It has been six years since the start of the Syria crisis, another bleak milestone in this dreadful conflict. On 14 march Caabu and Human appeal hosted a joint event to mark the six years hosted by Baroness Sayeeda Warsi.  The speakers included Crispin Blunt, the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee; Lord Dubs, the leading campaigner on refugee rights; the award winning Syrian film-maker Wa'ad al Kataeb as well as Caabu Director, Chris Doyle and the CEO of Human Appeal Othman Moqbel.

Sixteen British Parliamentarians, including former Labour Party leader Ed Miliband and former Cabinet Minister Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, have written to the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to urge an immediate halt to the imminent demolitions by Israel of the Bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar in the West Bank.

On 19 February 2017, the Israeli government issued 40 demolition orders in the Bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar in Area C of the Occupied West Bank. This includes Khan al-Ahmar's school made from disused tyres, funded by the international community.    

A Caabu and Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) Parliamentary delegation have just returned from the West Bank. The delegation from 13-17 February included Scottish National Party (SNP) MPs Margaret Ferrier and Tommy Sheppard and Liberal Democrat Member of the House of Lords and Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, Baroness Sheehan. The delegation had meetings with both Palestinian and Israeli officials, the British Consulate in Jerusalem, the British Embassy in Tel Aviv and was briefed on the current situation in the West Bank and Gaza by the UN.

Syria: Make Human Rights Priority of Geneva Talks
Ending Unlawful Attacks; Access to Aid; Detainee Rights; Justice; Security Sector Reform

I arrived in Doliana, a small village on the border between Albania and Greece, in September 2016. The village was once a thriving town of 3000 people and a local hub, but over the last four decades work has become harder and harder to find in the region and a steady stream of villagers has been leaving for Australia, Germany and Athens. Today, only a few hundred people still live in Doliana full time.

Tunisia event with Charles Tripp

25 January 2017

On 25 January 2017, Caabu hosted an event on Tunisia with Professor Charles Tripp: 'Tunisia: from activist public to the re-founding of the Republic'. The event was chaired by Paula Sherriff MP, who went on a Caabu delegation in September 2015.

Hebron - where settlers rule  by Chris Doyle

17 November 2016

Syria Peace Talks Must Unlock Humanitarian Access
23 January 2017

(Caabu joined over 100 international NGOS calling for more to be done to ease humanitarian situation for Syrians)