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Assyrian objection to the Nationality Law
6.8.2005
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Baghdad - The
Christian "Assyrian democratic Movement" has
objected to the project of the law of "granting
Iraqi nationality", which has been discussed by the
constitution drafting committee, as it refers to
returning the nationality to the displaced and
immigrants, only as of 1963.
Yonadam Kanna, head of the movement and MP, said
that the movement has objections with regard to
setting the year 1963 as a limit for granting the
Iraqi nationality for the Iraqi displaced and
immigrants, as "The person who was oppressed in
1959, or before, or in 1963, or for years of Saddam
Hussein's regime, whether in Musel, Kirkuk, the
southern provinces, and Kurdistan region, has been
assaulted and deprived from his rights," referring
to the obligatory displacement and the massacres
that targeted the Christian villages in Nainawa
Valley since 1933, until the Baath Party has
governed Iraq.
He explained, "More than 20 thousand Assyrians have
been displaced or immigrated to Syria. They have the
right to return as they are Iraqis, who are proud of
belonging to their homeland." He noted, "It is wrong
to specify a certain date, so as to include those
who have been displaced or emigrated from Iraq, when
they were assaulted, and have the right to obtain
the nationality." He considered, "Those who
suggested this date aim at preventing the Jewish
community that emigrated from Iraq from obtaining
the Iraqi nationality, as they harm the structure of
the Iraqi constituents."
He said that Christian parties and churches in Iraq
possess documents that support the rights of the
displaced, especially as regards the Syrians being
victims of the extension of the presence of the
British army in Iraq (1933-1954).
As for Isaac Isaac, relations and media director in
the movement, he pointed out to Al Hayat, "No entity
can ignore the huge numbers of Assyrian displaced
and immigrants since 1933, to Syria and France.
Their racist exile should be acknowledged. They
should receive the nationality and their civil and
financial rights should be returned." He noted, "The
former regime has returned the Iraqi Nationality to
some displaced Christians."
Al Hayat
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