Amnesty International

We would like to invite you to our first General Meeting of 2012, taking place next Tuesday, 24th January, at 19.30 in the Mondiaal Centrum (Cortenstraat 4). As always, we would like to encourage you again to spread the word among your friends. Anyone who is interested in joining can do so, also in the middle of the year.
We are looking forward to seeing you! =)

Unfortunately our board-member Kirsten had to leave us before the Christmas break. She finished her studies in Maastricht and is doing an internship at the moment. We wish her all the best for her future and are glad to inform you that we found two new board members: Abdulla studying at the United World College Maastricht, and Shafferan, doing her Master at the Law Faculty.

Monday 16 January, 19h30 • Filmtheater Lumière Bogaardenstraat 40b • students €4 / others €6
credits: Murad Ben Cheikh, Tunisia 2011, 72 min., Arab language, English subtitles

On Monday we will be screening the first Movies that Matter film of the new year:

“No More Fear” - A raw and passionate feature length documentary about the Tunisian revolution.

 What we have come to know as the Arab Spring began in the Tunisian city of Sidi Bouazid, when 26-year-old street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi - humiliated by an encounter with a local police officer - set himself on fire in protest. Documentary filmmaker Murad Ben Cheikh was there to capture the protests that erupted after Bouazizi’s death, and he followed the uprising as it grew into a genuine revolution.

We wish you nice holidays and hope to see you back in January!

The AIMS board

Within the framework of this years human rights day, AIMS has been organizing two events:

Monday, 12th of December at 7.30 pm at the Lumiere Cinema, Bogaardenstraat 40 b:

Movies that Matters will be screening the film “Plato's Academy”. A tragic comedy on a rather serious subject. A xenophobic kiosk owner in Athens learns the truth about his Albanian ancestry, and the discovery threatens to destroy his closest friendships and upend his world-view.
Afterwards Mrs. Uli Müller, PHD teacher at UCM, will be able to give us some background information on the topic of xenophobia.
 

 
Wednesday, 14th of December at 7 pm in the Staatenzaal of the Law Faculty:

The debate subgroup organized a lecture with the title “Disabled Persons - From Charity Objects to Integrated Citizens “. The lecture will be given by Disability Rights Advocate Jacqueline Schoonheim. For more information see here.

Furthermore we want to invite all AIMS members to join our last General Meeting of this year:

Tuesday, 13th of December at 7.30 pm at the Mondiaal Centrum, Cortenstraat 4:
We want to invite you all to a friendly and cosy evening with christmas cookies and Glühwein.
All together we will write greeting cards to prisoners of conscience around the world to show them that they are not forgotten. This Christmas AIMS will again participate in “The Amnesty International Greetings Card Campaign”!
Everybody is invited to join us writing greetings cards to victims of human rights violations across the world. Additional information, materials and drinks will be provided. It would be nice if you could bring along some cookies or other snacks!

Looking forward to seeing you!