Rethink Rebuild Society contacted Ambassador Matthew Rycroft, the UK Permanent Representative to the UN, on the 22nd of December 2017 to express our appreciation and encouragement for his displayed solidarity with Karim, the 3-month-year-old baby that partially lost his eye due to Syrian regime shelling of Eastern Ghouta that also killed his mother.
Rethink Rebuild Society contacted the European Commission on the 21st of December 2017 to express our disappointment with Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides's failure to clearly identify and condemn the Syrian regime as the besieger of and main party responsible for the suffering of trapped civilians in Eastern Ghouta.
On Sunday 10th of December, the International Human Rights Day, Amnesty International alongside Rethink Rebuild Society staged a vigil to protest against the siege applied by the Assad regime on civilians in Eastern Ghouta, and the dire humanitarian condition of people trapped inside.
Our Research and Policy Coordinator Bilal Shami was invited on 5th of December 2017 to speak at Saferworld's report launch, "Syria: Playing into their hands" in collaboration with David Keen, Professor at the London School of Economics.
Rethink Rebuild Society (RR) expresses its concern over the possible ramifications that a BBC report expected to be broadcasted tonight might cause in terms of curtailment of crucial aid and development funds channelled to Syria.
