Nikolas Faradouris to the Commission on massacres of Christians in Ethiopia: Their protection is a European issuetranslated

PASOK MEP Nikolas Faradouris requests urgent European protection of Christian communities that are threatened in critical geopolitical areas in a parliamentary written question to the Vice-President of the European Commission and High Representative of the EU Kaya Kalas. Faradouri's intervention comes after the recent murderous attacks on Orthodox Church believers in Ethiopia's Oromia region on October 20 and 24, which left at least 60 dead. It was preceded by the attack on the Orthodox Church of St. George in Jordan last week with 7 dead, as well as recent attacks on Orthodox Churches in Syria.

The massacres in Ethiopia According to humanitarian organizations in the last 4 years another 458 Christians have been murdered in the same region of Ethiopia.

"These attacks are not isolated. They are part of a wider environment of violence and insecurity, in which ancient Christian communities in Africa and the Middle East face threats, displacements and attacks against their religious and cultural presence, especially in Ethiopia and Eritrea", points out Nikolas Farandouris.

The Greek MEP...