Syria Eight Years on by Chris Doyle
15 March 2019
Eight years of multiple conflicts in Syria. Such has been the drop off in news coverage, many have reached the erroneous conclusion that these wars are over. They are not. In fact, it would not be a shock to be marking nine or even ten years of conflict in the coming years.
Five cross-party MPs have written to Foreign Office and Department for International Development Minister Alistair Burt, urging the Government to support the UN Human Rights Council Commission of Inquiry report on protests in Gaza, backing the endorsement of it by ten UK-based humanitarian, development, human rights and faith organisations, including Caabu.
On 28 February 2019, the UK will host an important conference on Jordan looking at the opportunities for economic transformation, with a particular focus on youth, women and refugees.
The Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Jordan Group and Caabu Chair, Rt Hon David Jones MP said:
At International Development Questions on 13 February 2019, Caabu board member Rt Hon Alistair Carmichael MP raised the issue of accountability for killings in Gaza with International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt MP, and what the UK was doing to ensure the safety of heath workers in Gaza. He said:
Caabu Press Release: Caabu welcomes UK government confirmation that post-Brexit UK trade agreement with Israel does not include illegal settlements
12 February 2019
Caabu is delighted to be partnering with Qatar Foundation International, who kindly supports our education work. A not-for-profit organisation, QFI, LLC is a U.S.- based member of Qatar Foundation (QF) and is focused on grant-giving and programmatic activities that promote education as a force that facilitates collaboration across geographical, social and cultural boundaries. To learn more about QFI please visit: www.qfi.org
Caabu remains extremely concerned about the situation in Yemen where millions are facing starvation. It is vital that the UK and other key international actors do everything possible not just to see the Stockholm Agreement of December 2018 implemented but built upon to bring about a lasting political solution to this dreadful conflict.
Caabu would like to invite you to a humanitarian briefing on the occupied Palestinian territory with Jamie McGoldrick, the UN's Humanitarian Co-ordinator in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. He will discuss the impact of the recurrent violence and chronic challenges on the people and economy in Gaza, and the coercive environment in the West Bank.
Human rights lawyer and former PLO legal advisor, Diana Buttu, spoke at a Palestine APPG event in Parliament and at an event hosted by PSC, Makan and Caabu at the Unite the Union on 24 and 25 January 2019. She discussed the shifts in US policy towards Israel and Palestine under president Trump, the withdrawal of US funding for UNRWA and the growing crisis that Palestinian refugees face.
