The Amnesty International Aarhus University (AIAU) group consists of English-speaking Danish students and international exchange students working for human rights based at Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
As a student body affiliated with Amnesty International Aarhus, we embrace a multicultural approach to human rights activism. We strongly encourage a diverse range of students to work side by side to deliver Amnesty’s message to the AarhusUniversity campus.
Amnesty International is the world’s largest human rights organisation: A global movement of 3 million supporters across150 countries, independent of government funding or political parties.
In Denmark, 100 000 supporters work for Amnesty to defend human rights and dignity.
Last year alone global statistics showed that:
- 1 in 6 people in the world still live in slums.
- Every 5 minutes somewhere in the world a child is still dying of extreme poverty.
- Torture abuses are still condoned in 111 countries.
- And 55 countries in the world still practice unjust trials for human rights abuses.
We have regular meetings for active members and hold events such as petition signing, holding talks with guest speakers, film screenings and social events for the wider student body on campus.Our message is one of hope triumphing over global injustice through positive activism and the promotion of equal human rights with targeted seasonal campaigning.
This blog will share with you our work and the work of Amnesty International in the fight for human rights.
We also have a Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/AIAUstudentgroup/
And you can follow us on Twitter: @AmnestyIntAU
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