Our article on civilian protection in Syria has been published in 'Syria Notes' by the Friends of Syria All-Party Parliamentary Group. We wrote about the imperative for civilian protection and the central role that protection plays in resolving the conflict in Syria.
We participated in an event on 29 February organised by Manchester University's Students Union titled 'Recognise Refugee Rights: Syria'. After the audience watched the documentary 'Departing: Arrivals' which interviews new Syrian refugees to Manchester, the audience heard from:
Our Refugee Support Coordinator Amaf Yousef participated as a speaker in a workshop held by Refugees Welcome Merseyside in Liverpool on 27th February 2016. He shared stories and experiences that Syrians have had in Syria and in neighbouring countries and discussed how these experiences can affect their resettlement to the UK.
On 25 February, a group of over 200 civil society organisations submitted a letter to President Putin reminding him of his country's complicity in war crimes and crimes against humanity. We called on him to stop bombing civilian areas and those controlled by moderate opposition forces and to leave Syria.
On 24 February, our Advocacy and Policy Coordinator gave a presentation on Syria and the responsibility to protect to Juris North, an academic discussion group based in Manchester Metropolitan University.
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