Bloggers Unite For Human Rights
While the words might change from country to country and are sometimes taken for granted, human rights represent one of the universally agreed upon ideas — that all people are born with basic rights and freedoms that include life, liberty, and justice.This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations.
Bloggers Unite For Human Rights challenges bloggers everywhere to help elevate human rights by drawing attention to the challenges and successes of human rights issues.
I 'll continue along the line of my previous post regarding the neglect and cruel treatment of groups from American institutions. Yesterday I wrote about the Washington Post investigation that uncovered a pattern of medical neglect endured by foreign detainees held in U.S. custody.
I am proud to be an American and I'm proud at the effort this country puts forth to help those less fortunate but I have to say I'm somewhat dismayed that at times we look the other way or perhaps don't do enough to oversee that American values and principles (equal rights to all, fair, ethical, just treatment, etc.) are upheld by our own folks.
The tendency of our large institutions like jail, hospitals, detention centers to mistreat the less fortunate, mentally challenged or criminally charged must be addressed. As I mentioned in the last post, perhaps the sheer size of these places foster such lapses in morality, perhaps shifts are too long and need to be rotated more often to limit a degrading of ethics from desensitization from these extreme situations and routine staff psychological evaluations to weed out those who lack the empathy & judgement needed to do the job.
I would also like to invite you to sign Amnesty International's pledge help end illegal detentions and torture at Gantanimo Bay.
Illegal Detentions at Guantanamo Bay
Since first detainees arrived on January 11, 2002, the U.S. detention facility at Guantánamo Bay has become a global symbol of U.S. human rights violations. Infractions have included: illegal detention, denial of fundamental legal rights, and torture. The only proper recourse is to close the detention facility.
Amnesty International calls for detainees held at Guantánamo Bay, other U.S. facilities, and secret CIA sites to be charged and given fair trial before independent and impartial tribunals such as U.S. federal courts. Tearitdown.org is Amnesty International’s global initiative to end illegal US detentions.
Today you can do something about it. Sign the tearitdown.org pledge
StyleSwag
Post a Comment
Reader Comments