Freedom of speech and the right to protest worldwide

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by aahliah glennan0 views·Updated Jun 9, 2020
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  1. as a child, I was always told to speak up
  2. when something wasn't right and to stand up for what
  3. I believe in.
  4. But some people have never known the freedom to share
  5. opinions on issues that they careful.
  6. We live in a world where the Raj Aryan opinion
  7. is constantly bloat by political overruling and authority.
  8. Freedom of speech is the right to express ones are
  9. in opinions, information and ideas very of censorship, government restraints
  10. or legal penalty.
  11. But why is it so important for our humanity?
  12. Read on This page allows people to have a voice
  13. and issues that I many people to them, you know
  14. that society to develop and progress and is essential to
  15. seeing a positive change in civilization, especially in a democratic
  16. society. Black our in expressing concerns and contesting against the
  17. government's in directly the grace page and protesting has helped
  18. to achieve the rods that you and I have today,
  19. such as guarding my marriage, women's rights.
  20. I'm anymore.
  21. Many of us wouldn't know what it's like to have
  22. restrictions on personal opinion.
  23. Living in Australia.
  24. Here we have the right to speak and protest about
  25. most topic with no broken strength as unless it's not
  26. offensive. Everyone seems to have an opinion in today's technology.
  27. In my society, a social media is the number one
  28. platform for protesting, and it's where controversial conversation ACOs.
  29. Whether it's Instagram tweet out Facebook, you can't scroll three
  30. of Fade without being hit with hated social and political
  31. controversy. Countries like China, for example, where that free speech
  32. is so restricted they have been sent him from applications
  33. like Instagram, Tick took and Vice book.
  34. So they unaware of any political controversy happening like protesting
  35. scandals such as the Hong Kong protests have tested, China's
  36. governments will just the anti government activists in China.
  37. This brought their countries increase on residential surveillance.
  38. These protests let's have fought against the government's desire for
  39. a communist dictatorship so the people of China would have
  40. freedom of speech, Sophia Hung in the Chinese mainland activist
  41. who was placed in a district detention center for sympathising
  42. and supporting the recent Hong Kong protests.
  43. She is only one of 9000 people that have being
  44. arrested for publicly making a stand against China's on fifth
  45. governmental system, and bravely spoke up about the ruts off
  46. that people in the ongoing violent protests.
  47. What people was shot and spray would take us.
  48. The sad thing about China's protesting on free speech is
  49. commonly publicized alone.
  50. However, many other countries have the same issues with the
  51. rights to freedom of speech and protesting that are less
  52. commonly exposed in the media, such as North Korea, Egypt,
  53. Iran, Russia, Up Touch, Turkey, the list goes on.
  54. Is this really how you want the world's highest leaders
  55. to decide our future?
  56. Although I live in Australia where I have unrestricted freedom
  57. of speech, countries like these are still want as a
  58. teenager. There's more to my generations future in conforming to
  59. imprudent laws and not having a leg to stand up
  60. for what I believe in without being instructed by the
  61. right to my own opinion, the media portrays protesting and
  62. riding as some malicious crime that we need to end.
  63. The speaking app is something that needs to be changed
  64. or stopped, and it's disrespectful.
  65. The misconception that it has a negative effect on our
  66. great as a society is easily refuted.
  67. Protesting and free speech has led to the rats that
  68. have changed the world dramatically in positive ways, such as
  69. the march on Washington of 1963 which is responsible for
  70. addressing prejudiced against African Americans supporting the Civil Rights Act
  71. and Voting Rights Act to take back the night's protest.
  72. 19 seventies I'm watch against the Violence against Women Gentlemen
  73. Square Masco process in favor of democratic reform and many
  74. others that have played in an immeasurable part of history
  75. and our rights as human beings.
  76. Wait I Karachi about or any opinions for granted, which
  77. is why I value my free speech in this job
  78. from a young age.
  79. I've never been a sensitive person as such.
  80. So I do respect for save how people get so
  81. offended by other people's opinions.
  82. I've been told to respect and consider others ideas before
  83. shutting it down.
  84. I believe that if we can all strive to at
  85. least think willfully speak, we could be more inclusive, close
  86. if toe others ideas, information and opinions.
  87. The thought of not having free speech honestly terrifies me.
  88. I can't imagine how it must feel to live in
  89. a country where I can't express my own opinions or
  90. normal human controversy.
  91. Like many comic comment on politics, can a we need
  92. to change and speaking out is the best way to
  93. get it issues right now, such as the black lives
  94. matter movement.
  95. Is it comparing against violence and systematic racism, promoting and
  96. improving that we can make a remarkable change in the
  97. world? The abundance of protests happening all over the road
  98. right now is taking over the media, and it's amazing
  99. how quickly people with the freedom of speech and protesting
  100. rats can get together.
  101. In fact, that's something that we're passionate about, this heart
  102. from society and it starts with us.
  103. We need to allow people to speak off.
  104. We need to help make a difference in society.
  105. We need freedom.
  106. This page This is a future.
  107. That's when it