NEWS FOR STUDENTS

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  What about the Let’s talk about YES Masterclass?

  From our intern Sanne Blok: Yesterday was the masterclass about sexual consent. We gathered with a group of…

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  Are you our new National Student Coordinator?

  We are looking for three new students to fill the shoes of the current National Student Coordinators (Lea & Nalan).

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  Did you see the ‘Pass the Pride’ video?

  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

  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

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

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  Coronavirus & Human Rights

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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!

  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

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

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

  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!

  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?

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

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  The 30-year anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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”

  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

  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

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

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  Torture and sexual intimidation in Saudi Arabian prisons

  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

  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

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

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  Join an Amnesty Masterclass for students!

  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

  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

  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!

  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!

  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!

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

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  Checkpoint Changemakers: what a weekend!

  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!

  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!

  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’

  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

  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

  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!

  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

  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’

  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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  Last masterclass of the season

  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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  Are you our new National Coordinator Student Groups?

  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

  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!

  “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?

  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

  Wij zoeken voor onze afdeling Educatie een Communicatie stagiair.

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  We stand with the people of Hungary

  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

  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

  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!

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

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  Workshop A Struggle for Peace

  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!

  Yeah Instagram!…

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  Masterclass China en mensenrechten

  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

  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!

  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!

  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

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

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  Masterclass Rusland in Amnesty Huis

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

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