Discussion Questions

Discussion Questions for Larissa – Game 1 and Game 2

Reflect on and find out more about human rights and the role and duties of authorities and the police.
Why does the police come to Larissa’s home in Game 1? Why in Game 2?
In what situations could the police come to your home in Finland? When is it allowed? When is it not? What is the role of the police in our country?
Have the police searched the homes of Finnish journalists or confiscated their equipment in recent years? Why? When?
Why is Larissa anxious in Game 1? Why is she stressed and anxious in Game 2?
Would Larissa feel anxious if she were doing the same work in Finland? Why? Why not?
Why is the son worried about his phone in Game 1?
Is it a problem that the police officer Victor and the journalist Larissa are friends in their free time?
What is the issue with journalists’ relatives and friends being affected by their work, both in general and in Belarus?
In what ways might Finnish journalists’ relatives and friends be affected by having a family member or friend who is a journalist?
How would you argue with your relatives or friends if you worked in a job they did not want you to continue? What kind of situation could that be? Is such a situation unthinkable in today’s Finland? Why? Why not?
Which articles of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights are violated in the role-plays you just performed?
Why are human rights important?
Are there situations where the United Nations human rights cannot be followed?
Are all human rights equally important?
Which are the most important? Why?
Who works on human rights issues in Finland?
What is the role of the European Court of Human Rights?
In which countries do authorities question human rights, democracy, and the rule of law? Why?
Who wrote the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? Why?
Are the United Nations human rights in any way culturally influenced?
• 22. Can people be punished for violating human rights? If so, how? How does this work in Finland?

For questions about the game or workshops related to it, please contact: Ingrid Svanfeldt

The project has been granted funding from the following foundations:
The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland, the Swedish-Finnish Cultural Foundation, the Foundation for Journalistic Culture – Jokes and the Foundation for Media and Development – Vikes.