As an Assyrian Christian and first-generation American whose family escaped religious persecution and violence in the Middle East, I am deeply concerned by the violence and discrimination that Christians are subjected to in Iraq and throughout the Middle East. I’ve introduced a bipartisan resolution with Representative Fortenberry, calling for urgent international intervention on behalf of Iraqi civilians facing a dire humanitarian crisis and severe persecution in the Nineveh Plain region of Iraq. This resolution condemns the religious bigotry of armed extremists in Iraq, calls on the President and Secretary of State to help the government of Iraq come up with a humanitarian strategy to combat this violence, and develop a strategy of assistance for religious and ethnic minorities subject to violence and discrimination in the region.
Posted on: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 20:49:56 +0000
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