As part of its ongoing Conflict Café series, the Imperial War Museum (IWM) on the 17th February gathered members of the Syrian community as well as filmmakers and journalists, all of whom have experienced the conflict on the ground, to hear their personal stories and to ask questions in an informal setting.
Rethink Rebuild Society and Amnesty International Manchester Group organised on Saturday 17 February 2018 a free screening of the Oscar winning documentary "The White Helmets".
The screening was followed by a Q&A with the director Orlando von Einsiedel and Khaled Khatib, the Cinematographer who filmed most of the scenes, both on Skype.
The exhibition ‘Silenced Voices: Syrian Women in Assad’s prison’, organised by Rethink Rebuild Society, was showcased at Leeds University Union on Wednesday 14th February 2018 to raise awareness of the real-life stories of women who have been imprisoned in Syria since 2011.
Rethink Rebuild Society released a statement pleading Britain and the international community to put an end to the escalation in violence witnessed across Syria over the past weeks. At a supposed stage of de-escalation, civilians in Idlid, Eastern Ghouta, and Afrin remain highly vulnerable to attacks from conflict parties.
Our Research & Policy Coordinator Bilal Shami gave a statement to the New Arab newspaper (in Arabic) on the BBC's coverage of the Syrian conflict.
