Human rights mean to me being able to live without fear of being hurt. They mean being able to wake up in the morining and not having to worry about being unfairly arrested or harmed. They mean knowing that if you do get arrested then you know you will be fairly and rightfully represented in a court of law. They mean knowing you won’t be detained for making your voice heard or for speaking out for what you believe in. They mean knowing that you can believe in what you want, look and talk how you want without being abused for it. It means knowing that you will never be tortured or locked in a cell for years wondering if anyone knows you’re there or if you will ever make it alive and see the light of day again.
It is fundamentally wrong for a person to take another person’s life from them, It goes against all that makes us human, all the makes this world a fair place to live in. There aren’t many people who don’t lmpw this and yet the killing, torture and wrongful imprisonment of hundreds of people in Israel and Palestine still continues. Everyday people lose sight of what is wrong and what is right and most importantly they lose sight of that basic understanding that is needed in the fight for upholding all human rights around the world.
Human rights mean that people can read essays such as this one and be able to talk about them, safe in the knowledge that nothing will happen them or no one will harm them or their families for doing so. They mean standing up to those who try to oppress people and showing them that violence is not the way forward in today’s world. To me human rights mean not being afraid, they mean not living in oppression, and most of all, they mean fairness.
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