Never again? It's happening again

After the Second World War, during which many millions were systematically, industrially, gruesomely murdered in the worst genocidal crime against humanity, the earnest, global, unison cry was, ‘Never again’.

Free at last: Shaker Aamer

Imprisoned and tortured for over 13 years without charge or trial. What happened to Human Rights?

The last British resident to be kept prisoner at Guantánamo Bay, Shaker Aamer, has at last been freed and returned to Britain. Mr Aamer, who has never been charged or tried for any crime, has described being tortured in the presence of British agents.

Human Rights: What Are They?

This is a simplified version of the 30 Articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  

After the appalling atrocities of the Second World War, the United Nations came into existence.  One of their first tasks was the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  It’s been translated into more languages than any other document.  Unfortunately, however, the principles of ‘human rights’ have yet to be translated into reality for most of the world’s 7 billion people.  Without enforcement, a ‘right’ is just a word.

See also: 'Why we must never abandon human rights'

Why we must never abandon human rights

This morning I saw for the first time a short 1950's French documentary screened at ‘The Cinema and Human Rights' film festival at Birkbeck University, London.  

‘Night and Fog’ is shocking, harrowing and true.  It reveals a gnawing glimpse of the horror of the Holocaust.  This film needs to be seen, preserved and re-shown to every future generation, so that we never forget.