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SYRIACS, a Middle Eastern ethnic and religious minority, have launched a campaign demanding the European Parliament officially recognises the 1915 Sayfo genocide, in which at least 500,000 men, women and children were killed under Ottoman rule.
The European Syriac Union (ESU) wants the European Union to “side with historical truth and justice” by commemorating June 15 as Sayfo (“sword” in the Syriac language) Martyrs Day in recognition of the atrocities committed more than a century ago.
The body hopes to show the international community that there is sufficient popular support for them to take the issue seriously; so far the Swedish, German, Dutch, Austrian, Syrian and Armenian parliaments have officially recognised the genocide.
Statement from the executive committee of the Committee for the Defence of the Iranian People’s Rights
MOHAMMAD OMIDVAR, a senior figure in the Tudeh Party of Iran, tells the Morning Star that mass protests are rooted in poverty, corruption and neoliberal rule and warns against monarchist revival and US-engineered regime change
COLL McCAIL assesses the revelation that Britain is now outsourcing its surveillance flights over Palestine to US mercenaries