(AINA) -- In a statement issued in Cairo on February 25, 2010, the Egyptian Union for Human Rights (EUHRO) strongly condemned the killings committed aganst the Christians in Iraq, particularly in Mosul. It also criticized the lax attitude taken by the Iraqi Government with regards to the repeated killings of Christians in Mosul and Kirkuk, as well as the demolition of their churches in various parts of Iraq.

The Organization called on the Middle East Council of Churches, the Muslim World League and World Council of Churches to take a a clear and more effective role to save the Christians of Iraq.

Dr. Naguib Ghobraeel, President of EUHRO asserted that EUHRO will file a complaint with the International Council for Human Rights against the Iraqi government, calling for the despatch of a fact-finding mission, as well as preparing arrest warrants for Iraqi officials who are the perpetrators of this crime.

"The Organization affirms that the continued killing of the Christian Iraqis as well as the systematic approach of evacuating Iraq of its Christians, and their forced displacement, is incompatible with the principles of international law," said the statement.

Together with other organizations, the EUHRO is considering holding an international conference to save the Christians of Iraq as well as other Christian minorities persecuted in some countries of the Arab world.

Translated from Arabic by Mary Abdelmassih.