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 advised MEP Afzal Khan on a speech that he delivered on 16 December to the European Parliament on the shortage of funding to the World Food Programme aid scheme to Syrian refugees.
Afzal stressed that Assad is the root cause of the problem in Syria.
A number of RR representatives attended a two-day politics and media mastercourse by MEND at the BMHC on 6 and 7 December.
This course offered critical insights on navigating the political and media frameworks in this country.
RR took part on 4 December in a workshop run by International Alert aimed at creating a platform that incorporates all Syrian organisations operating in the UK.
The platform will be formally launched on Wednesday 18 February.
RR staff met with Chris Rea, the Chair of Manchester's National Union of Journalists, on 2 December. We were given extremely helpful advice on dealing with the media and formulating a media policy.
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