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Education resources on freedom of expression

Amnesty International Youth Awards 2016
Amnesty International Youth Awards 2016

Empower students to defend and promote the right to freedom of expression.

Activities

Writing in Impossible Circumstances

Two downloadable lessons for students aged 11+ produced by Amnesty, and the Anne Frank Trust.

Online Learning

Speaking Out for Freedom of Expression

By the end of this course you will be able to:

  • Explain what the right to freedom of expression is
  • Outline common threats to freedom of expression
  • Take action to defend and promote the right to freedom of expression.

Freedom of Expression – A Fundamental Right

This short course will equip you with the knowledge to understand and claim your right to freedom of expression, and the skills and confidence to take action to defend it.

The Right to Protest 

Learn why protest is protected by human rights, how the freedom to protest is under threat throughout the world, and how you can defend your right to protest. 

Protect the Protest: Using Our Rights to Freedom of Assembly and Expression

Investigate the concept of protesting as a tool for social change, as well as how the freedom to protest is under threat.

Freedom of Peaceful Assemblies: Notifying Authorities

Learn how ordinary citizens, whose protests were not authorised by Russian authorities, took their case to the European Court of Human Rights and won.

Freedom of Peaceful Assemblies: Protection of Protestors

Learn how a group of activists in Georgia appealed to the European Court of Human Rights for a judgement in protecting their right to safely conduct a march against homophobia without fear of violent counter-demonstrations.

People, Power and Politics: Influencing Political Decision-Makers on Human Rights

Build your knowledge of human rights and British politics and learn key strategies to influence and advocate for human rights. In this free course, you will gain deeper understanding of the UK political system and human rights to help you advocate for change.

Police and Human Rights

The course will give you a basic understanding of the international human rights laws and standards applicable in law enforcement. You will learn the fundamental human rights principles governing police work; and learn when police can use force (and when not), including the rules that should govern the use of different weapons, and how human rights compliant policing of protests should look like.

Protect the Protest - UK

Learn about the right to Freedom of Assembly and Expression, from a UK perspective. In this free course you will investigate the concept of protesting as a tool for social change, as well as how the freedom to protest is under threat.

Right to Protest - Global

Learn why protest is protected by human rights, how the freedom to protest is under threat throughout the world, and how you can defend your right to protest.

Your right to protest in Scotland

Amnesty Scotland and JRS Knowhow collaborated to create legal educational materials about the right to protest in Scotland. Do you know about your rights?