Imagine not having the right of deciding what you want to wear in the morning or expressing your opinion in school or at home. This is what people all over the world deal with every day. Can you blame them for getting angry about it? Protests have recently broke out all over the world and they seem to be trying to achieve the same thing: Government reforms and basic human rights. With more protests and limited rights, Political prisoners is a global problem and has gained major attention.
Growing up with the privilege of freedom of speech is normal, but in many other countries that is not a right. From looking at other countries, I learned how brutal punishments can be for speaking out against the government or sharing beliefs. The main issue …show more content…
Myanmar has released over 3,000 prisoners and set up a “scrutinizing committee” to see who should be released and who is actually guilty ("Only Three Political Prisoners among Thousands Released in Myanmar.").Egypt has confirmed that they are no longer holding political prisoners that weren’t charged with anything, as well as Uzbekistan. Colombia has begun to look into the citizen’s demands of prison reforms and have come to an agreement for improvements. Political leaders that have charges against them are being arrested for human rights violations ("Chile Arrests Ex-Pinochet Minister over Killings of Political Prisoners.")
The greatest cause to this problem is the corrupt governments and the lack of basic human rights. If many of these countries with protests had clean governments a lot of the protests wouldn’t be going on right now. Some protests have been about minimal human rights. With more human rights a lot of the problems that exist wouldn’t be a problem. These issues are causing problems for other countries. Some Americans when they travel to China are being taken and put under arrest for talking about the government. Americans are immune to freedom of speech which is something taken for …show more content…
Children in Sudan are being forced into the army, this relates to my topic because Sudan is a country that is protesting for government reforms and a lot of the protesters are school students. Not having a say with what you do with your life is so hard to even comprehend. We are all talking about the lack of civil rights in the world and on many occasions I learned about the things that are taken away from people every day because of lack of rights. Outside of my core concept, there was still similarities that could be found. Every day there are new protests that are breaking out everywhere you look. Even in our own country. We see how human rights effects everybody in their daily life whether you notice it or not. If it’s government, environment concerns, or religious conflict, it is still related back to human rights or lack of. Religious conflict can be shown in protesters with the lack of freedom of religion. In government, it can be shown in the lack of freedom of speech. There are so many basic rights that aren’t represented all over the world and in so many different
Growing up with the privilege of freedom of speech is normal, but in many other countries that is not a right. From looking at other countries, I learned how brutal punishments can be for speaking out against the government or sharing beliefs. The main issue …show more content…
Myanmar has released over 3,000 prisoners and set up a “scrutinizing committee” to see who should be released and who is actually guilty ("Only Three Political Prisoners among Thousands Released in Myanmar.").Egypt has confirmed that they are no longer holding political prisoners that weren’t charged with anything, as well as Uzbekistan. Colombia has begun to look into the citizen’s demands of prison reforms and have come to an agreement for improvements. Political leaders that have charges against them are being arrested for human rights violations ("Chile Arrests Ex-Pinochet Minister over Killings of Political Prisoners.")
The greatest cause to this problem is the corrupt governments and the lack of basic human rights. If many of these countries with protests had clean governments a lot of the protests wouldn’t be going on right now. Some protests have been about minimal human rights. With more human rights a lot of the problems that exist wouldn’t be a problem. These issues are causing problems for other countries. Some Americans when they travel to China are being taken and put under arrest for talking about the government. Americans are immune to freedom of speech which is something taken for …show more content…
Children in Sudan are being forced into the army, this relates to my topic because Sudan is a country that is protesting for government reforms and a lot of the protesters are school students. Not having a say with what you do with your life is so hard to even comprehend. We are all talking about the lack of civil rights in the world and on many occasions I learned about the things that are taken away from people every day because of lack of rights. Outside of my core concept, there was still similarities that could be found. Every day there are new protests that are breaking out everywhere you look. Even in our own country. We see how human rights effects everybody in their daily life whether you notice it or not. If it’s government, environment concerns, or religious conflict, it is still related back to human rights or lack of. Religious conflict can be shown in protesters with the lack of freedom of religion. In government, it can be shown in the lack of freedom of speech. There are so many basic rights that aren’t represented all over the world and in so many different