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Post by Daniel on Aug 1, 2017 8:58:17 GMT -5
ACLJ Takes Fight Against ISIS Genocide to Key World Leaders
By ACLJ.org
While Syria and Iraq remain the main areas in which ISIS fighters are focusing their genocidal attacks against Christians and other religious minorities, these attacks are spreading. Yesterday, in our ongoing effort to combat ISIS, we sent letters to 12 key world leaders who understand first-hand the danger of ISIS’s spreading jihadist genocide and terrorism.
Our letters are addressed to the leaders of Austria, France, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, England, Spain, the Philippines, Egypt, Jordan, Ethiopia, and Lebanon. With the exception of possibly Spain and Austria, all of these countries have recently experienced ISIS attacks within their borders. Austria recently condemned ISIS’s acts as acts of genocide and called on the United Nations Security Council to also recognize the genocide against Christians.
This genocide is expanding globally. As we stated in our letters:
The Islamic State (commonly referred to as ISIS . . . ) and its affiliates are spreading. Increasingly, we are witnessing Islamic State attacks in regions of the world beyond Iraq and Syria. There have been recent attacks in the United Kingdom, France, and Belgium. The Islamic State has carried out attacks against Coptic Christians in Egypt. Even Southeast Asia is affected, as the Islamic State attempts to gain a foothold in the Philippines. It is imperative that the international community join together to stop this growing threat.
Our letters also addressed the U.N.’s continued failure to take any action to prevent genocide, stop ISIS, and protect the victims.
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Post by Daniel on Sept 27, 2017 9:10:26 GMT -5
ACLJ Receives Letter from Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide
By Jay Sekulow
In the strongest showing to date of progress being made to defend Christians facing genocide, the U.N. has responded to our recent letter, agreeing with our assessment regarding the growing body of evidence that the Islamic State (ISIS) is in fact committing genocide against religious minorities.
Nearly two months ago – as part of our ongoing effort to end the ISIS genocide against Christians – we sent a letter to Adama Dieng, the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide. Yesterday, we received a response from His Excellency, Mr. Dieng. The letter began: “Many thanks to you . . . for your letter . . . in which you provided testimony of the gross abuses committed by [ISIS] against Christians . . . .”
This is a profound and unprecedented acknowledgment by the U.N. of not only the “testimony” we have been providing the U.N. but an acknowledgement of the unthinkable –and often ignored – plight faced by Christians.
As we have informed you before, the United Nations (U.N) has yet to declare that ISIS is committing genocide against Christians. Mr. Dieng’s unique role as “the Special Adviser is to serve ‘as a catalyst to raise awareness of the causes and dynamics of genocide, to alert relevant actors where there is a risk of genocide, and to advocate and mobilize for appropriate action.’” Thus, we urged Mr. Dieng “to take action, as [his] office would be a particularly influential and appropriate office to advance this cause and to discuss these matters with the [U.N.] Security Council” and to encourage the U.N. to recognize that ISIS is committing genocide.
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Post by Daniel on Oct 22, 2017 9:45:15 GMT -5
How Your Voice is Finally Forcing the U.N. to Start Taking Action for Christians Facing “Genocide”
By Jordan Sekulow
Your voice has just secured what may be the first meaningful action at the United Nations (U.N.) in defense of Christians and other religious minorities facing genocide at the hands of ISIS jihadists in Iraq.
It is the result of years of relentless work behind the scenes and on the world stage, culminating in a unanimous U.N. Security Council resolution specifically addressing ISIS’s “genocide.” It’s the first step in what will be a long process to protect Christians and other religious minority victims of genocide, but without your voice it wouldn’t be possible. The silent screams of hundreds of thousands of dying Christians would never have been heard.
Here is how your voice is being heard.
Four and a half years ago, the Islamic State (ISIS) formed and began its reign of genocidal terror in Syria and Iraq. During those four and a half years, the ACLJ has been working relentlessly to draw attention to the plight of and secure vital protection for persecuted Christians in Iraq and Syria.
You’ve seen us say it a hundred times in emails, blogs, and on our daily radio broadcast. We have been laser focused in our international legal advocacy on a simple, two-part clarion call: 1) recognize the genocide and 2) protect Christians and other religious minorities.
We have engaged in efforts to mobilize the appropriate authorities in the United States and in the international community, to put an end to the ISIS genocide against Christians and other religious minorities and to bring relief and protection to the victims of ISIS’s genocide.
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Post by Daniel on Nov 22, 2017 10:22:40 GMT -5
ACLJ Advocates for Victims of ISIS Genocide in Letter to the European Union
By ACLJ.org
ISIS’s brutal campaign of genocide targeting Christians and other minorities wages on.
But as it suffers military defeats and loses control of territory it once controlled, it is time now, more than ever, to help the survivors begin the process of recovery and to hold its followers accountable in international courts of law.
This week the ACLJ continued advocating for the international community to follow through on its commitments and obligations to do just that.
In 2016, the European Parliament unanimously passed a resolution “on the systematic mass murder of religious minorities by the so-called ‘ISIS/Daesh.’”
That resolution specifically recognized that the Islamic State “is committing genocide against Christians and Yazidis,” and made the European Union (E.U.) one of the few international organizations that has specifically recognized that Christians in Iraq and Syria are victims of genocide.
And, importantly, the resolution called upon E.U. Member States to bring “protection and aid, including military protection and aid” to all targeted groups.
This week, the ACLJ – through its European affiliate, the European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ) – sent a letter and a legal memorandum to His Excellency, Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, to thank the E.U. for its recognition of the ongoing genocide against Christians and other religious minorities.
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Post by Daniel on Feb 7, 2018 10:46:57 GMT -5
Standing Up for the Victims of Genocide Directly at the UN
By ACLJ.org
...We have made some progress. Earlier we shared with you that based on our years of directly engaging this issue, the U.N. is beginning to move forward with efforts to hold ISIS accountable and protect victims, including helping survivors restore their lives. In response to our requests, Adama Dieng, U.N. Under Secretary-General and Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, wrote us stating:
I share with you the belief that, given that the acts committed by [ISIS] may constitute genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, they should be examined and prosecuted by independent and competent courts.
Finally, as we recently explained, we have helped secure even more aid through both the U.S. and U.N. specifically for Christian victims of genocide:
Thankfully, the Trump Administration has since negotiated a new deal – one that tracks closely with the ACLJ’s policy position. The new arrangement negotiated between the U.S. and the U.N. includes a requirement that the U.N. ensure that aid will directly “address the needs of vulnerable religious and ethnic minorities communities.” . . .
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Post by Daniel on Feb 15, 2018 11:11:00 GMT -5
European Union Responds to ACLJ Letter on Genocide: "We Fully Share Your Concerns for the Plight of Christians"
By Jay Sekulow
...In a welcome update, we received a response from the European Union Special Representative for Human Rights, Stavros Lambrinidis, stating: “Thank you for your letter dated 20 November 2017 to the President of the European Council and for the enclosed legal memorandum concerning the appropriate recognition and prosecution of [ISIS] atrocities against Christians and other religious minorities. President Tusk has asked me to reply on his behalf.”
The European Union made crystal clear: “we fully share your concerns for the plight of Christians . . . .” The letter states that they are working with the International Commission for Missing Persons (ICMP) on “investigations into mass and hidden graves” – a particularly important action based on facts we shared in our letter and legal memorandum detailing the existence of these mass graves.
He also stresses the importance of U.N. Security Council Resolution 2379 for collecting and preserving evidence “in relation to possible war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.”
We have told you how your voice was crucial in the passing of Resolution 2379 and how it is the first step in holding ISIS accountable for their atrocities and providing relief to the victims of genocide:
The U.N. has taken the first step toward recognizing the genocide against Christians – the collection of evidence. This evidence will later be used to bring to justice the perpetrators of the heinous and genocidal acts that have been committed against Christians and others.
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