Human Rights – Page 19 – People's World

A lament for Eric Garner

December 16, 2014 By Rabbi Dr. Aryeh Cohen

A poetic response, one among many from around the country, is based on Biblical passages and other religious and philosophical texts.

The limits of charity

December 11, 2014 By Rev. Jim Conn

I believe in charity, but it is no substitute for government resources and policies. That's why I urge people to support change agents.

UN officials demand prosecutions for U.S. torture

December 11, 2014 By John Heilprin

All senior U.S. officials and CIA agents who authorized or carried out torture like waterboarding must be prosecuted, top U.N. officials said Wednesday.

Repression fails to stem mass outrage in Mexico

December 11, 2014 By Tim Pelzer

Police repression has failed to stop a wave of protests sweeping Mexico demanding the return of 43 kidnapped students in the state of Guerrero.

Human Rights Day spurs Iranians’ call to end repression

December 10, 2014 By Committee for Defence of Iranian Peoples Rights

Each year, on Dec. 10 the world remembers the day in 1948 when all nations came together in Paris to sign the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.