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Congresswoman Anna Eshoo Corrects Genocide Statement MCongresswomen Anna Eshoo Corrects Genocide Statement May, 8th, 2017: A delegation of the Assyrian American Association of San Jose met with Congresswoman Anna Eshoo and her staff regarding the recent statement made by Rep. Eshoo on the 102 year memorial of the Armenian, Assyrian, and Greek Genocide by the Ottoman Empire. The AAASJ delegation made up of president Rachelle Yousefian, Vice president Firas Jatou, and board adviser Carlo Ganjeh expressed the disappointment of the Assyrian communities worldwide with having an Assyrian American representative neglect to mention Assyrians by name. Congresswoman Eshoo acknowledged that this in no way was meant to minimize the great loss that the Assyrians and Greeks endured during the genocide rather it was a direct reference to the April 24th which has been established as Armenian Genocide and the proposed resolution on Armenian Genocide in 1975. She also shared how her own family lived through the genocide and the stories she heard as a child from her grandmother. In response, her office published a correction to the statement to explicitly add "Assyrians, Greeks" along with Armenians which appears on her official site. In addition, she offered to make a video statement to reflect this correction. The delegation presented the congresswoman with two books on this topic, Year of the Sword: The Assyrian Christian Genocide, A History by Joseph Yacoub, and Genocide in the Middle East: The Ottoman Empire, Iraq, and Sudan, By Hannibal Travis. The meeting which was scheduled for 30 minutes was extended to 90 minutes where Congresswoman Eshoo expressed her pride in her Assyrian heritage regardless of the various religious denominations be it, Chaldean, Church of the East, or Syriac orthodox and vowed to do what she can to help the communities especially those in need.

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4 weeks ago

For Immediate Release
On April 24, 2017, we learned that the office of Congresswoman Anna Eshoo had released a statement in support of the Armenian Genocide in which there was no mention of the Assyrian and Pontic Greeks, who were subjected to the same unspeakably atrocious fate by the Ottoman Empire. Nearly three quarters of a million of Assyrian nation's populace perished in this heinous act.
In the past, the office of Congresswoman Eshoo has included all three groups by name as opposed to the current marginalizing language that describes the Assyrians and Pontic Greeks as a mere “other minorities.” This conceivably unintentional oversight has caused a significant uproar among the Assyrians, who have been active supporters of Honorable Eshoo.
We request that the statement be corrected so that it does not disregard the Assyrians or the Pontic Greeks. We expect that the revised statement, and all future releases from Congresswoman Eshoo’s office that pertain to the Genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire against Armenian, Assyrian and Pontic Greeks, specifically mention all three by name.

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1 month ago

Congresswoman Eshoo Faces Heavy Criticism for Omitting Assyrians and Greeks in Genocide Statement

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Congresswoman Eshoo Faces Heavy Criticism for Omitting Assyrians and Greeks in Genocide Statement

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Assyrian Universal Alliance Americas is in contact with the office of Congresswoman Anna Eshoo and we are expecting to see a correction to her statement.. ... See MoreSee Less

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