2011: An extraordinary year for human rights
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United Nations, New York, 10 December 2011 - 2011 has been an extraordinary year for human rights. Millions of people took to the streets to demand change and to claim their rights. Many found their voices through social media - they used the internet and instant messaging to inform, inspire and mobilize supporters to seek the basic human rights to which we are all entitled. In her message for Human Rights Day, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, asks that we celebrate the universal rights that belong to us all and the power of social media to promote and protect them.
Human Rights Day is marked annually on 10 December, it commemorates the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the UN General Assembly in 1948.
Human Rights Day website:
http://www.un.org/en/events/humanrightsday
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) website:
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Pages/WelcomePage.aspx
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@aaaaaaac1 She didn't say the Arab Spring was driven by media. She simply stated that social media helped facilitate the movement insofar as it allowed people to disseminate information and it established a forum to foster discussions about freedom and justice. Besides, this video is an acknowledgement of the progress being made in human rights, not about religion. So stop trying to use religion in a divisive manner and learn to appreciate the common, shared human struggle against oppression.
roooobes 2 months ago
Why don't you at least achknoweldge it was because of their muslim faith that drove the people to crush oppression. Instead you choose to say it was only driven by media. Shame.
aaaaaaac1 3 months ago