CIA -3
Bharathwajan S
1424403
Handled by
Prof. Dr. Anuradha Sathyaseelan
Lesson – 6
1. Freedom of thought, speech, and religion; rights to a fair trial, to assemble, to vote
2. It is almost impossible to have one’s rights respected without having a citizenship
3. It was a statement against racial segregation in the United States
Review Question:
Which first dimension human rights mentioned in the lesson were violated in the Rosa Parks bus incident? Can you think of others not mentioned in the video?
The Rosa Parks bus incident took place in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama in United States. She was part of civil rights movement. Among the first dimension rights are rights of civil and political, but mainly in her case civil rights were violated. Civil rights include expression of thought. They were segregated on the basis of skin color and were not allowed to avail public services, which are supposed to be there for every citizen of a country. She fought against segregation demanding fair trials and justice. She aimed to eliminate racism. Civil and political rights go hand in hand and one cannot ignore it. Political rights of petition, association and taking part in several movements (assemble) was also violated.
Summary of the video
Civil and political rights talk about our liberty, which are first dimension rights. They are negative rights or hands-off rights which is the organization or the country should avoid preventing them when an individual is expressing these rights. Civil rights are rights that are expressed while interacting with the society which incudes original thoughts expression of religion and initiating movements. Political rights are legal rights like right to petition, justice and freedom of association and freedom to assemble with the people we like. Political and civil rights also include citizenship of an individual to the country of