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HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
Approximately twenty-seven million people live in slavery.
With so many people unaware of their most fundamental rights, those who made a difference and helped create the human rights we enjoy today. These humanitarian fought for human rights, because they realized that in their absence, would never have achieved peace and progress. Each of them, in a meaningful way, changed the world.
Martin Luther King Jr., in defending the rights of black people in the United States in the 60s, said: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
The big advocate of peaceful resistance to oppression, Mahatma Gandhi, described nonviolence as "the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is more powerful than the most powerful weapon of destruction that has ever been devised by the ingenuity of man. "
Fighting with pride against religious persecution in France in the eighteenth century, Voltaire wrote: "I disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
Thomas Jefferson, the inspirer and author of the Declaration of Independence, said: "The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only goal of good governance." There are people who, by thought and actions have made a difference and changed our world. Among them were the following aid:
1. Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
2. Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)
3. César Chávez (1927-1993)
4. Nelson Mandela (born 1918)
5. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)
6. Desmond Tutu (born 1931)
7. Oscar Arias Sánchez (born in 1940)
8. Muhammad Yunus (born 1940)
9. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (born 1945)
MAHATMA GANDHI (1869-1948)
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was a major political and spiritual leaders. Honored in India as the Father of the Nation, was a pioneer of the principle of satyagraha, resistance to tyranny English with nonviolent civil disobedience. As he drove the company to reduce poverty, guarantee more rights to women, building harmony between religions and races and eliminate injustices, Gandhi applied the principles of non-violent struggle to liberate India from foreign domination. He was often imprisoned for his actions, but he had his purpose in 1947, when India gained independence from Britain. Because of his stature, we referred to him by the name of Mahatma, meaning "great soul." By Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Gandhi recognized in the inspiration of their struggles for equal rights for their people.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT (1884-1962)
As president of the United Nations Commission for Human Rights, Eleanor Roosevelt was the promoter of the creation in 1948 of the Statute of freedom: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Wife of politician Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1905 and immersed himself completely in the public service activities. Supported the achievement of equal rights for women, for African Americans and for workers in the period of the Great Depression. Helped Marian Anderson (singer of color), when in 1939 he was denied access to Constitution Hall in Washington. Eleanor made sure that Marian could instead perform the steps of the Lincoln Memorial monument, creating a lasting and inspiring in terms of personal courage and human rights.
In 1946, Eleanor was appointed delegate to the United Nations by President Harry Truman, who ascended to the White House after the death of Franklin Roosevelt in 1945. As head of the Commission for Human Rights, Eleanor Roosevelt played a very important role in the formulation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which he presented to the General Assembly of the United Nations with the following words:
"We stand today at the threshold of a great moment in the existence of the United Nations and UNESCO. This statement could become the international Magna Carta for all men and in all places. "
"Do what feels right in your heart, because you'll be criticized anyway. Be damned if you do, damned if you do not. "- Eleanor Roosevelt.
Cesar Chavez (1927-1993)
Mexican worker, César Chávez created by his actions better conditions for farm workers. He witnessed the terrible conditions of the people working on the farm. They were exploited, were not paid and lived in shacks, without medical assistance. Chavez changed everything when he organized the National Association of Agricultural Workers. With marches and strikes Chávez forced to pay wages and provide other benefits.
NELSON MANDELA (born in 1918)
Nelson Mandela, a symbol of human rights worked to abolish the policy of apartheid established by the National Party to power in South Africa. He was tried for his actions and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Mandela became a symbol of resistance to the rising anti-apartheid movement, refused to compromise his political position to obtain his freedom. He was released in 1990, continued the battle against oppression to reach his. In 1994, Mandela was proclaimed the first black president of South Africa.
"If you talk to a man in a language he understands, you'll center. If you talk to him in his language, you will come to his heart. "- Nelson Mandela.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. (1929-1968)
Martin Luther King Jr. was the initiator of social change through non-violence of the twentieth century. After the episode of Anna Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote, gave speeches and organized non-violent mass protests on racial discrimination, and to request a civil rights legislation for the rights of African Americans. In 1963, Alabama, Martin Luther King led peaceful mass demonstrations that were thwarted by police dogs and fire hoses with white, creating a controversy that ended up on the headlines of newspapers all over the world. Subsequent mass demonstrations in many communities culminated in a march that gathered more than 250,000 demonstrators protest in Washington, DC, where King delivered his famous speech "I Have a Dream", which conceived of a world in which the people were no longer divided based on race. The movement he inspired was so powerful, that Congress enacted the Civil Rights Act in 1964, the same year that King received the Nobel Prize for Peace. Recognized after his death with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Martin Luther King Jr. is an icon of the civil rights movement. His life and his works symbolize the pursuit of equality and non-discrimination that form the basis of the American dream, and the human.
DESMOND TUTU (born in 1931)
Desmond Tutu is one of the most important propagandists of human rights in South Africa, for his efforts in abolishing apartheid. He became the first black Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town and Johannesburg. Through conferences was known as the "voice" of South African blacks.
When you played the first multiracial elections in South Africa in 1994, which elected Nelson Mandela as the first black president of the nation, Mandela appointed him chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).
In his work, Tutu has always said his goal "a just and democratic society without racial divisions".
Desmond Tutu continues to Viaggiar, the struggle for human rights and the equality of all peoples, both within South Africa and internationally.
OSCAR ARIAS Sánchez (born in 1940)
Oscar Sanchez brought peace to Central America.
He was elected president of Costa Rica in 1986, he made known to the world that he intended to restore peace in Central America, freeing the region from the Cold War. He obtained the approval of its plans for peace, asking to limit the military, to ensure freedom of the press and hold free elections. His plan was successful and ended the fighting in the region.
MUHAMMAD YUNUS (born in 1940)
The economist and Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus has become famous throughout the world for his revolutionary system of micro-credit granting small loans to entrepreneurs too poor to qualify for traditional bank loans, a system that has enabled millions of people to escape poverty.
DAW Aung San Suu Kyi (BORN IN 1945)
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has been one of the leading voices for human rights and freedom in Burma (Myanmar), a country ruled by a military government since 1962. Suu Kyi wrote an open letter to the government, demanding the formation of an independent commission that held democratic elections. Violation of a government ban prohibiting political gatherings of more than four people, Suu Kyi gave speeches in front of large audiences throughout Burma as Secretary-General of the new National League for Democracy (NLD). In 1989 he was put under house arrest. Despite his detention, the NLD won the elections with 82% of the seats in parliament, but the military dictatorship refused to recognize the validity of the results as valid. Suu Kyi remained in prison almost continuously since then, refusing the offer of the Government of freedom if she left Burma. In 2003, he was transferred from prison and returned to house arrest, which were extended repeatedly and illegally by the military government. She continues to be the living expression of the determination of its people to achieve political and economic freedom. Awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1991, Suu Kyi called on citizens around the world to "use your liberty to promote ours."
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
Approximately twenty-seven million people live in slavery.
With so many people unaware of their most fundamental rights, those who made a difference and helped create the human rights we enjoy today. These humanitarian fought for human rights, because they realized that in their absence, would never have achieved peace and progress. Each of them, in a meaningful way, changed the world.
Martin Luther King Jr., in defending the rights of black people in the United States in the 60s, said: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
The big advocate of peaceful resistance to oppression, Mahatma Gandhi, described nonviolence as "the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is more powerful than the most powerful weapon of destruction that has ever been devised by the ingenuity of man. "
Fighting with pride against religious persecution in France in the eighteenth century, Voltaire wrote: "I disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
Thomas Jefferson, the inspirer and author of the Declaration of Independence, said: "The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only goal of good governance." There are people who, by thought and actions have made a difference and changed our world. Among them were the following aid:
1. Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
2. Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)
3. César Chávez (1927-1993)
4. Nelson Mandela (born 1918)
5. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)
6. Desmond Tutu (born 1931)
7. Oscar Arias Sánchez (born in 1940)
8. Muhammad Yunus (born 1940)
9. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (born 1945)
MAHATMA GANDHI (1869-1948)
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was a major political and spiritual leaders. Honored in India as the Father of the Nation, was a pioneer of the principle of satyagraha, resistance to tyranny English with nonviolent civil disobedience. As he drove the company to reduce poverty, guarantee more rights to women, building harmony between religions and races and eliminate injustices, Gandhi applied the principles of non-violent struggle to liberate India from foreign domination. He was often imprisoned for his actions, but he had his purpose in 1947, when India gained independence from Britain. Because of his stature, we referred to him by the name of Mahatma, meaning "great soul." By Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Gandhi recognized in the inspiration of their struggles for equal rights for their people.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT (1884-1962)
As president of the United Nations Commission for Human Rights, Eleanor Roosevelt was the promoter of the creation in 1948 of the Statute of freedom: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Wife of politician Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1905 and immersed himself completely in the public service activities. Supported the achievement of equal rights for women, for African Americans and for workers in the period of the Great Depression. Helped Marian Anderson (singer of color), when in 1939 he was denied access to Constitution Hall in Washington. Eleanor made sure that Marian could instead perform the steps of the Lincoln Memorial monument, creating a lasting and inspiring in terms of personal courage and human rights.
In 1946, Eleanor was appointed delegate to the United Nations by President Harry Truman, who ascended to the White House after the death of Franklin Roosevelt in 1945. As head of the Commission for Human Rights, Eleanor Roosevelt played a very important role in the formulation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which he presented to the General Assembly of the United Nations with the following words:
"We stand today at the threshold of a great moment in the existence of the United Nations and UNESCO. This statement could become the international Magna Carta for all men and in all places. "
"Do what feels right in your heart, because you'll be criticized anyway. Be damned if you do, damned if you do not. "- Eleanor Roosevelt.
Cesar Chavez (1927-1993)
Mexican worker, César Chávez created by his actions better conditions for farm workers. He witnessed the terrible conditions of the people working on the farm. They were exploited, were not paid and lived in shacks, without medical assistance. Chavez changed everything when he organized the National Association of Agricultural Workers. With marches and strikes Chávez forced to pay wages and provide other benefits.
NELSON MANDELA (born in 1918)
Nelson Mandela, a symbol of human rights worked to abolish the policy of apartheid established by the National Party to power in South Africa. He was tried for his actions and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Mandela became a symbol of resistance to the rising anti-apartheid movement, refused to compromise his political position to obtain his freedom. He was released in 1990, continued the battle against oppression to reach his. In 1994, Mandela was proclaimed the first black president of South Africa.
"If you talk to a man in a language he understands, you'll center. If you talk to him in his language, you will come to his heart. "- Nelson Mandela.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. (1929-1968)
Martin Luther King Jr. was the initiator of social change through non-violence of the twentieth century. After the episode of Anna Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote, gave speeches and organized non-violent mass protests on racial discrimination, and to request a civil rights legislation for the rights of African Americans. In 1963, Alabama, Martin Luther King led peaceful mass demonstrations that were thwarted by police dogs and fire hoses with white, creating a controversy that ended up on the headlines of newspapers all over the world. Subsequent mass demonstrations in many communities culminated in a march that gathered more than 250,000 demonstrators protest in Washington, DC, where King delivered his famous speech "I Have a Dream", which conceived of a world in which the people were no longer divided based on race. The movement he inspired was so powerful, that Congress enacted the Civil Rights Act in 1964, the same year that King received the Nobel Prize for Peace. Recognized after his death with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Martin Luther King Jr. is an icon of the civil rights movement. His life and his works symbolize the pursuit of equality and non-discrimination that form the basis of the American dream, and the human.
DESMOND TUTU (born in 1931)
Desmond Tutu is one of the most important propagandists of human rights in South Africa, for his efforts in abolishing apartheid. He became the first black Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town and Johannesburg. Through conferences was known as the "voice" of South African blacks.
When you played the first multiracial elections in South Africa in 1994, which elected Nelson Mandela as the first black president of the nation, Mandela appointed him chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).
In his work, Tutu has always said his goal "a just and democratic society without racial divisions".
Desmond Tutu continues to Viaggiar, the struggle for human rights and the equality of all peoples, both within South Africa and internationally.
OSCAR ARIAS Sánchez (born in 1940)
Oscar Sanchez brought peace to Central America.
He was elected president of Costa Rica in 1986, he made known to the world that he intended to restore peace in Central America, freeing the region from the Cold War. He obtained the approval of its plans for peace, asking to limit the military, to ensure freedom of the press and hold free elections. His plan was successful and ended the fighting in the region.
MUHAMMAD YUNUS (born in 1940)
The economist and Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus has become famous throughout the world for his revolutionary system of micro-credit granting small loans to entrepreneurs too poor to qualify for traditional bank loans, a system that has enabled millions of people to escape poverty.
DAW Aung San Suu Kyi (BORN IN 1945)
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has been one of the leading voices for human rights and freedom in Burma (Myanmar), a country ruled by a military government since 1962. Suu Kyi wrote an open letter to the government, demanding the formation of an independent commission that held democratic elections. Violation of a government ban prohibiting political gatherings of more than four people, Suu Kyi gave speeches in front of large audiences throughout Burma as Secretary-General of the new National League for Democracy (NLD). In 1989 he was put under house arrest. Despite his detention, the NLD won the elections with 82% of the seats in parliament, but the military dictatorship refused to recognize the validity of the results as valid. Suu Kyi remained in prison almost continuously since then, refusing the offer of the Government of freedom if she left Burma. In 2003, he was transferred from prison and returned to house arrest, which were extended repeatedly and illegally by the military government. She continues to be the living expression of the determination of its people to achieve political and economic freedom. Awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1991, Suu Kyi called on citizens around the world to "use your liberty to promote ours."