HUMAN RIGHTS

HUMAN RIGHTS

1. What are human rights?

The human rights are these rights, understanding right as an action that allows people to live in a better way, without danger, suffering and pain; that belong to every human in our world.

2. Why were they created?

They were created to try to make a society more equal. Everybody with the same rights, nobody being more important than the others.

These rights expect to remove the differences between races.

3. How many human rights are there?

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights consists in 30 items.

4. Which human right were you not familiar with? Mention an example where this human right is respected and where it is not respected.

The right of look for a refoge in other contries in case of persecution.

The example of the Spanish Civil War is very clear. It shows how Francisco Franco violated this right. He killed every republican he saw, unless they went into exile in secret. The dicatorsgips are always an example of vialations of human rights.

It was respected, for example, durind the Spanish Second Republic, when the general Sanjurjo tried to get into the government using the violence, but the police officers prevent it. The government left him go to Portugal, without going to prison.

Human Rights in Syria

Human Right Watch denounces executions, kidnappings and torture by Syrian Rebels.

In Syria there have been a lot of attempts to the government politicians, their army and people that are in favour with them. Armed groups of the oppositors to the regime are attacking them using tortures, executions...

This event is an attempt the the rights of this people. Everybody have the right of being safe and not to suffer. But the Rebels don’t consider it important. The kill other people and, that’s not all, they use tortures to kill. In my opinion it is worse.

Torturing someone you are doing that someone suffer until the last second of his life. Tortures are worse than murders.

“The Syrian government’s brutal tactics can’t justify abuses by armed opposition groups” said Middle East director at Human Right Watch, Sarah Leah Whitson.

I agree with what she has stated, there aren’t any reason that could someday justify these actions. The oppositors must leave the weapons and fight with the actual government using the words and the democracy. With these Civil Wars we are destroying our planet.

Formal letter

2, Puig de la cavalleria Street

Barcelona

Spain

20^th March 2012

White House

Washington

United States

Dear Mr Barack Obama

I am writing to complain about the United States’ economy. I don’t agree with some of the uses that the government gives to their money.

In my point of view your economic system is on the side of rich people. And the majority of American population has got a middle income. There is an example in the Universities fees; people need to borrow money from banks to pay them. Or another example is what people have to pay to hospitals. They haven’t got ‘Seguretat Social’ such as in Spain or other countries. It’s true that some jobs protect people of these hospital’s bills, but not everybody can obtain these kinds of jobs. Especially poor people and immigrants are being affected.

As I see, United States are the world’s economic and military power, but there are little aspects that must be changed. The societies need to change to an equal quality of life to everyone.

Adding to that, I can relate this topic to KONY 2012 project. The number of people who watch this video grew every day. This powerful project is near to change the mentality of the society because everybody wants to be equal to his neighbor.

In conclusion, I have to say that a lot of people in your country would be agree with me when I say that United Stated need some changes to help people with les financial resources.

Yours faithfully,

Núria

Public school vs private school

I have studied all my life in public schools or High Schools and I consider myself an intelligent person. I didn’t go to public education because I couldn’t pay the fees, it’s only that my parent believe in it, and me too.

There are a lot of ignorant ‘people’ that are against public education because they think in these High Schools there are more violence or the level isn’t the same. Well, I don’t agree with that. In my High School we have the level rather higher than others centers of the region, and I’m proud of it.

Last year, for example, a new gay arrived to my class coming of a private school. In his last center he passed all the subjects with marks between seven or six; and when he arrived to my High School he began to fail a lot of subjects. How can people explain it? I only see one reason: public education can be equal or better than private one. But of course, it depends on the center you study; I know other public schools with a low level.

How to finish a book if you are studying second of batxillerat

Well, I am a second batxillerat student and this year I have tried to read two different books. The first one was called ‘El sanador de caballos’ and is rather long but also people has said me it is definitely very passionate. I began it during the when the summer holidays were ending but I though I could finish it. But I was wrong. I started the course and I lost all my free time, I have forgotten what ‘free time’ means and I’m worried about it. Exams, exams, homework, exams…

However, I tried to read another book during the Christmas holidays, because maybe I stopped reading the first one because it didn’t like me, but I couldn’t finish it again. What I’m supposed to do? Everybody recommends us to read minimum one book during the year, but I CAN’T. It’s true that I have read books in some subjects like English, Catalan or Spanish, but nobody has allowed me chose these books. I was obliged to read it.

I’m not sure about if I am the only person with this problem, but I am starting to get very angry and to hate what I am studying.

Laws of Indonesia

Indonesia will ban the miniskirt to its diputies.

Scores of women demonstration in Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, wearing miniskirts and tight pants, denouncing the sexism of local authorities.

I am in favour of these women who only defend their rights. In my opinion everybody can wear what they want, there shouldn’t exist dressing laws. And if someone wants to practise nudism, he should do it! If this activitie ennoy other people the can avoid watching him/her.

As I see it happens in Indonesia because of their religion. Islamic religion is less permissive than other religions. I’m not criticizing any religion; I’m only saying some aspects that could be good to somebody, of this religion.

Lots of people would be agree with me when I say that Islamic women have less freedom than men, but they have to accept it because it’s what their mothers and grantmothers are been doing all their lifes.

This demonstration is the first step. These women must continue fighting.

Mercadona's opinion

Mercadona’s president puts the “Chinese bazaars” as an example to overcome the crisis.

Juan Roig, Mercadona’s president, states that the effort of the bazaars’ workers have to be an example to all the Spanish population. Spanish workers are known to be lazzies, very different to Chinese people, who are known to sleep three hours and work twenty-one.

An example of their effort is the number of hours they work in the restaurants or bazaars, you can go one Sunday evening to the smallest village you know there is a bazzar, and you will see it opened. I’m not joking because I’ve seen it with my eyes.

Maybe they work too much hours, I agree with that, but I can’t accept that Spanish workers spend one hour to drink a coffee when they are in their job.

In my opinion, when you are working you must be concentrated to achieve the best resoults, if we do that Spain will overcome the crisis, I’m sure. Bosses would be happier with their employees; there would be fewer dismissals, less unemployment, more income in every family... I think the problem is our society, and someone should do something to change it.