Our Development Coordinator participated in a panel on Risks and Challenges in Migration contexts: What will the new governance model need to address? And How? What will it look like? This was as part of the 6th Annual Seminar on Advancing Good Governance in International Development, held at Rhodes House, Oxford University on the 8th of June.
We hosted a free film screening on Sunday 7th May of Channel 4's documentary 'Syria's Disappeared: The Case Against Assad', in association with Manchester Amnesty International.
Dr Haytham Alhamwi, RR Advocacy Director, delivered a talk to Manchester University's Moral Geographies students on Thursday 27 April. The title of the talk was "Borders and Freedom of Movement from a Refugee's Perspective". He talked about what life was like in Syria and why Syrians are fleeing their homeland.
We hosted human rights activist Peter Thatchell for an event on 26 April titled 'Syria: The Democratic Revolution Continues'. This event was hosted at Manchester University in collaboration with the University Politics Society.
We held an event at our centre on 19 April with Gorton Labour candidate for MP Afzal Khan. Afzal discussed the importance of being engaged in the political process and of making our voices heard. He also took questions from the audience on Syria and Libya, and stressed his long-standing opposition to the Assad regime.
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