by Jaziah Masters | Dec 7, 2021 | Opinion
This week recognizes Human Rights Day, the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) – a landmark document listing rights every human being is entitled to, regardless of race, religion, sex, nationality and other...
by David Wheeler | Dec 6, 2021 | Opinion
We celebrate the 73rd anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by the United Nations General Assembly on Dec. 10. The document, in the manner of official resolutions of all kinds, begins with a series of “Whereas” statements and...
by Wissam al-Saliby | Dec 6, 2021 | Opinion
“We were not aware of this issue.” This was the unexpected response that I heard this year in two meetings with two United Nations human rights representatives working, respectively, on the Middle East and North Africa, and on Asia. Sixteen churches have been forcibly...
by Scott Stearman | Dec 10, 2020 | Opinion
Nike, Coca-Cola and Apple are among the major companies lobbying Congress to weaken a bill. This is hardly news, but what makes it surprising is that this bill would ban imported goods made with forced labor in China’s Xinjiang region, according to a Nov. 29 report in...
by Cameron Vickrey | Dec 10, 2020 | Opinion
Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on education is beautiful. Yet, I groaned when I got to this line: “Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.” “Choice” is a buzzword that has been co-opted...
