Tuesday, July 8, to political inertia and indifference of some media face the tragedy currently affecting Christians of the East, particularly in Iraq and Syria, about 400 Assyro-Chaldeans and Syriacs gathered in front of the Assembly National Place Edouard Herriot, to show their anger over the deafening silence surrounding the slaughter inflicted on Christianity in the East.
Several prominent politicians have joined the protesters by showing their support, as the deputy mayor of Sarcelles François Pupponi, saying “We will not let kill Christians. Even if the government does things, it takes longer. “ Like the deputy mayor of the 16th Goasguen Claude François Pupponi is committed to bring the matter before the government. In addition, he and a delegation together parliamentarians Valérie Boyer, Henri Jibrayel and Claude Goasguen, received representatives of associations Assyrian-Chaldean and Syriac, supported by the presence of co-chair of CFC Ara Toranian and Antoine Bagdikian , President of the Armenian Institute of France, who tell them their grievances. A little later in the afternoon, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Vice-President, François Rochebloine interpellait Laurent Fabius on the issue. “What is Europe? What is the UN? “Has he said. According to what transpired at the end of the meeting, bringing together thirty members, the least we can say is that the Quai d’Orsay said he was “concerned.” A catch-all phrase of diplomacy is not to measure the extremely serious situation of Christians as portrayed by many witnesses, which the hints of a bitter past times experienced by the Armenians themselves themselves. Where are the measures we are entitled to wonder, eradication of Eastern Christians is underway.
Outside the walls of the Assembly, after a heavy rain has befallen the Edouard Herriot place, protesters, particularly determined chained slogan slogan on “Media, political, wake up! “; “Today the East, the West tomorrow! “. Or “Murder, ransoms, exile, we do not want it! “. Several speakers were succeeded to denounce the prevailing inertia, and also support the events by their brothers in Iraq and Syria. Thus, Monsignor Barbarin, Cardinal-Archbishop of Lyon and Primate of Gaul, sent a message read at the rally, referring to the testimony of a bishop on the spot: “He told me that the situation is frightening, but much more threats serious are yet to come. The eradication of religious minorities is unfortunately not collateral damage mad strategy murderers … “Bressolette Bishop, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Paris for the Catholic Eastern Churches, also supported.
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