How to deal with a dictator

 Dictators can dangerous rulers are oppressive and restrict their society from basic rights and needs. No, not all dictators are like this but they do have the potential to be. You may think that dictators only existed in our past, yet there are still currently 33 dictators out there in the world today. Our problems haven't subsided as some of these dictators are ruthless but there are people out there fighting against this. Those fight have the deal with the dictator but organizing revolts to replace the dictator in power, forming protests to make the dictator aware that the citizens will have no more, campaigning against them, or asking their neighboring countries for help to negotiating terms with the dictator. Obviously going against a dictator takes many brave individuals and even then it is difficult to limit a dictators powers.

 Some brave individuals who were in a Russian puck band made up of three young women were arrested for going into Moscow's main Russia Orthodox cathedral. They danced in front of the altar singing a song asking for Russia to be free of President Vladimir Putin. Putin has received a few more political pranks like this one as he has started to restrict peoples freedoms within the country such as how there is now a fine of $9,000 for protesting when the average yearly salary is $8,500. He has also put controls on the Internet and nonprofit organizations, meaning that the he can block websites that pose a "danger". The UN has taken noticed that this can be a bit worrying as it seems he could be taking the country back to where it started when the Soviet Union was in place. If this does happen or the situation seem to worsen a good solution would be to let the UN to take it into their own hand and negotiate him out of power in the best interests of Russia.

 Putin is not the only dictator that is raising concern so is North Korea's Kim Jung Un who the world knows almost nothing about. He has his the people of North Korea isolated from the world and worshiping him like a god. Some of the ways he has done this is by only giving internet access to the government, keeping citizen in North Korea only (very few get in or out), and not allowing people to watch television programs from other made in anywhere but North Korea. Kim Jung Un has also led the country into famine as their not producing enough crops to feed the country because of the drought and he refuses to take in many imports. Not is he only a threat to his people but also to his opposing countries (mainly South Korea) as on multiple occasion he has threatened them with nuclear weapons. This has made the United Nation impose an embargo as they are wanting the government to stop threatening South Korea and take better care of their economy. This is still undergo and we are yet to see improvement but with solutions there will always be trail and error. They main thing to remember when dealing with a difficult dictator is to never give up even if you do go through a lot of trail and error it may be hard at the start but it will be worth it in the end.
 

Making the Invisible, Visible

In class we have decided to address police corruption in Malaysia as it is a large issue. Police corruption is defined as when the police as a whole unit are dishonest or abuse their authority to their advantage, typically involving bribery. Our main topic was Human Rights but as it is a very wide spectrum we wanted to learn about issues close to home. We started of by learning about human trafficking, foreign works, education, and the right to essential needs like food, water and shelter. We learnt these things through stations that were set up. After we had a larger idea of our spectrum we decided on one issue as a class to study and my class chose police corruption. We picked police corruption because it affects our safety and well being as a country as it can make our streets unsafe if there are criminals wondering around as well as people can get hurt if they don't get the help they need from the police. The most shocking thing that I learnt was that the police unit is then most corrupt unit in Malaysia. Also police will interfere in investigations for large sums of money that can be up to about RM 10,000. I guess learning about this aggravates me, the police are meant to enforce the law not break it! I am not used to the way things run here as I lived in the UK before this and although the UK is not perfect it is evident that many places have better security/police forces than others. This should not be the case as we should all have the right to protection and a proper organized police force.

Assassination

During class we created a poster about a person in history that had been assassinated. Our group got Leon Trotsky who was a Russian communist. He played a major role in the eventual Russian communist revolutions. His assassination, although brutal, had a back-story. Trotsky had enemies and powerful ones like Joseph Stalin who was so paranoid that Trotsky would take his place in the communist party so he ‘dealt’ with him. This connects to the assassination of Julius Caesar as there is a constant struggle for power. In Julius Caesar the decision to kill Caesar was only baced on what could happen if he were to get the crown, "And therefore think him as a serpent's egg, which hatch'd would, as his kind, grow mischievous." Lines 31-32 This is also like Stalin's decision to order Trotsky's death. He thought Trotsky could be a threat to him and his status. One word I would use to sum up Trotsky's assassination would be paranoia. Also the motives are easily spotted in both cases the enemy gets too much power so the enemy has to be silenced. There are many other different motives behind assassination such as revenge, jealousy, money, etc. Motives are not a reason for justification, as no one should really have to die even if they deserve it. Julius Caesar’s killers didn’t even take the time to try any other way, at least Joseph Stalin sent Leon Trotsky out of the country first to try and get rid of him. I would have compared my case to others in the class but unfortunately we didn’t have time but I do think I pulled something out of this it doesn’t matter why or who you assassin, it is not right and it is sad to hear about this happening throughout history.