The web lecture entitled ‘A reading of 150 years of Islamic History’ was organized by SYAN / Watan on 7 April. RR invited the interested to attend it in its office and have a discussion about it afterwards.
On 4 April, RR met with the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police and head of ‘Prevent’ Programme, Sir Peter Fahy. RR raised issues regarding airport security checks and police visits to Syrian homes. Both parties expressed their wish to address concerns shared by the Syrian community.
Organized by RR, the talk was delivered by Mr. Nasir Hafezi on 29 March. The talk was followed by a discussion which proved to be very informative for everyone.
RR education team created a Facebook page to help Syrian students wishing to study abroad.
RR met with RAPAR (Refugee and Asylum Seeker Participatory Action Research) on 23 March and discussed issues pertaining to the Syrian community such as the bank account closure campaign and the best ways to deal with the police. RAPAR suggested organizing a know-your-rights workshop in the near future for the Syrian community by the Northern Police Monitoring Project
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