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    United Nations International Bill of Rights, “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers,” but what does this mean for the 193 UN member countries of the 196 countries in the world today? In a world where statements such as freedom of expression and human rights have such broad definitions, it is often hard to determine the

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    Freedom is a basic human right, but nevertheless it is obvious, that not everybody is in the position to make use of it because it has been disregarded and trampled on throughout the ages. Freedom is also the circumstance of being internal control. A major conflict that comes in when the freedom appears is when non white people are being discriminated or self discriminated. Throughout time mankind had to fight for freedom, because there were always human beings who considered this basic right to

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    that “human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear” and that “to rebel against tyranny and oppression…is protected by the rule of law.” We, as people of the free world, are guaranteed our inalienable rights and these fundamental rights can only be taken away by due process (The Universal Declaration…). As one of the world’s emerging superpowers, the People’s Republic of China holds a long history of impeding human rights for the “health of social stability” (Human Rights

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    should have their own rights and freedom towards anything in their life, under a given law and ethics. Freedom to express and to survive have become a standard of living of any human kind. Those standards are inherently planted in any human being and being passed to their inheritance. These rights, as the time passes by, have been expanded and developed into higher and more moderate levels of rights, as given that people have been always seeking for a greater freedom in their own countries and societies

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    Freedom of speech is said to be one of the human rights that citizens of the United States have. Wars in the past have given people of the 21st century the ability to “freely” speak their ideas and opinions to help improve the country. But does everyone really have freedom of speech if some people censor what a person says? If people are not allowed to say certain things in order to cover up certain aspects of the lie that the government feeds everyone, is that freedom? Freedom of speech should be

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    Everyone should read The Grand Inquisitor. This Dostoyevsky novel warps your mind, and makes you think about all the suffering in the world. Dostoevsky creates an ambiguity of freedom and human nature; both topics we as Americans feel like we should know rather well. But, do we really understand human nature? Is freedom what we truly think it is? The use of characters in The Grand Inquisitor gives you a three point perspective on dealing with suffering in the world. The first character we are

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    Little Brother by Doctorow, San Francisco seems to be turning into a dystopian society, leading to the decline of human freedom. Doctorow’s view on technology is strong to a certain extent displaying how the misuses of technology can harm the human race. In the novel, the issues of technology and human freedom are widely discussed in a way that shows how technology takes away human rights by the use of face recognition, codes, and other means. Doctorow illustrates how face recognitions is unconstitutional

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    Every human being is entitled to their civil liberties. However, society’s fundamental rights and freedoms need careful protection to ensure their continuation. Reg Whitaker, author of The Devil and Stephen Harper, is one of the many citizens concerned about Canada’s new defence policy, Bill C-51. This article vocalizes social unease in Canada due to individual liberties being overlooked in favour of national security. George Orwell furthers this notion through his novel 1984, where a corrupt and

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    Human Trafficking: Prosperity at the Price of Freedom Michael G. Rogers American Military University CMRJ401 B001 Win 17 Professor Russo February 25, 2016 Human Trafficking is a global problem. No one country can stop or even deter it alone. It is far too big of a “business” for that. It is a $150 billion dollar a year industry (Human Rights First, 2014). Of all the ranked crime in the world human trafficking is one of the most diverse in the scope of the crime, as well as the victim

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    Human rights predominantly reflect basic moralities of self respect of all individuals. Thus, all persons should be entitled to equal rights no matter their, nationality, gender, race, ethnicity, religious affiliations, political standings, language nor their class status. Furthermore, all governing countries have an obligation to uphold these universal rights. Therefore; each law that is construed on a national or international level should guarantee no discrimination towards any individuals or

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