RR Submission to Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee
Tuesday, 15/12/2015
We submitted written evidence to the Foreign Affairs Committee in response to its inquiry on 'The fight against ISIL: the UK's role'.
We submitted written evidence to the Foreign Affairs Committee in response to its inquiry on 'The fight against ISIL: the UK's role'.
Dr Haytham Alhamwi, RR Managing Director, gave a lecture on Saturday 12 December 2015 to the young students at Altrincham mosque about Jihad in Islam. He explained to them why ISIL is wrong and why their actions are illegal in Islam. He also informed the students of the brutality that ISIL is committing in Syria.
On 9 December RR Managing Director, Dr Haytham Alhamwi, met Andrew Mitchell MP, Co-chair of the Syria All-Party Parliamentary Group
Mr Mitchell insisted that we should focus on making the political process successful. While we agreed, we informed Mr Mitchell that our top priority as Syrians is civilian protection primarily from Assad's barrel bombs.
On the margins of Amnesty UK’s Human Rights Day event at the Speaker's House in Parliament, Dr Haytham Alhamwi, RR managing director, had quick chats with the Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn and Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell. The chats focused on the importance of stopping Assad’s barrel bombs to achieve any success in the political track.
Dr Haytham Alhamwi, RR's Managing Director, gave a speech at Amnesty UK’s Human Rights Day event at Speaker's House in Parliament on 9 December 2015.
Dr Alhamwi talked about the work of Amnesty through his experience as a political prisoner in Syria and as a relative of many prisoners of conscience.
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