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Assyrian Democratic Movement

Assyrian Democratic Movement
ܙܘܥܐ ܕܝܡܘܩܪܛܝܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ
الحركة الديمقراطية الآشورية
LeaderYacoob G. Yaco
FoundedApril 12, 1979 (1979-04-12)
HeadquartersBaghdad, Iraq
Student wingChaldo-Assyrian Student Union
Military wingNineveh Plain Protection Units
IdeologyAssyrian interests
Federalism
National affiliationAthra Alliance
Colours  Purple
Seats in the Council of Representatives of Iraq:
0 / 325
Seats in the Kurdistan Parliament:
1 / 111
Party flag
Website
http://www.zowaa.org/

The Assyrian Democratic Movement (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܙܘܥܐ ܕܝܡܘܩܪܛܝܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, romanized: Zawʻá Demoqraṭáyá ʼÁṯuráyá, Arabic: الحركة الديمقراطية الآشورية, ADM), popularly known as Zowaa (lit.'the movement'), is an Assyrian political party situated in Iraq, and one of the main Assyrian parties within the Iraqi parliament. The Assyrian Democratic Movement states its aims are to establish equal citizenship rights with the rest of the Iraqi people without discrimination on the basis of nationality, belief, religious affiliation, culture, language and other characteristics of the native Assyrians of Iraq, to acknowledge the past massacres committed against them and to ensure they are never repeated again.

With regards to separatism from Iraq, the Assyrian Democratic Movement maintains that it does not seek the division of Iraq in order to establish an Assyrian state and states in its manifesto:

The national axis in the approach of the Assyrian Democratic Movement has components of the Iraqi people, and to contribute to building the democratic pluralistic federal state and establishing the Iraqi state based on justice, equality and the rights of all components. And the common destiny of our Chaldean Assyrian people with the components of the Iraqi people, national and religious Arabs, Kurds, Turkmen, Armenians, Sabians, Yazidis and Shabaks.[1]

  1. ^ MD (2017-10-08). "نبذة عن الحركة". zowaa.org (in Arabic). Retrieved 2019-05-01.

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