Founded | November 2011 |
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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 |
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.
The organization aims to spread awareness about how change should happen in society with no violence and through non-violence tactics.
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")
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 visualizes many civil initiatives that emerged during the civil war
References
- "About SNM". Syrian Nonviolence Movement website. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
- "Exiled Syrian activist calls for international pressure on Assad". Amnesty International. 29 May 2012. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
- "Syria: The virtue of civil disobedience". Aljazeera. 6 Apr 2012. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
- "Dignity Strike: The virtue of civil disobedience". Global Arab Network. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
- Benedict, Kristyan. "A Map of Non-Violent Activism in Syria". Amnesty International Blog. Amnesty International. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- "A web of non-violence". Aljazeera Stream. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
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