more.
May 20, 2008: (Compass Direct News) – Iraqi church leaders have spoken out against the death sentence given to the alleged murderer of a Chaldean bishop kidnapped in northern Iraq in March. Click here to read more.
April 7, 2008: (AINA) Gunmen shot dead an Assyrian Orthodox priest near his house in central Baghdad's Karrada neighbourhood on Saturday, security officials told AFP. Youssef Adel, a priest with Saint Peter's Church, was killed by gunmen travelling in a car around noon. Click here to read more. Click here to read more.
March 19, 2008 (Compass Direct News) Days after the body of a kidnapped archbishop was found buried in northern Iraq, fresh kidnappings and murders continue to haunt the country’s Christians this Passion Week. “We have people threatened, people kidnapped, people killed – this is Holy Week,” Kirkuk’s Chaldean Archbishop Luis Sako said. Click here to read more.
March 13, 2008: (Christian News Wire) The body of a Chaldean Catholic archbishop has been discovered following his kidnapping in late February. Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho was abducted in the northern city of Mosul by men who killed his driver and two guards. Click here to read more.
March 6, 2008: "John Eibner, who heads a worldwide Christian human rights group, says although the U.S.-led military surge is reducing violence overall in Iraq, the situation for Christians is still tense and dangerous. A Catholic archbishop was recently kidnapped in eastern Mosul, and his two bodyguards -- who were both Christian -- were shot and killed. This is the latest in a long line of violent acts targeting Christians throughout Iraq. Since the fall of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, more than 400,000 Christians have been forced to flee the country." Click here to read more.
March 1, 2008: (Assist News Service) Three buried following bishop’s abduction in Iraq -- Funerals were held today for the driver and two bodyguards of Archbishop Faraj Rahho. No official word received yet on the condition and whereabouts of the shepherd of Chaldean Christians in Iraq. Click here to read more.
March 1, 2008: (Compass Direct News) Kidnappers are demanding a huge ransom for a Chaldean Archbishop abducted last week in northern Iraq, sending fear through the country’s Christian community, a local priest said.
Since the Friday (February 29) kidnapping in Mosul, Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho’s captors have refused to decrease the amount of money they are demanding for his release, according to Father Najeeb Mikhail. Click here to read more.
February 12, 2008 - The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the murder of an Iraqi reporter whose body was discovered today in Baghdad after he disappeared on Sunday. Police discovered the body of Hisham Mijawet Hamdan, 27, a board member of the Young Journalists Association, today and took him to Al-Tib al-Adli morgue in Baghdad, Haidar Hasoun, founder and head of the association, told CPJ. He said that the journalist, who exhibited signs of torture, was shot in the head and chest. Click here to read more.
January 8, 2008: Mosul, Iraq (ANS) -- Iraq's minority Christian population has been targeted in a series of apparently coordinated attacks in Mosul. Click here to read more.
October 29, 2007: (Source: IFEX) -- "We condemn the killing of Shehab Mohammad al-Hiti and offer his family and colleagues our deepest condolences," CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon said. "Journalists continue to be killed in Iraq at an alarming rate, underscoring the risks of practicing what has become one of the deadliest professions in the country." Click here to more.
October 22, 2007 (Source: Compass Direct News) – 'Two Iraqi priests kidnapped more than a week ago said they returned to their Mosul parish in good health yesterday morning and immediately celebrated mass." Click here to read more.
October 15: 2007 (Source: Compass Direct News) – An Iraqi bishop said today that he is negotiating for the release of two Christian clergymen kidnapped in Mosul this weekend. Click here to read more.
June 27, 2007: (Compass Direct News) – For one man, the release of eight kidnapped Christians from his hometown of Qaraqosh on Friday (June 22) was bittersweet. Click here to read more.
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Iraqi reporter murdered
Iraqi pastor jailed
Iraqi church leaders against death penalty
Priest shot dead in Iraq
Kidnappings against Christians continue
Iraqi archbishop murdered
400,000 Iraqi Christians have fled
Three killed in kidnapping buried
Kidnappers demand huge ransom
Murder condemned
Christians attacked
Shehab Mohammad al-Hiti
Bishop negotiates kidnapped clergy
Iraqi victims freed
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