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fix.pptxDenial of Freedom of Expression in Saudi Arabia
Saud Alting
Introduction
Every country has a legal system that defines the human rights
Freedom of Expression is one of the most violated rights.
Islamic countries such as Saudi Arabia are known for ignoring this right (Singerman, 2002).
Every country in the universe has a legal system that is found in the constitution; in this system we have human rights that are supposed to be offered for every living being. The right that allows individuals to have the freedom of expression is one of the most violated rights in the universe. Governments are fond of denying this right since they view it as a means of citizens destroying their leadership or speaking up on issues that will put them on the limelight. Islamic countries such as Saudi Arabia are renowned for ignoring this right completely especially to women and individuals who are not in the Muslim religion. These countries believe that anyone who speaks against their religion or government deserves punishment. This is not the right way of handling matters in this day and time. The world has evolved and people should be given the chance to speak out for what they see is right and that which they find wrong. For instance in this country people can express some freedom of religion, but insulting the Islamic religion is punished harshly.
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Freedom of Expression
This is the right to interact and communicate.
It is a human right according to the Universal Declaration of Human rights.
Governments have limitations on this right.
Freedom of speech is the right to interact and communicate one’s ideologies without the fear of any type of retaliation. It includes seeking and imparting data without disregarding the type of medium to use. A government can restrict speech with diverse limitations. The limitations can relate to pornography, slander, right to privacy, oppression, perjury, public security and incitement. There are certain policies that restrict this freedom. Everyone has the right to express their opinions for as long as they do not violate another party’s rights. Freedom of speech is limited with differing degrees. Freedom of Expression is viewed as a human right according to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The act of expressing oneself and communicating one’s ideas is one precious right to human beings. All humans wish that they can impart information and hold conversations with no type of restrictions. This also involves the right to seek and receive information and ideas.
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The State of Human Rights in Saudi Arabia
Human rights condition in this country is poor
The government suppresses women and minor communities’ rights (Yamani, 2008).
A large number of people suggest that the country denies them the freedom of expression.
In (Chapter 4, pg 90); we learn that evolutionists in this case the government should learn to tolerate public criticism. .
Human rights conditions in this state remain quite poor. The actions carried out by international and domestic organizations to improve this state have remained feeble. The government continues to make reforms that suppress these rights. Women and minority communities are the victims of this discrimination and most of these individuals seek justice so that they can have the pleasure of utilizing their human rights. Some of the serious concerns that have been observed in Saudi Arabia include; curbs on freedom of communication and association; freedom of expression, movement and official accountability. Women rights are viewed as nonexistent and the state treats them as legal minors. By this, they are denied most of the fundamental rights such as freedom to work, travel or even study. It is unfortunate that in this era there are individuals facing such adversities. Migrant workers also face the same plight considering that they are foreigners in this state. For instance they face obstacles such as forced confinement, psychological abuse and food deprivation.
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Lack of Liberty in Freedom of Speech
Saudi Arabia is renowned for denying the freedom of speech
The government fixed confinements to regulate this right
These has led to many activists being evicted such as Sheik Nimr al-Nimr.
Anyone who is found speaking ill of the king or government is punished
Saudi Arabia fixed confinements on difference and the right to speak freely in 2014, and heightened criminal punishments for religious convictions that veer too a long way from authority state universality. A clearing 2013 "antiterrorism" law produced results in February, empowering powers to squeeze terrorism charges against any individual who requests change, uncovered debasement, or generally takes part in dispute. An illustrious declaration in April punished secularism with up to 20 years' detainment. Making utilization of these and different laws, powers kept on taking action against protesters, human rights guards, specialists, and columnists. In February and March, amidst developing local strains and worries over Saudi subjects taking part in wars in Syria and Iraq, the administration criminalized "battling in clashes abroad" and authoritatively assigned the Muslim Brotherhood and the Saudi branch of the Shiite Islamist development Hezbollah as terrorist associations. Powers likewise kept on focusing on individuals from the nation's Shiite Muslim minority, for the most part in the Eastern Province. Most eminently, in October a Saudi court sentenced the noticeable Shiite priest and rights advocate Sheik Nimr al-Nimr to death on charges of rebellion. You cannot choose another religion due to the fear of being executed.
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Inequality In Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia prevents minorities from accessing basic rights such as freedom of expression
There is much inequality between women and men
Human rights associations are denied the chance to carry out activities like other entities.
Firstly, Saudi Arabia must be one of the best cases of obvious patriarchy keeping ladies from having the same rights with men and consequently demonstrates to us the proceeded with significance of Feminism all inclusive. Obviously you may bring issue with this and contend that there are a few pros that should mentioned about the Saudi society. However from the direct point of view of sexual orientation fairness ladies are unmistakably not square with men. Individuals from the Kingdom's Shi'a minority, the vast majority of whom live in the oil-rich Eastern Province, keep on confronting dug in segregation that restricts their entrance to taxpayer driven organizations and livelihood. Shi'a activists have gotten capital punishments or long jail terms for their claimed interest in dissents in 2011 and 2012. The Saudi Arabian powers keep on denying access to autonomous human rights associations like Amnesty International, and they have been known to take action, through the courts, against activists and relatives of casualties who get in touch with these bodies.
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Plight of Women in Saudi
The state views women as legitimate minors.
A woman is not entitled to any freedom of expression.
One has to seek consent so that they can; work, travel, marry or even study (Doumato, 2015).
They are restricted on the type of attire that they should dress
If one does not use this code, one is subjected to punishment.
The administration keeps on regarding ladies as legitimate minors, preventing them a host from securing principal human rights. The administration obliges ladies to get consent from a male guardian to work, study, wed, travel, and even get a national card. The Ministry of Interior affairs has neglected to withdraw this rule that denies women the chance to carry out their activities as they want with no monitoring. Entirely upheld sex isolation obstructs a Saudi lady's capacity to partake completely in broad daylight life. Ladies are restricted from working in workplaces or entering government structures that need female areas, or seeking after degrees in orders not taught in ladies' schools. The Ministry of Justice denies ladies the privilege to be judges or prosecutors, or to specialize in legal matters. In February 2008 religious police captured a 36-year-old Saudi representative for "illicit blending" while meeting with a male partner in a Starbucks in Riyadh.
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Shiite Society Discrimination
This society is among the minority groups in Saudi Arabia.
The group is openly discriminated and has no freedom of expression about their beliefs and customs.
The state is against the group stating that it is a threat to the Muslim community hence should be confined.
Saudi Shiites are a little minority in a nation that keeps on staying threatening to their religious convention, customs and unwaveringness to pastors past Saudi fringes. A large portion of their activism since the 1960s has been tranquil, with periodic viciousness ejecting for the most part by the security powers. The Shiites are denied most of the rights and find themselves in chaos that are started by the state's administration. Since the Arab uprisings, they have stayed tranquil, calling for citizenship and admiration for their disparities. Be that as it may, if the administration keeps on overlooking such requests in a locale where partisan roughness is the dialect of governmental issues, the circumstance will keep on disintegrating. The Saudi authority should listen to the requests of this battered minority group to avoid any repercussions.
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“Religious Police”
It is a vice squad
It disperses Sharia laws
These individuals are known for putting individuals into custody for trying to exercise their freedom of expression (Yamani, 2008).
The Islamic religious police also known as the vice squad is a group of officials who are in charge of ensuring that citizens respect the Sharai law. They are found in Islamic states and are responsible for dispersing rules that are related to morality. The establishment of this squad is justified according to the Quran and they are said to be ambassadors of the Muslim virtues. Any vices observed is corrected by this team; they take into custody any person caught carrying out illegal behaviors such as socializing, carrying out homosexual behavior, not use the Islamic dress code, consumption of alcohol or beef and lacking to close stores during prayer time.
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Foreigners in Saudi Arabia
These individuals are mainly tourists or migrant workers.
Most migrant workers are denied their basic rights and are seen as legal minors (Longva, 2015).
They also have no chance to express themselves be it at work or at their residential areas.
The individuals persevere much pressure and experience nourishment hardship.
An expected 8 million migrant workers principally from India, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka, fill occupations in the development, household administration, well being, and business segments. Numerous endure a scope of misuse and work abuse, now and then ascending to servitude like conditions. Not withstanding reestablished declarations in July, the Ministry of Labor did not actualize its dedication to end the prohibitive kafala (sponsorship) framework. This arrangement ties migrant laborers' residency grants to their bosses, energizing misuse, for example, businesses reallocating travel papers, withholding compensation, and compelling transients to work for quite a long time or years without wanting to. The legislature additionally neglected to institute a correction, initially proposed in 2005, to stretch out work law insurances to the 1.5 million foreign workers in the nation. Asian government offices report a great many dissensions every year from household specialists who are constrained to work for 15-20 hours a day, seven days a week, and denied their wages. These individuals are also denied the right to communicate with their relatives or outsiders. Numerous persevere through a scope of misuse incorporating constrained restriction in the working environment, nourishment hardship, and mental, physical, and sexual misuse
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Punishments used for Individuals who Break the Law
Citizens who break the law in this state face heavy penalties
Capital Punishment is one of the discipline measures given to wrong doers.
Others include; flogging, whipping, amputation or lashing.
The utilization of the Capital Punishment in Saudi Arabia depends on Sharia (Islamic law) and is censured globally as a result of the extensive variety of wrongdoings which can bring about capital punishment and in light of the fact that it is normally completed by open decapitating. In 2011, the Saudi government reported 26 executions in the nation. Reprieve International included at least 79 2013Foreigners are not absolved, representing "half" of executions in 2013. Indeed, outsiders (particularly those from the creating scene) are routinely executed, fundamentally for medication pirating and kill. There has not been any report of a Western national being executed in the late history of Saudi Arabia. In 2015, the quantity of decapitating achieved a two decade high of "no less than" 157and 47 were executed on 2 January 2016. Not at all like executions in most different nations that practice capital punishment, executions are not performed secretly in jails, but rather freely. It is one of the last four nations to still do open executions. Beating, whipping or lashing are all utilized as a part of Saudi Arabia and can be directed for offenses, for example, investing energy with the inverse sex, being gay or notwithstanding to bring alcohol to the nation
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Jesuit Values
These are the principles that govern the Jesuits o Magis
The values can be infused into a system to ensure that there is equality and stability.
The values are as follows: Contemplatives in action, Cura personalis, Discernment, magis, Service and Faith in Promotion of Justice and finally Women and men with and for others.
The value that supports my claim is Service and Faith in Promotion of Justice.
Jesuit values are the principles that govern the Jesuits o Magis. The values can be infused into a system to ensure that there is equality and stability; most institutions introduce these values to the personalities within their entity. The values are as follows: Contemplatives in action, Cura personalis, Discernment, magis, Service and Faith in Promotion of Justice and finally Women and men with and for others. The value that supports my claim is Service and Faith in Promotion of Justice. This is viewed as an absolute requirement among all these values. It promotes sensitivity to matters that relate to humanity. Saudi Arabia has a justice system that requires amendments. The government should act towards promoting justice among all citizens within the state both foreign and domestic.
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Strengths of My Position
The universe has noticed the denial of this right in Saudi Arabia.
There are numerous reports that have been issued to talk on this matter
The United human Rights Commission has held summons with the Arabian government to express their disappointment about their violation of human rights.
The universe has noticed the denial of this right in Saudi Arabia. There are numerous reports that have been issued to talk on this matter; some authors have even written books about this claim. Human right bodies such as United human Rights Commission has held summons with the Arabian government to express their disappointment about their violation of human rights. This body has also raised the matter of banning communication systems such as the internet and the media. For instance; The legislature firmly controls local media content and commands local print and satellite-TV scope, with individuals from the illustrious family owning real stakes in news outlets in numerous nations. Government authorities have banned columnists and editors who distribute articles considered hostile to the religious foundation or the decision powers. A 2011 regal announcement altered the press law to criminalize any feedback of the nation's terrific mufti, the Council of Senior Religious Scholars, or government authorities; infringement can bring about fines and constrained conclusion of media outlets. Entertainments sites such as YouTube or dating sites have also been banned
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Weaknesses of My Position
Biased information about the claim.
The regulations enforced by this nation are within the law.
There are less public protests against the claim.
The claim that I have in this presentation has some weaknesses. The supporting evidence that have been mentioned in the paper may be true but information can be biased especially that has been got from internet sites. The regulations enforced by the nation are within the law; as much as I perceive them to be harsh the citizens in the country played a role in passing the constitution. There are less public protests against the claim. However, this may be brought about by fear of being detained or punished.
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Solution to The Issue of Denial of this Right
All Human Rights bodies should work in Unison to ensure that the right is given to the citizens.
The citizens should hold peaceful protests to claim their right to be offered freedom of expression.
Leaders within the country who find this as unfair should try influencing other administrators to amend the constitution.
The ideals of equality and moral autonomy introduced by the philosopher ‘Immanuel Kant’ should be used to solve this problem.
All Human Rights bodies should work in Unison to ensure that the right is given to the citizens. The world can hold hands to fight this injustice to the citizens of Saudi Arabia. The citizens should hold peaceful protests to claim their right to be offered freedom of expression; individuals from other countries should also support these protests. Leaders within the country who find this as unfair should try influencing other administrators to amend the constitution especially on the parts that are concerned with denying the citizens their rights. The ideals of equality and moral autonomy introduced by the philosopher ‘Immanuel Kant’ should be used to solve this problem. The Icon proposed that human rights should be offered by the government freely as a means of securing the citizen’s stability. He also justified human rights as the platform of self determination within the authority.
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Conclusion
All individuals in the world deserve to express themselves.
The government of Saudi Arabia should stop denying its citizens the right to express themselves.
They should also eliminate the issue of minority groups
As in numerous Islamic countries, Saudi Arabia's legitimate framework is based around judges translating Sharia law. It goes more remote than some; in what has been depicted as "one of the strictest interpretations" of Islamic law in the present day age. All individuals in the world deserve to express themselves. The government of Saudi Arabia should stop denying its citizens these right. They should also eliminate the issue of minority groups such as the Shiite community.
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References
Doumato, E. A. (2015). Women and the stability of Saudi Arabia. Middle East Report, (171).
Longva, A. N. (2015). Keeping Migrant Workers in Check. ISIS
Okruhlik, G., & Singerman, D. (2002). Networks of dissent: Islamism and reform in Saudi Arabia. CURRENT HISTORY-NEW YORK THEN PHILADELPHIA-, 101, 22-28.
Yamani, M. (2008). The two faces of Saudi Arabia. Survival, 50(1), 143-156.
