VINTAGE MOSAIC PRESENTATION

Henrique Antunes n.º 1211ºSE2Subject: English

Human rights and social activism in the Middle East

9. Webgraphy

8. Conclusion

6. Armita Gerevand's case

5. Human Rights apologists

4. Arab Spring

3. Introduction

2. Index

7. Interactive Activity

1. Cover

Index

• Complex history and sociopolitical landscape;

• Key challenges:

-Restricted freedom of expression, -Gender and minority discrimination, -Criminalization of LGBTQ+ identities.

Introduction

Methods:Internet activism Civil disobedience

Goals:Democracy Human rights

Caused mostly by:Authoritarianism Human rights violations

It was a series of anti- -government protests, uprisings and armed rebellions that spread across much of the Arab world in the early 2010s.

Arab Spring

Human Rights apologists

Alaa Abdel Fattah

Freedom of speech, freedom of religion

Women's rights, children's rights, human rights

Women's rights, democracy, freedom of expression

Shirin Ebadi

Tawakkol Karman

Raif Badawi

Political freedoms, democracy, anti-authoritarian activism

Armita Gerevand

Teenager girl who died after entering a train;Iranian authorities says that she died from a shock caused by low blood pressure; Human Rigths groups are skeptic about the veracity of that information.

Conclusion

Webgraphy

• "Tara Ramanathan" https://www.britannica.com/event/Arab-Spring (cons. 14/11/2024)
• https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/report-middle-east-and-north-africa/ (cons. 14/11/2024)
• "Ruth Comerford" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67248449 (cons. 16/11/2024)

• "Janet Afary" https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shirin-Ebadi (cons. 16/11/2024)
• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tawakkul-Karman (cons. 16/11/2024)
• "Caroline Hawley" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c39l9ljmypro (cons. 16/11/2024)

Thank you!

Alaa Abdel Fattah

Raif Badawi

Tawakkol Karman

Shirin Ebadi