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Nelson Mandela, an icon of our time, spent a long career in the South African liberation movement, the African National Congress. He served 27 years in jail for his leading role in the anti-apartheid...
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Solidarity Campaigns with Chile were set up all over the Netherlands in response to the brutal overthrow of the democratic Chilean government by a military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet....
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The tourist paradise and the police state may very well go hand and hand. A flourishing tourist sector adds to the economy and the international prestige of a country, political prisoners,...
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A large number of collections at the IISH deal with the press, freedom of the press, and human rights. For World Press Freedom Day the IISH also calls attention to an event from the past, and in...
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On September 4, 1970 Salvador Allende won the presidential elections in Chile. This political event started a unique experiment in Latin America, an experiment that generated much interest in the...
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From the CASA Choir’s photo album, 1990 and 1999. This series is part of a photo gallery on Nelson Mandela.The CASA (Culture in Another South Africa) Choir was founded in Amsterdam in 1987 to...
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Photos of the reactions in The Netherlands to the release of Nelson Mandela , 11 and 17 February 1990. This series is part of a photo gallery on Nelson Mandela.1. AABN activists were joined by anti-...
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Photos of Nelson Mandela’s first visit to the Netherlands, June 1990. This series is part of a photo gallery on Nelson Mandela.1. Winnie and Nelson Mandela on the balcony of the Amsterdam Municipal...
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Photos of the Dutch campaigns for the release of Nelson Mandela, 1976-1989. This series of photos is part of a photo gallery on Nelson Mandela.1. Portrait of Nelson Mandela carried by marchers at a...
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Mandela’s state visit to the Netherlands on 11 and 12 March 1999. This series is part of a photo gallery on Nelson Mandela.1. Royal welcome to President Mandela and Graça Machel at the beginning of...
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