Advocacy

In furtherance of its charitable objectives, RR strives to raise awareness on issues related to refugees and immigrants within the British landscape through work on policy and media. Because of our daily work with Syrian refugees, we serve as a critical source of information on the Syrian conflict for journalists and through our professional relationships with these journalists we work on the framework by which refugee crises, particularly in Syria, are discussed. RR also organises seminars and hosts academic conferences that draw in leading academics and community organisers for discussion and insight on often overlooked aspects of the Syrian conflict and other conflicts in the region.
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Statement: Solidarity with the Women of Daraya

Monday, 11/04/2016

We signed onto a statement dated 11 April following the urgent call of women in Daraya for food drops. Given the unrelenting siege that is affecting them and other areas within Syria, we are again calling upon the UK Government to conduct air drops of food and medical supplies on besieged areas.

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Press Release: Panama Papers: HSBC lobbies for Syria’s poster boy of corruption, then closes accounts of ordinary Syrian nationals

Friday, 08/04/2016

We issued a press release on 8 April in light of recent findings of the Panama Papers pertaining to Syria. These papers reveal that HSBC, which has long been accused of arbitrarily closing the bank accounts of Syrian nationals, lobbied to maintain the Swiss bank accounts of Syria’s icon of corruption, Rami Makhlouf, after he had been sanctioned by both the US and the EU.

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HSBC shuts accounts of Syrians in UK after 'lobbying' for Assad's cousin

Friday, 08/04/2016

An article in the Middle East Eye on 8 April draws a link between Rethink Rebuild Society's bank campaign and recent revelations of the Panama papers. Rethink Rebuild Society initiated a campaign in 2014 to expose discriminatory practices of banks against Syrian individuals and organisations. HSBC was one of the main targets of this campaign.

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Statement: Syrian Ceasefire in Danger as Syrian Civilians Appeal for Protection

Thursday, 07/04/2016

A group of Syrian civil society organisations under the name of 'Save Our Syria' released a statement on 7 April 2016 regarding violations of the ceasefire agreement. We stressed that there must be consequences for any violation of the ceasefire and also pressed the urgency of the situation on the ground.

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Assad's minister for TOURISM shares a stage with former Archbishop of Canterbury and three members of the House of Lords just 24 hours after 'sarin gas' massacre in Syria

Tuesday, 05/04/2016

A Daily Mail article on 5 April shed light on the pro-Assad EuroCSE conference taking place in London on 5-6 April. This conference is hosting pro-Assad speakers including two ministers from the Assad regime.

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