{"id":22,"date":"2021-11-16T10:18:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T15:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/extraocadsmhr\/?post_type=front-matter&p=22"},"modified":"2021-12-08T13:07:17","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T18:07:17","slug":"international-human-rights-mobilization","status":"publish","type":"front-matter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/extraocadsmhr\/front-matter\/international-human-rights-mobilization\/","title":{"raw":"Human Rights Mobilization","rendered":"Human Rights Mobilization"},"content":{"raw":"

Human Rights Mobilization<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nEvents in the Philippines, Russia, and India show how human rights-related issues unfold. They also provide opportunities for Canadian learners to understand them, empathize with the oppressed, and respond constructively.\r\n\r\nFirst, in the Philippines, take the case of Maria Ressa. She is the CEO and editor-in-chief of Rappler<\/em>, the Philippines\u2019 largest independent online media organization. Rappler<\/em>\u2019s growth was facilitated by considerable investments in technology and journalistic resources. It also depended on partnerships and distribution through social media platforms, especially Facebook.\r\n\r\nHowever, this same global social media platform has been abused. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s regime associates, as well as his supporters\u2019 networks, have harassed Ressa and Rappler<\/em> journalists. They have even created disinformation campaigns using Facebook. This has culminated in the conviction of Ressa, her key deputy, and her company by regime-sympathetic courts for the crimes of \u201ccyber libel\u201d and tax evasion.\r\n\r\nSecond, in Russia, opposition leader Alexei Navalny exposed corruption and critiqued the current regime using social media, particularly YouTube. The Russian government has responded in kind, leveraging centralized organized disinformation campaigns and broadcast media to discredit Navalny as well as use courts to try to silence him.\r\n\r\nThird, in India, farmers and the government have both taken to social media, as well as organizing in-person activities, in their ongoing conflict.\r\n\r\nIn sum, these events demonstrate the global reach of human rights abuses as well as online and offline responses to these oppressive actions.","rendered":"

Human Rights Mobilization<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Events in the Philippines, Russia, and India show how human rights-related issues unfold. They also provide opportunities for Canadian learners to understand them, empathize with the oppressed, and respond constructively.<\/p>\n

First, in the Philippines, take the case of Maria Ressa. She is the CEO and editor-in-chief of Rappler<\/em>, the Philippines\u2019 largest independent online media organization. Rappler<\/em>\u2019s growth was facilitated by considerable investments in technology and journalistic resources. It also depended on partnerships and distribution through social media platforms, especially Facebook.<\/p>\n

However, this same global social media platform has been abused. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s regime associates, as well as his supporters\u2019 networks, have harassed Ressa and Rappler<\/em> journalists. They have even created disinformation campaigns using Facebook. This has culminated in the conviction of Ressa, her key deputy, and her company by regime-sympathetic courts for the crimes of \u201ccyber libel\u201d and tax evasion.<\/p>\n

Second, in Russia, opposition leader Alexei Navalny exposed corruption and critiqued the current regime using social media, particularly YouTube. The Russian government has responded in kind, leveraging centralized organized disinformation campaigns and broadcast media to discredit Navalny as well as use courts to try to silence him.<\/p>\n

Third, in India, farmers and the government have both taken to social media, as well as organizing in-person activities, in their ongoing conflict.<\/p>\n

In sum, these events demonstrate the global reach of human rights abuses as well as online and offline responses to these oppressive actions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":374,"menu_order":3,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"front-matter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-22","front-matter","type-front-matter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/extraocadsmhr\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/extraocadsmhr\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/extraocadsmhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/front-matter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/extraocadsmhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/374"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/extraocadsmhr\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1349,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/extraocadsmhr\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/22\/revisions\/1349"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/extraocadsmhr\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/22\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/extraocadsmhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"front-matter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/extraocadsmhr\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter-type?post=22"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/extraocadsmhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=22"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/extraocadsmhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}