“Many instances of persecution and killing have occurred in countries with atrocious human rights records such as Sri Lanka, Guatemala and the Democratic Republic of Congo.” HumansCountryRecordsRightsDemocraticKillingHuman RightsInstanceRepublicPersecutionCongoSri LankaGuatemalaDemocratic Republic Author:David Suzuki
“Without peace and the rule of law, civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights cannot be enjoyed, when killing, maiming and mutual poisoning prevail.” LawPoliticalSocialRightsEconomicKillingEnjoyedMutualRule Of LawPoisoning Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
“The Palestinians fight for their rights and their land using stones and catapults but the Israelis retaliate with disproportional and overwhelming power by using bullets and bombs thus killing so many innocent civilians” FightingRightsLandStonesKillingInnocentBombsOverwhelmingPalestinianBulletsCiviliansCatapults Author:Bernard Membe
“I know of no civilization that tolerates or justifies violence, terrorism, or injustice. There is no civilization that justifies the killing of innocent people. Those who are invoking cultural relativism are really using that as an excuse for violating human rights and to put a cultural mask on the face of what they're doing.” PeopleKnowsHumansFacesRightsViolenceCivilizationKillingInjusticeHuman RightsExcuseTerrorismInnocentMaskJustifyTolerateRelativismCultural Relativism Author:Shirin Ebadi
“Our bill of rights has been shredded. The fourth amendment specifically prohibits the kind of activities the NSA is involved in domestically. The fifth amendment prohibits any president or anyone else from killing anyone without due process.” KindHas BeensProcessPresidentRightsInvolvedActivityBillsKillingDuesAmendmentsFourthFifthNsaBill Of RightsDue ProcessFourth AmendmentFifth Amendment Author:Ray McGovern
“Who talks about the real human rights violations, those committed by the West? Europeans and North Americans have already butchered hundreds of millions of people, or close to one billion, to be precise. They have been looting, torturing and raping. Even now, they are killing millions directly and tens of millions indirectly.” PeopleHumansHas BeensRealMillionsRightsWestKillingHuman RightsCommittedBillionsPreciseViolationReal HumanLooting Author:Andre Vltchek
“Other human rights atrocities from African slavery to the killing fields of Cambodia, the Armenian and Rwandan Genocides are all of course to be remembered, but diluting their particularity or comparing degrees of evil does no good.” HumansDoeCoursesEvilRightsFieldsDegreesSlaveryKillingHuman RightsCompareRememberedGenocideAtrocitiesArmeniansCambodia Author:Jeremy Corbyn