Door de arrestatie van Ratko Mladic is vandaag een historische dag voor de talloze onschuldige oorlogsslachtoffers en voor hun nabestaanden, voor de Balkanregio, voor Europa en Nederland.

Door mijn betrokkenheid met de mensenrechten situatie van Assyriers in Irak betekent zo n arrestatie veel voor mij. In 2010 zijn 87 onschuldige Assyriers vermoord. Ik hoop voor de nabestaanden en slachtoffers dat ook de moordenaars van al deze mensen worden opgepakt.

15 mei is het volgende gebeurd in Assyrie ( noord Irak ) ; Ashur Issa Jacob, an Assyrian construction worker, was found dead today in Kirkuk, North Iraq. He was kidnapped on Saturday by Al-Qaeda operatives, it is believed, who made a $100,000 ransom demand. His body was mutilated. His head was nearly severed off. He was tortured before he was executed, according to the Kirkuk police. His eyes were gouged out, his ears were cut off and his faced was skinned. There also were signs of dog bites on the body. Mr. Jacob is survived by his wife and three children.