Human Rights Campaign

August 4, 2013 (“Human”). He ran as a moderate and raked in a great number of votes in the June 14 elections (“Human”). In his presidential campaign, Rouhani allured the Iranian voters by promises of change and expansion of personal freedoms (“Human”). Rouhani was elected despite significant restraints and lack of rights that interfered with fair and just elections. While the new Iranian regime is busy trying to prove to the world that they are “moderate,” executions and human rights abuses…

individual rights and liberties that the constitution has hereby declared to all American citizens. The soul purpose of the ACLU is to “ensure the promise of the Bill of Rights and to expand it’s reach to people historically denied its protections.” The ACLU has many positives according to Procon.org. The cons of the ACLU are that the Theoretical Expertise system provides a quick guide to theoretical source quality, the star system is based on a person's…

Government on Human Rights The language that is used by government officials is critical when it comes to analyzing the governments policies. In “Introducing Human Rights and Literary Forms”, the authors Sophia A. McClennen and Joseph R. Slaughter demonstrates how spokespeople of governments can easily manipulate the language of human rights in order to justify violations of human rights such as attacks on Afghanistan after the 9/11. In Beth A. Simmons’s article “The Future of the Human Rights…

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a violent place to live; many human rights violations are being broken. The authorities are taking away basic freedom of expression and assembly rights that are protected under Congo’s constitution and international human rights law. The government will not allow them to speak freely about their political views. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in the east of the country, all forms of sexual violence have been named the worst in the world.…

China: Human Rights and Status of Oppressed Groups Premise: The evidence will support that the world-wide movement to protect the rights of oppressed groups has not reached nor affected China; indeed, there is strong resistance to correcting human rights abuses. In the summer of 1989, Chinese students protested in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, facing off against government troops and tanks. From this event came an iconic image, of a man holding his shopping bags, facing off against a line of…

how women mostly contribute to and impact the growth of the world’s economy. Women are equal to their male counterparts but are not always treated that way. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights declares that all human beings are born free and equal in…

way. This begs the question, is abortion morally right. Rivers, Francine discusses the issue of abortion in his book The Atonement Child…

Introduction Anti-gay laws are a direct violation of not only one but many human rights. The main violation is that of freedom of expression and association . The Ugandan laws also violate the right to privacy and health care . Another right that is violated by anti-gay laws is the right to be free from discrimination and degrading treatment . This is a huge issue and needs more support. Many people do not realise that this issue is not so different from apartheid or the discrimination against…

dozens of men carrying guns, grabbing you and your friends, and placing a weapon in your hands. The armed men and children become your new family. This is imaginary for us, but this happens to thousands of children in the world today. The basic human rights of children are not being respected. In Uganda, war has been going on for over two decades,…

After writing a letter to the editor dealing with the issue of abortion and researching committees in Congress that could help influence public policy, I have decided to take further action and join an interest groups that strives to protect the rights of the unborn. However, in order to do this, I need to research interest groups which could prove to be beneficial in the fight to end abortion. I intend to pick an interest group I view as the best fit and possibly become an active member of that…