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Community Organiser (Networks and Coordinators)

Latest post
Jun 20 2024 11:47AM
Sri Lanka - Protect the Protest

A new campaign on the Families of the Disappeared coming soon.

Latest post
Jun 19 2024 5:09PM
Pride is a Protest - in solidarity and in defiance

Why this year I’ll be at the Dyke March and not ‘Pride in London’.

About me

I am the Refugee and Migrant Rights Programme Director at Amnesty International UK. My areas of expertise include forced migration, and UK policy and practice on immigration, asylum and citizenship where I have extensive experience. I have worked on successive immigration bills since 2006 and I wrote Amnesty’s response to the Home Office Windrush lessons learned review. Follow me @stevesymondsAI

Latest post
Jun 18 2024 10:00AM
Refugee Week 2024: What does Seeking Asylum have to do with Home?

Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK’s Refugee & Migrant Rights Programme Director, explores the theme of this year’s Refugee Week: Home.

Latest post
May 8 2024 11:35AM
Cass Review on Gender Identity

Today (Wednesday May 8th) some MSPs will debate the findings of the Cass Review - a review of Gender Identity services in England. This follows an evidence session from its author, Dr. Hilary Cass to the Scottish Parliament’s Health...

About me

Campaign Manager - Crisis & Tactical. My current focus is managing our Syria and Israel/Palestine work as well as ensuring we respond effectively to crisis situations.

Likes - Traveling, footy, dogs (mine), good food, climbing, drumming, good music (jazz, funk, unclassified and my own, floating in the sea, not getting caught.

You can find me on Twitter as @KreaseChan

 

Latest post
Apr 26 2024 6:41PM
Life in Gaza - We are Human

By Areej AlGhazzawi Where are we going? Our future is unknown. We struggle from day to day under Israel's vicious assault on our ability to live. Before October 7, I could smile despite the endless obstacles imposed on our blockaded...