On the 17th of April, our Research & Policy Coordinator Bilal Shami spoke to BBC Radio Manchester's Chelsea At Breakfast programme. He discussed the UK's latest military response to the Syrian regime's suspected use of chemical weapons, and urged for a comprehensive strategy that ends the conflict and reignites Syrians' hope for democracy in their country.
Rethink Rebuild Society's work was acknowledged during a parliamentary debate in Westminster on April 16th on the UK's recent military action in Syria. Alison McGovern MP quoted RR's lamenting of the absence of a UK strategy on ending the Syrian conflict, and proposed a framework of how that strategy should look like.
Our Research & Policy Coordinator Bilal Shami gave an interview on BBC Radio Kent discussing the UK's military response to the chemical attack in Douma on April 7th, and the need to stop all kinds of atrocities by the Syrian regime - not just chemical weapons - in order to stop the conflict, facilitate a political process, and bring justice to the victims of this war.
Our Research & Policy Coordinator Bilal Shami was live on BBC Breakfast to comment on the UK's military response to the Assad regime's suspected use of chemical weapons in Douma, Eastern Ghouta, on April 7th.
Our Research & Policy Coordinator delivered a presentation on 14 April on Syrian women in Assad regime prisons as part of an event for International Women’s Day titled ‘Plight of Women Prisoners’. This event discussed the situation of women prisoners in Pakistan (Dr Aafia Siddiqui), Syria, Palestine, Kashmir, and Iraq.
