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  • Did you see the ‘Pass the Pride’ video?

    Educatie

    Melike & Özgür, two students from the METU University in Ankara (Turkey) are prominent members of a LGBTI+ Solidarity Group.

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  • National Student Action: Pass the Pride

    Educatie

    Write for Rights When we all act together, we are more powerful. That is the driving force behind Write…

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  • Vacancy National Student Groups Coordinator

    Educatie

    Amnesty International the Netherlands has thirteen active Amnesty Student Groups spread across the country.

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  • coronavirus

    Coronavirus & Human Rights

    Educatie

    The coronavirus (COVID-19) has suddenly turned the world of many people upside down. These are difficult times for all of…

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  • Enrol in the free Masterclass Online Course

    Educatie

    We would like to offer you the ‘Amnesty Masterclass Online Course’. This course has been developed specifically to complement the…

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  • Sign the petition against Child Marriage

    Educatie

    Paras from Pakistan was only 14 years old when she was married off to her cousin. Her new husband treated…

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  • Nigerian activist Moses Akatugba in the Netherlands

    Educatie

    Five years ago, during the Write for Rights, thousands of people all over the world took action for Moses…

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  • Stand up for the Rule of Law: Amnesty meet-up 27 November

    Educatie

    Amnesty meet-up + drinks for students ‘Authoritarianism and Illiberalism on the Rise’ 27 November 17.00-19.30 Roeterseilandcampus…

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  • Being an intern at Amnesty’s Education Team

    Educatie

    It was only three weeks ago that I first set foot inside of Amnesty’s office. I would walk by this…

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  • Morocco Summer Youth Camp 2019

    Educatie

    Last week the annual Amnesty International Youth Camp took place in Marrakesh with 40 young people from Norway, Belgium, Italy,…

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  • Meet our festival volunteer Eli!

    Educatie

    While most of you are probably enjoying a well-deserved summer holiday, Amnesty is still fighting ‘The bad guys’! However, we…

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  • Juke on a mission in Budapest Part 4: one fine summer’s day

    Educatie

    After having been a human rights educator at Amnesty the Netherlands for nine years, our colleague Juke Fluitsma joined the…

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  • De Zweedse klimaatactivist Greta Thunberg heeft Amnesty's Ambassador of Conscience award 2019 gewonnen

    We present you our Ambassador of Conscience 2019: climate activist Greta Thunberg

    Educatie

    Climate change activist Greta Thunberg and the Fridays for Future movement of school-children have been honoured with Amnesty International’s Ambassador…

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  • Ready for some action? Kom naar Checkpoint Changemakers!

    Educatie

    In het weekend van 20-22 september organiseert Amnesty Nederland hét actieweekend voor jongeren tussen 16 en 21 jaar. Tijdens Checkpoint…

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  • Wanna be our new National Student Groups Coordinator?

    Educatie

    We currently have a vacancy for a National Student Groups Coordinator! Amnesty International the Netherlands (AINL) has eleven active, creative…

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  • De iconische foto van de demonstrant die in zijn eentje de tanks tegenhield op het Tiananmenplein

    The 30-year anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre

    Educatie

    4 June 2019 marks the 30-year anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre in Beijing, violently ending student-led protests calling for basic…

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  • Raise your voice for human rights in Europe

    Educatie

    On the 23th of May it’s time to vote for the European elections. This is the time European voters can…

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  • AISU on a mission in Hungary

    Educatie

    We the board of Amnesty Student Group Utrecht (AISU), were given the opportunity to help organise the first international…

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  • Upcoming Human Rights Meetups

    Educatie

    Amnesty the Netherlands organises so called Human Rights Meetups a few times a year. On the 15th of May the…

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  • YOUth ACT- A youth conference focusing on human rights and social justice

    Educatie

    The Amsterdam-based student teams of Amnesty and UNICEF have united forces to host a youth conference “YOUth ACT”. During…

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  • Juke on a mission part 3: “You have the right to know”

    Educatie

    They were everywhere, Juncker and Soros, their grinning faces on huge billboards along the high way, on posters at bus…

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  • Meet the activists at the Movies that Matter festival

    Educatie

    When in October 2015 a 10,5 per cent increase of tuition fees was announced at Witwatersrand (Wits) University in Johannesburg…

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  • Juke on a mission in Budapest Part 2: Amnesty Freedom Clubs

    Educatie

    It took three consecutive weekends of travelling on sweltering hot busses and packed trains for hours on end to the…

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  • Iman al-Nafjan, Aziza al-Youssef en Ruqayyah al-Mhareb, die opkwamen voor de rechten van vrouwen zijn in Saudi-Arabië vrijgelaten Loujain al-Hathloul, Nassima al-Sada en Samar Badawi zitten nog vast.

    Torture and sexual intimidation in Saudi Arabian prisons

    Educatie

    At least ten female human rights activists are being held and tortured in Saudi Arabian prisons since May 2018. New…

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  • Juke on a mission in Budapest: Brave Hungarians

    Educatie

    In this first of a series of blogs, she shares her experiences with (student) activism in the country of Goullash, thermal baths, Orbán.

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  • Last Masterclass of the year

    Educatie

    Saturday 1 December we had 35 students in our office for the Masterclass ‘Write for rights 2018: Who run…

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  • Kicking off the Write for Rights with Zunar!

    Educatie

    The biggest Amnesty action has to be the Write for Rights. Every year the Write for Rights starts on 20…

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  • Join an Amnesty Masterclass for students!

    Educatie

    Amnesty International offers free Masterclasses for students about human rights in practice. Each time we discuss a different specific human…

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  • From red to pink: LGBTI Rights in China

    Educatie

    Ever since president Xi Jinping came to power, the human rights situation in China has deteriorated.

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  • Discussing the human rights situation in Brazil

    Educatie

    The highly controversial politician Jair Messias Bolsonaro won the first round of the presidential elections in Brazil. Bolsonaro got 46% of the votes.

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  • Saturday, education training time!

    Educatie

    Good news for all the students of primary schools, high schools, MBO and HBO: there are new, freshly trained guest…

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  • Annelie was there: The Masterclass Poland!

    Educatie

    Last week was the first Saturday Masterclass of the season. The director of Amnesty Poland, Draginja Nadazdin, was present to…

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  • We are hiring!

    Educatie

    Yes! We have a new vacancy for a volunteer! Interested? Check it out!…

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  • Checkpoint Changemakers: what a weekend!

    Educatie

    This Friday was a real ‘friyay’ for us. It was the start of Checkpoint Changemakers in Tilburg, the youth weekend…

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  • Meet a real-life LGBTI-activist from Poland!

    Educatie

    On 6 October we are organizing a masterclass about the human Rights situation in Poland. In addition to three interesting…

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  • Take action for Women’s Rights Activists!

    Educatie

    On 4 October Amnesty will protest against the imprisonment of women’s rights activists from Saudi-Arabia. Women in Saudi-Arabia are now…

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  • Masterclass ‘the Right to Protest’

    Educatie

    Last week we had our first Masterclass of the new study year. Together with 45 students we discussed the…

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  • Poland: the Power of the Street

    Educatie

    Poland was, as expected, recently suspended as a member of the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary (ENJC). The…

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  • International Youth Camp Morocco 2018

    Educatie

    From 1 till 6 September the 20th edition of the International Youth Camp Morocco took place in Marrakech. Two of…

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  • I survived my first week as an intern!

    Educatie

    Hi, my name is Annelie and I’m the new intern at the education department of Amnesty International. I was able…

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  • Stagiair(e) gezocht voor 10 december: De schrijfmarathon

    Educatie

    Zoek je een interessante stageplaats in een dynamische werkomgeving? Interesseer jij je in mensenrechten en wil je werken aan onze Schrijfmarathon?

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  • Book presentation: ‘The Killing Season’

    Educatie

    On June 26th, 2018 an outstanding study on the human rights violations in Indonesia in 1965-66 will be presented in…

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  • Students in action for democracy in Hungary

    Last masterclass of the season

    Educatie

    Spend your free Saturday visiting a masterclass? That sure doesn’t sound very student-like. Nonetheless, me and about 50 other students…

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  • Amnesty International Studentgroup Amsterdam

    Are you our new National Coordinator Student Groups?

    Educatie

    We are looking for a National Coordinator Student Groups (Volunteer position), for around 8-10 hours a month. Amnesty International the…

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  • Masterclass SPIL

    Educatie

    On 8 May we had study association SPIL from Leiden over for a Masterclass in our office. Together with our…

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  • Maak het verschil, check in and become a changemaker!

    Educatie

    “This was it! Een aaneenschakeling van leerrijke, mooie, motiverende momenten, tussen de inspirerende gesprekken heen.” Op 28 september gaat…

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  • What is going on in Illiberal democracy Hungary?

    Educatie

    In July 2014, Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán gave what has come to be known as his “illiberal democracy” speech in Băile Tuşnad, Romania.

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  • Communicatie stagiair op de Educatie-afdeling

    Educatie

    Wij zoeken voor onze afdeling Educatie een Communicatie stagiair.

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  • Solidariteitsactie van Amnesty Nederland voor collega's in Hongarije

    We stand with the people of Hungary

    Educatie

    Human rights defenders in Hungary badly need our solidarity. They are under great pressure since the Fidesz Party of Prime…

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  • Masterclass HURICAP

    Educatie

    On the 9th of March some students from the Faculty Association EOS from the VU came over for a Masterclass.

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  • Masterclass Leeuwarden

    Educatie

    Last week we went all the way to the Thorbecke Academy in Leeuwarden for a masterclass. Together with students studying…

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  • A successful first masterclass of the year!

    Educatie

    On 16 February we had a group of 50 future anthropologists from study association Djembé in our Amnesty house for…

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  • Azza Soliman

    Workshop A Struggle for Peace

    Educatie

    Want to know more about the limitations of knowledge, identity and power? Come to the congress ‘A Struggle for Peace’…

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  • Instagram for students!

    Educatie

    Yeah Instagram!…

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  • Masterclass China en mensenrechten

    Educatie

    Afgelopen vrijdag hadden we een kleine 40 studenten in huis voor alweer een masterclass. Ditmaal spraken we over shrinking space,…

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  • HKU en HvA studenten in Amnesty Huis voor studiepunt

    Educatie

    Deze week stond het Amnesty Huis bol van de studenten. Er waren namelijk verschillende activiteiten om een studiepunt te halen!…

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  • Masterclass Mensenrechten in Egypte drukbezocht!

    Educatie

    Studenten, studenten, ze krijgen geen genoeg van ons. Vrijdag waren er 60 in huis voor de Masterclass Human Rights in…

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  • Nederlandse studenten in Marrakech voor Amnesty Youth Camp!

    Educatie

    Vorige week vond het jaarlijkse Youth Camp plaats in Marrakech georganiseerd door Amnesty Marokko. Het kamp werd voor de 19e…

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  • Esther Kiobel uit Nigeria te gast tijdens de laatste masterclass voor studenten van dit collegejaar

    Educatie

    Afgelopen vrijdag vond de laatste masterclass van dit collegejaar plaats in het Amnesty Huis. Het thema was ‘Business &…

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  • Masterclass Amnesty

    Masterclass Rusland in Amnesty Huis

    Educatie

    Afgelopen zaterdag op 20 mei bezochten 28 enthousiaste studenten het Amnesty Huis in Amsterdam om een Masterclass over mensenrechten in…

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