We gave a talk about Syria at Bridgewater High School in Warrington, to 300 students in year 9, along with Refugee Aid NW. We spoke about how the war started, what is happening in Syria and how people can help. The talk was very well received with the students responding by offering to help through donations and volunteering.
Our report on the BBC's biased Syria coverage, which uncovered a dramatic under-reporting of crimes perpetrated by Assad and Russia, has been completely ignored by the BBC. We need your help to ensure that the BBC is held to account!
#BBCSyriaReport available at http://rrsoc.org/node/746
Our General Manager, Mr Taha Saadelddin, attended on the 27th and the 28 of February 2017 the Syrian Diaspora Business Forum hosted by the World Bank Group in Eschborn, Germany.
The workshop was a joint effort of the WBG, GIZ, UK AID, CMI, IOM, CIIP and other partners.
We were invited to attend and speak at the launch of Preston City of Sanctuary. Preston City of Sanctuary are a network of volunteers, professionals and organisations committed to supporting new citizens and our multicultural communities with the two way integration process by:
We held a film screening of Inside Out at our community centre on 26th February 2017.
Rethink Rebuild Society in collaboration with Foundation for Science and Technology and Civilisation organised an interactive workshop for young Syrian refugees who are between 15-20 years old. The workshop presented information about different types of sports, their origin and the advantages of participating in them.
We joined the vigil of the "Families for Freedom" group who stood outside the UN headquarters in Geneva to remind the Syrian negotiators of the plight of the detainees in the Assad's prisons.
We attended an event called 'Jordan Hattar: Voices of Palestine and Syria' on 24 February sponsored by Manchester University's Action for Palestine society. This event hosted American humanitarian activist Jordan Hattar share some of his experiences from the Jordanian Syrian refugee camps.
We were part of the Syrian civil society representatives who went to Geneva to make clear that all parties to the conflict attending the new round of peace talks must prioritise the needs of Syrians inside Syria.
Our report 'Altering the Trends: The BBC's Biased Reporting on the Syrian Conflict' released on 21 February has received press coverage in both English and Arabic media. The report, available here, detailed the BBC's bias in reporting on the Syrian conflict through an analysis of over 300 BBC online articles.
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