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Christians in Iraq are on the Verge of Extinction

According to Juliana Taimoorazy, the future of Assyrian Iraqi Christians is worrisome. She underscored that the situation could improve only if their religious leaders would start educating Muslim communities and if a steadfast partnership with different Islamic organisations would come to life.

‘Hungary Proved its Fidelity to Persecuted Christians’ 

At the beginning of September, the Danube Institute held a conference titled ‘Christians, Violence and the Middle East’. One of the keynote speakers of the conference was Juliana Taimoorazy, who spoke about the plight of Christians in her homeland, Iran and Iraq, through her personal story.

President Katalin Novák visiting the kindergarden in Tel Askouf renovated with the assistance of the Hungary Helps Programme on 9 December 2022.

Iraqi Christians Only Have a Future if the Country Will Be a Safe Place for its Diverse Minorities — A Discussion with Jeremy P. Barker

In the latest episodes of the Reflections from Budapest podcast, Director of the Middle East Action Team at the Religious Freedom Institute Jeremy P. Barker explained that their work aims to promote religious freedom rights for everyone everywhere, recognising and hoping that includes even the smallest and most persecuted religious minorities, whether that’s Christians or Yazidis in the Middle East, or Uyghurs in China and others.

The World Should Not Forget About Iraqi Christians

Although today violence is no longer the primary form of persecution Christians face in the country, they still endure other serious forms of discrimination. Among the most pressing issues are economic problems, incompetent legislation by the government and conflicts from inter-communal relations, which they suffer from not just because of their faith, but also because they are an ethnic minority in the Kurdish region.

Hungary Helps to Support 25 Countries in Need with 1.4 billion Forints in 2023

The Hungary Helps Programme, however, does not only help persecuted Christians, but provides effective support in crisis areas and areas that are hit by man-made or natural disasters as well. Since the outbreak of the Ukraine war, Hungary has provided 130 billion forints (335.6 million euros) in aid to the victims of the war in Ukraine. Hungary also sent ten tons of relief supplies to Turkey immediately after the deadly earthquakes on 6 February and 50 million forints (132,000 euros) to Syria.

Palladino Outlines Trump Administration’s Priorities in Central Europe

‘US policy towards Central Europe is grounded in realism, respect, and renewed engagement,’ US Chargé d’Affaires Robert Palladino emphasized, speaking on US–Central European relations at the Central European Summit, jointly organized by the Oeconomus Economic Research Foundation and the Centre for Fundamental Rights in Budapest.