We are proud to report that the Syria Solidarity Movement was able to sponsor 22 delegates from Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, France, South Africa, Palestine, Lebanon, the US, Australia, and the UK to attend an international trade union solidarity conference in Damascus, Syria, September 8-9, 2019. These included Ajamu Baraka, …
Read More »Dispatches from the Election Observation Team in Syria: June 3: Election day
On election day, teams of observers were sent to Sweida, Homs, Tartous, Latakia and of course Damascus. In many cases, they were split into smaller teams at these sites, and also met with teams from other countries, including Uganda, Russia, North Korea and others. A team of parliamentarians from several …
Read More »Dispatches from the Syria Election Observation Teams: May 31, Gathering in Beirut and Tehran
Over the last three days, around thirty human rights advocates and activists from several countries scrambled to get their tickets and visas to go to Syria. Most of them arrived today in either of the two cities, whichever was logistically easier. The Iranian NGO, International Union of Unified Ummah is …
Read More »VOICES for PEACE in SYRIA
Attached here is the Voices for Peace in Syria May, 2014, newsletter, observations from an international Peace Pilgrimage to Syria in April, 2014. VPS_May2014
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