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6th of March - 16th of March 2006:
Amnesty International Student groups take part in the hitch hiking event "Can I Get a Right?" to Belarus.

Read their experiences on this weblog.

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  • [5], [6]

    Germany:

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    Latvia:

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    Netherlands:

  • [1], [3], [4], [5]

    Other:

  • [5], [6]

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Thursday, March 16

Hitchhikers speak (6)

J on the 14th of March:

"Today we hitch hiked from with Pieter and Minke from Warschau to Bialystok. The others stayed in Warsaw for a campaign at the Belarusian embassy. We took off earlier because we were invited to speak about the hitch hiking event at the law department of the university. The hitch hiking went really well. The four of us got a ride within 2 minutes! We were meeting each other half way in a little town to show our jeans solidarity with the oppressed in Belarus. We cut our jeans in pieces and gave these away to the inhabitants of this town. We did this to protest against violations of freedom of expression in Belarus. Afterwards we took some great pictures of us standing in the snow in our jeans shorts. Then we needed some real Polish Zubrovka Vodka. To Bialystok we again got a ride really easily. There we met some really nice members of Amnesty Bialystok, with whom we hope to have some great campaigns in the next days in this beautiful town…"

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>> EXTRA <<
Sleep action organised by the LSVB.

Overnight at Museumplein, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Starting date: Saturday 25th of March 2006.
Till: .....

Want to join? Bring your tent and blankets to Museumplein.

>> EXTRA <<


Viewing

  • Official Press Statement (.doc)

  • Our Website
  • RSS/XML feed

Acting

  • Contact Us

Program

  • 6 March:
    Amsterdam, Dam square

    - 14:00: opening with live music (Lucky Fonz III and others);
    - 16:00: Ahmed Aboutaleb, alderman of the city of Amsterdam will officially open 'Can I get a right?'

  • 7 March:
    Bonn, Münster Platz

    - 18-20:00: candlelight diner

  • 8 March:
    Hannover, Janun office, Gobenstrasse 3a

    - 18:00: diner 20:00: film: 'An ordinary president'

  • 9 March:
    Hannover, Town Hall

    - 11:00: welcome 11:30: lunch

  • 9 March:
    Berlin, Karl Kunger Strasse 55

    - 19:00: filmnight organized by Loesje International

  • 10 March:
    Berlin, Alexander Platz

    - 15:00: dictatorial game of goose

  • 12 March:
    Warsaw, Rynek Nowego Miasta

    - 17:00: concert

  • 16 March:
    Bialystok, ul. Rynek Kosciuszki 10

    - 14:00: inflating a large candle; - 17:00: presenting collected signatures for freedom of expression in Belarus;
    - 19:00: burning candles. Wear jeans!

Sponsoring

Want to sponsor this event? Contact us and we will add you to the list of sponsors.

Reading

  • Amnesty International
  • Amnesty UvA NL
  • Amnesty VU NL
  • Belarus16
  • Zubr
  • Global Democracy

Don't be shy

It is possible to participate with the human rights activists in this hitch hiking event or to take down interviews with one of the participants.
For more information, contact us at: canigetaright@gmail.com.

Sponsors

  • Karos Koetstaxi
  • Fietstaxi Amsterdam

The "Disappeared" *

Victor Gonchar, missing since 16 September 1999 Victor Gonchar,
Missing since:
16 September 1999

Anatoly Krasovsky, missing since 16 September 1999 Anatoly Krasovsky,
Missing since:
16 September 1999

Yuri Zakharenko, missing since 7 May 1999 Yuri Zakharenko,
Missing since:
7 May 1999

Dmitri Zavadsky, missing since 7 July 2000 Dmitri Zavadsky,
Missing since:
7 July 2000

* Amnesty International considers that a "disappearance" has occured when there are reasonable grounds to believe that a person has been taken into custody by state agents, yet the authorities deny the victim is held, thus concealing the victim's whereabouts and fate and placing the victim outside the protection of the law. The word is placed in inverted commas by Amnesty International to indicate that it does not accept official explanations that these people have simply vanished. Amnesty International only uses the term "disappearance" for cases which fit this definition and involve government forces. Amnesty International opposes "disappearances" in all cases.

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