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| Founded | November 2011 |
|---|---|
| Type |
Non-profit NGO |
| Location |
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| Services | achieve social, cultural and political change in the Syrian state and society |
| Fields | Media attention, awareness campaigns, peaceful struggle and civil resistance |
Members | 120 |
| Website | www.alharak.org |
The Syrian Nonviolence Movement is a non-governmental organization formed in 2011 by a group of Syrian activists. They believe in peaceful struggle and civil resistance as a way to achieve social, cultural and political change in the Syrian state and society.[1]
The organization aims to spread awareness about how the change should happen in the society with no violence and through non-violence tactics.[2]
Projects[]
Dignity Strike[]
Syrian Nonviolence Movement has conducted several grassroots initiatives since the beginning of the Syrian revolution, such as karamah Strike (known as "Dignity Strike in Syria") [3][4]
Freedom Days[]
The group gathered other non-violence groups under an umbrella called "Freedom Days" which organized and planned many non-violent activities and projects during the Syrian Revolution
Non-violence Map[]
The Syrian Nonviolence Movement produced a map of nonviolence activities during the Syrian Civil War. The interactive map visualize many civil initiatives that were emerged during the civil war [5][6]
References[]
- ↑ "About SNM". Syrian Nonviolence Movement website. http://www.alharak.org/about-snm.html. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
- ↑ "Exiled Syrian activist calls for international pressure on Assad". Amnesty International. 29 May 2012. http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/exiled-syrian-activist-calls-international-pressure-assad-2012-05-29. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
- ↑ "Syria: The virtue of civil disobedience". Aljazeera. 6 Apr 2012. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/04/20124283638298672.html. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
- ↑ "Dignity Strike: The virtue of civil disobedience". Global Arab Network. http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.com/2011120712286/Syria-Politics/syrian-revolution-calls-for-dignity-strike-to-topple-the-assad-regime.html. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
- ↑ Benedict, Kristyan. "A Map of Non-Violent Activism in Syria". Amnesty International Blog. Amnesty International. http://www2.amnesty.org.uk/blogs/campaigns/map-non-violent-activism-syria. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ↑ "A web of non-violence". Aljazeera Stream. http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201307042123-0022882. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
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