RR met with the family of the late Dr Abbas Khan on 18 February in London. We conveyed solidarity from the Syrian community and assured the family that Syrians will never forget those who sacrificed their lives to help the Syrians.
RR was approached in early January by Parliament's Treasury Committee to provide evidence of Syrians' negative experience with banks. However, as seen in this press release,we have declined to engage with the Committee's request because it has declined to explain to us how our evidence will be used or how the investigation will proceed.
RR's policy position on Syria was quoted in an article in the Mancunion Matters which covered MEP Afzal Khan's address to European Parliament on Syria. We were quoted as advocating that Assad is the root cause of the problem in Syria and that he should have no future in power.
RR issued a press release and a joint statement on behalf of Syrian groups and organisations in the UK regarding Assad's interview on BBC. The press release was picked up by BBC Radio Manchester, who invited us to a live interview.
In light of HSBC's most recent scandal of helping its wealthiest customers evade their tax obligations, we issued this press release to shed light on HSBC's deplorable treatment of its Syrian customers.
Our story was featured in this news article.
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