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His Eminence Ignatius Aphrem II, Syriac-Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East (center), with ISHR President Archbishop Prof. Thomas Schirrmacher (next to the patriarch on the right) and ISHR Secretary General Matthias Boehning (next to Schirrmach

‘True security lies in protecting all Syrians,’ Patriarch Aphrem tells human rights leaders following first post-Assad elections

Leaders of the International Society for Human Rights (ISHR) met Monday (Oct. 6) with His Eminence Ignatius Aphrem II, Syriac-Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, in Damascus to discuss the challenges facing Syria’s Christian communities following the country’s first parliamentary elections since the fall of the Assad regime.