Tuesday, February 28
Publicity! (1)
The Dutch Metro (an in public transport free distributed news paper) interviewed one of our participants: Anna Kogut.
Below you will find a translation of the article called "Eén minuut" ("One Minute") by Erik Jonk.
A: student and volunteer for Amnesty International
www.canigetaright.org
The Amnesty International Student group of Amsterdam is busy planning an international hitch hiking event to Belarus.
At the 16th of March, three days before the elections will take place overthere, they would like to address the severe violations of human rights in the last dictatorship of Europe.
◗ There is no train transport to the country?
◗ ◗ This time, for once, we won't go with public transport! We chose hitch hiking in order to be able to reach many people and make clear to them how severe the human rights situation is in this country bordering the European Union.
◗ What's wrong in this country?
◗ ◗ Several things. Critics disappear, opponents are sent to labour camps, protesters are put into administrative detention and excessive police violence and torture are not excluded; there is no independent media, in short: a dictatorship.
◗ Do you work together with other students from other countries?
◗ ◗ German and Polish students within Amnesty are very active on Belarus. Our other aim with this hitch hiking event is to visit these groups in order to establish a long-term cooperation.
◗ You have a shortage of men... Explain to us!
◗ ◗ Surprisingly more adventurous women will join our event than men, ha! We would like to solve this problem to ask politicians - tradtionally often male - to offer us a ride. Call it a carpool for Belarus. By the way, we will be able to connect each hitch hiker to someone else.
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