Tessa van der Sande, a 27-year-old activist from Netherlands who worked for Amnesty International's Africa program, was one of the occupants of downed flight MH17, according to Amnesty International Netherlands.
The organization said Tessa was an employee of Amnesty's Special Program on Africa.
Tessa's parents and her brother also died in the crash. They were traveling to Indonesia for a family holiday.
Our thoughts go out to all who lost loved ones to flight #MH17, including friends & family of Tessa van der Sande, an @amnestynl colleague
