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The Freedom Lectures

I.s.m. Vfonds

Freedom is something that we in the Netherlands often take for granted. Four times a year, De Balie invites someone who knows from personal experience what it means not to be free. We want to share their stories, spread their message, and learn from their struggle. In the series, De Balie has welcomed freedom fighters like Egyptian writer and activist Nawal el Saadawi, Ugandan LGBT activist Frank Mugisha, and Hungarian journalist Veronika Munk. The Freedom Lecture is made possible by vfonds.

I.s.m. Vfonds

Look back at former Freedom Lectures


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The Freedom lecture: A friendship in Guantánamo Bay

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The Freedom Lecture: Vasyl Cherepanyn. ‘If My Pen Were Worth Your Gun’

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The Freedom Lecture: Nathan Law on Hong Kong

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The Freedom Lecture: Abraham Jiménez Enoa

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Freedom Lecture: FEMEN leader Inna Shevchenko

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Nederland Amsterdam 18 februari 2023. The Freedom Lecture: Iranian resistance . Foto: Jan Boeve / De Balie