We met with Lucy Powell MP on 15 January in her office in Manchester city centre. This was our first formal meeting with Lucy, so there was a lot to discuss! We outlined our concerns for civilian protection and stressed that without such protection, not only will peace talks fail, but so will the fight against Daesh.
Rethink Rebuild Society signed a statement written by an international coalition group called 'Save our Syria'. This statement highlighted the urgent need for the international community to drop food and humanitarian support to besieged areas in Syria, and to condemn the use of starvation as a weapon of war.
The British Syrian community and supporters will be in Manchester Piccadilly on Saturday, 16 January at 3 pm to call upon the British Government to drop food, not bombs, on Syria.
We had the pleasure of speaking at the Liberal-Democrats' special conference on the Syria vote. This conference was meant to review the party's policy in approaching the December vote on Syria (to bomb Daesh) and to discuss whether this represented the right course of action.
We spoke at an event in London organised by the Muslim Association of Britain on 8 January 2015 titled 'Engaging Communities: A practical response to the refugee crisis'. The event hosted a total of seven speakers from diverse backgrounds, include those who work with refugees from many different perspectives.
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