SYRIA: Where Are the Missing Brides of Peace? Women Activists Who Protested About Violence in Syria - and Were Dragged off to Jail in their Wedding Dresses

Date: 
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Source: 
Mail Online
Countries: 
Asia
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Marched through the middle a market in Damascus carrying red banners that read 'Stop all military operations in Syria. 100% Syrian'
Rima Dali, Rowa Jafar, and sisters Kinda and Lobna Zaour were immediately detained by Syrian security forces

Four young Syrian women who staged a women's march against violence dressed in wedding dresses are now in jail.
The 'Brides of Peace' marched through the middle of Medhat Basha market in Damascus, Syria carrying red banners with white lettering that read 'Stop all military operations in Syria. 100% Syrian.'

But Rima Dali, Rowa Jafar, and sisters Kinda and Lobna Zaour were immediately detained and denied due process by Syrian security forces last week.

Footage of their march was put out immediately by Freedom Days Syria, an umbrella organization coordinating over a dozen nonviolent resistance groups inside Syria, reported Fellowship of Reconciliation.

Their imprisonment has caused a massive surge of support for the activists and women from across the world posed for photos of themselves dressed in white gowns holding red and white signs that reflect the message of the 'Brides of Peace.'

It is not the first time Rima Dali, 32, a lawyer, has been stopped by authorities. Protest: The 'Brides of Peace' marched through the middle of Medhat Basha market in Damascus, Syria carrying red banners with white lettering that read 'Stop all military operations in Syria. 100% Syrian

In April the 33-year-old was reportedly arrested in Damascus as she staged a bold protest outside the Syrian Parliament building, standing in traffic with a banner that read, 'Stop the killing, so we can build a country for all Syrians.'

Video posted on YouTube showed several other women standing nearby, applauding the action.

Ms Dali wore a red dress splattered with white paint to symbolize the blood of innocents that has been shed in Syria during the past year.