Human Rights

  The last time I checked the Black’s Law dictionary, equality was described as “the quality or state of being equal” (Garner, 2004, p. 576). Equality before the law on the other hand, means “the status or condition of being treated fairly according to regularly established norms of justice” p. 577. Well, I think that these definitions are more of textbook definitions than that of human nature. Can we really attain true equality? Would a hate crime bill deter us from hating each other? Our culture, belief system, religion, socio economic status and upbringing has an impact on the way we treat others. We all ... Read Full Story

Browse > Home / AFRICAN-AMERICAN NEWS , Article-byline , Human-rights , Politics , TERRORISM , World News / Merchants Of Death: Exposing Corporate-Financed Holocaust In Africa December 10, 2008 How “Media” Facilitates Mass Murder And Looting In Africa By Keith Harmon Snow NEW YORK (RushPRnews)12/10/08 -War in Congo has again been splashed across world headlines and the same old clichés about violence and suffering are repackaged and rebroadcast as “news”. Meanwhile, early indications out of America are that President- elect Barack Obama will assemble a foreign policy-team primed for business as usual. How will Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State compromise the Obama Administration’s ... Read Full Story

Mama, what is war? As I listen to my children fight, I stop and think, where did they get this from? Are we not all one people? Why do mommies and daddies fight? And neighbors harming one another? Why does there have to be religion to divide? I don’t think I can ever get used to the pain of war. The suffering of hurt and pain inflicted on one another. Imagine a world of peace, where we all love and accept each other? Where different color of skin makes no difference, and a different view point only means difference. Where siblings do not fight ... Read Full Story

As I listen to my children fight, I stop and think, where did they get this from? Are we not all one people? Why do mommies and daddies fight? And neighbors harming one another? Why does there have to be religion to divide? I don’t think I can ever get used to the pain of war. The suffering of hurt and pain inflicted on one another. Imagine a world of peace, where we all love and accept each other? Where different color of skin makes no difference, and a different view point only means difference. Where siblings do not fight each other and hurt ... Read Full Story

THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS Adopted and proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) of 10 December 1948 On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights the full text of which appears in the following pages. Following this historic act the Assembly called upon all Member countries to publicize the text of the Declaration and "to cause it to be disseminated, displayed, read and expounded principally in schools and other educational institutions, without distinction based on the political status of countries or territories." PREAMBLE Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity ... Read Full Story