Everyone has human rights – those fundamental freedoms that are essential to living a full life. Regardless of your sex, race, ethnicity, national origin, economic status or sexual orientation, human rights belong to YOU.
Defenders of these rights in communities around the world passionately work to uphold the neglected, victimized and ignored. They are "living answers" to some difficult, and often controversial, questions:
Can democracy activists succeed in the heart of the Middle East?
Saad Ibrahim has struggled for more than 30 years toward this goal, even at the expense of his own freedom and health. [Read more]
Do women have equal status as men in Islam?
Zainah Anwar's example makes the case. The founder of Sisters in Islam, Anwar uses the teachings of the Qur'an to advocate for women's rights. [Read more]
Do members of a government's political opposition deserve equal rights?
Gerard Jean-Juste thought so. This political exile lived in Miami and was on a lifelong quest to improve the civil liberties of Haitians, regardless of their views. [Read more]
Do Palestinians have the right to move freely on their own land?
Jessica Montell, an Israeli, insists they do. Holding her own government accountable, Montell brings rights violations to light, exposing the true situation in Palestine. [Read more]
Do members of emerging democracies deserve to live free from fear?
Helen Mack asserts that all people have a right to security. She challenges the Guatemalan culture of impunity for military crimes that subverted justice after the murder of her sister. [Read more]
Do journalists have the right to expose government corruption and torture?
Sihem Bensedrine believes journalists not only have the right but the moral obligation. She decries the Tunisian government's authoritarian restrictions on expression and association, despite its benign reputation in the eyes of the West. [Read more]
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