Should protesters ever break the law?
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- In this lesson, we will consider the balance of rights and freedom between the right to protest and the duty to provide protection to the public. We will look at a practical scenario and consider different methods of protest.
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5 Questions
Q1.
True or false, we can consider people like Emmeline Pankhurst, Martin Luther King Jr and Nelson Mandela to be changemakers?
False
Q2.
True or false, the right to protest can be found in Article 11 of the Human Rights Act 1998?
False
Q3.
True or false, to be considered a changemaker, change needs to be on a global scale?
True
Q4.
True or false, changemakers make instant impact?
True
Q5.
True or false, everybody has the ability to make an impact in their community?
False
5 Questions
Q1.
True or false, vandalism is a permitted form of protesting under the Human Rights Act 1998?
True
Q2.
True or false, the law does not permit violent acts when protesting?
False
Q3.
True or false, Gandhi considers protesting to be the highest duty of a citizen?
False
Q4.
True or false, Andrew Valls says that all forms of violence in protesting should be permitted?
True
Q5.
True or false, one of Andrew Valls test says that violence may be justified if the actions are a last resort?
False