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POLITICAL FREEDOM

POLITICAL FREEDOM. Learning Intentions:. I can define political freedom I am able to apply Human Rights to real life situations I am able to read for information and make decisions about the importance of that information I can confidently contribute to both group and class discussion.

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POLITICAL FREEDOM

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  1. POLITICAL FREEDOM

  2. Learning Intentions: • I can define political freedom • I am able to apply Human Rights to real life situations • I am able to read for information and make decisions about the importance of that information • I can confidently contribute to both group and class discussion

  3. *OPTIONAL SLIDE • TAKE OUT YOUR MOBILES • LOG ONTO FACEBOOK • WRITE DOWN THE FIRST 5 POSTS ON YOUR NEWSFEED

  4. *OPTIONAL SLIDE #2 • WHAT ARE THESE POSTS ABOUT? 2) SHOULD ANY OF THEM BE REMOVED FROM FACEBOOK? • ARE ANY OF THEM ANIT-GOVERNMENT?

  5. FACEBOOK: ARE THERE CERTAIN ASPECTS OF LIFE THAT ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE POSTED ON FACEBOOK?

  6. FACEBOOK: • What would the government considered to be an ‘inappropriate’ post? • What type of posts are removed by Facebook?

  7. WOULD THE GOVERNMENT REMOVE THIS?

  8. Or This?

  9. What About This?

  10. Free Speech? • The first two posts were written by American ex-Marine Brandon J Raub. • His mother claims he was taken by FBI and Secret Service on July 16th 2012 for posting patriotic Facebook posts. • These posts have since been removed from Facebook

  11. ‘We are all Khaled Said…’ • The last Facebook page was created in tribute to Khaled Said, a 28 year old who was tortured, beaten and murdered by the Egyptian government – for voicing his political opinion. • It was this page and post that sparked the Egyptian Revolution

  12. BUT, DOES FREE SPEECH EXISTS?

  13. As you look at each slide, think about what the Human Right is actually saying – what does it mean? • Do you agree/disagree with it? Discuss in your groups • On your sheet, write down an example of this Right either being followed, or being violated.

  14. ‘We all have the right to life, and to live in freedom and safety’

  15. ‘We all have the right to make up our own minds, to think what we like, to say what we think, and to share our ideas with other people wherever they live, through books, radio, television and in other ways’

  16. ‘We all have the right to meet our friends and to work together in peace to defend our rights. Nobody can make us join a group if we don’t want to’

  17. ‘We all have the right to take part in the government of our country. Every grown-up should be allowed to choose their own leaders from time to time and should have a vote which should be made in secret’

  18. ‘We have a right to peace and order so we can all enjoy rights and freedoms in our own country and all over the world’

  19. Real Life Fighters: • Jabeur Mejri: • Arrested and sentenced to 7.5 years in jail. His crime? Publishing articles on, and pictures of, the Prophet Mohamed. • He is considered to be a prisoner of conscience – imprisoned for peacefully exercising his right to freedom of opinion and expression

  20. The Peace Community of San José de Apartadó: • The people of SanJosé de Apartadó (Columbia) founded their Peace Community in orderto live in peace and not be drawn into this armed conflict. • But because of their refusal to take sides, all the warringparties treat them as enemies.Since the Peace Community’s creation in 1997, more than170 of its members and other local people have been killedor have disappeared, while others have been threatened orassaulted.

  21. Aung San Suu Kyi • Spent 15 years under house arrest for political activism in her home country of Burma

  22. Malala:

  23. Your Turn: • You are now to research a key figure(s) in the fight for political freedom. • You will present the biography as a PowerPoint to the class.

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