Hundreds of millions of women, men and children are victims of racism, discrimination and systematic abuse. International Human Rights Day aims to remind us not to take human rights for granted
"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights… Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status." (The United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
December 10, 1948)
What do a 22-year-old Russian student who "disappeared" in 2003, a Chinese follower of Falun Gong who was sent to a "reeducation" camp, a spokesman for the Vietnamese farmers' association arrested two days after his election, an Iraqi woman who was executed after complaining of police brutality and over 1,000 political prisoners in Myanmar have in common? They are all victims of human rights violations whom Amnesty International is
trying to help.
Racism in Israel
Knesset rattled by racism report / Roni Sofer
Association for Civil Rights in Israel's report on racism stirs up heated debate among MKs. 'All men were created in God's image,' says MK Yishai; 'group not concerns with rights of Jewish citizens,' rebuts MK Boim
Fifty-nine years after the Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the UN's member states, the world will mark International Human Rights Day on
Monday to remind us that the basic rights we take for granted do not exist in many parts of the world.
In Israel - the Association for Civil Rights in Israel published
its annual report Sunday. The findings were less than encouraging: racism and hatred towards Israeli-Arabs has doubled over the past year alongside institutional discrimination of the poor, immigrants and day-laborers. The ACRI will hold a series of events (for
the complete list in Hebrew – click here)
including a special Knesset debate, an interactive play in Russian, an open-stage event and more.
Amnesty Israel
will be holding three large-scale parties "to remember all the good that has been done over the past year and get energized for all the work ahead." (For more information – click here)
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