Connor+H.+-+FP+-+FA10

=__Human Rights__=



//**The human experience, no matter where you live, is relatively the same.**//


 The human experience is generally the same. People, no matter where or how they live, all experience normal human emotions. These emotions include happiness, sadness, anger, love, surprise, and fear. Humans in Africa experience the same emotions as human in the United States, and human in Europe experience the same emotions as human in China. Although all humans are different, whether it be in race, language, or physical attributes; they all share in common, the emotions that they will experience during their life. Emotions connect even the most different of people and make them seem not that different. Although all humans share the same basic emotions, they also can greatly differ in their conditions of life. For example, modernized countries are spared many of the hardships people in other parts of the world have to face. While the more fortunate live in more hospitable conditions, others are not so lucky. These people may have troubles such as water acquisition or oppression. Everyday can be a struggle for people who are located in developing countries.   If the fortunate are ignored though, a pattern can be seen. People of the rest of the world all deal with their own problems. In all areas these problems are different, but yet they all revolve around the one theme of human rights. Human rights are the rights granted to a person by being human. All humans are given these rights, unless they are taken away from the person by something greater (government, group, etc.). In many developing countries, it can be seen that some humans are not given the rights that they were granted by being born human. Examples of this lie in China, the Philippines, Rwanda, and India. In all of these countries, in one way or another, a small (or large) mass is deprived of their rights. In China, workers suffer under unhealthy working conditions and are forced to work long hours. It would be thought that the workers would be rewarded for enduring through these bad conditions and long hours, but they are not. These workers are paid miniscule amounts for the work they do. Workers can be seriously injured, killed, or stricken with life changing/threatening illnesses or diseases as a result of the horrid conditions. Likewise in the Philippines, there is a large business of human trafficking. Most of the humans being trafficked are part of the sex trade. These people are slaves. They work for their owner or “pimp” and make money for him. In return for making the “pimp” money they receive food and shelter, although they still live in bad conditions. Many of the sex slaves were abducted or sold into the trade against their will or unknowingly. These persons are being deprived of their rights. In Rwanda, a different type of human rights violations took place and is taking place. In Rwanda, genocide took place. Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed by extremists in large numbers. The victims of the Hutu violence were denied their human rights. By killing the Tutsis and moderate Hutus, the Hutu extremists were denying them of their right of life. Also, by forcing the Tutsis and moderate Hutus on the run, they were denying them of their freedom. In current day Rwanda, killings and torture still exist. And in India, Dalits or “Untouchables” are continually discriminated against. Dalits are discriminated against because they are marked as lesser than human by the Indian caste system. Dalits are killed, raped, and tortured. Higher castes will regularly participate in gang beatings of Dalits to “show them their place”. Dalits are deprived of their human rights just like many other people throughout the world.  In conclusion, the human experience is generally the same. All humans experience the same emotions during their life. People, no matter how different they are, will always experience the basic emotions all other humans experience. Along with the basic emotions, people can also experience alike events. For example, many people through the entirety of the world deal with not being granted their human rights. Although peoples’ lives are not the same on a small scale, they can be connected when looked at through the larger picture frame.

Countries:


 * China**
 * Philippines**
 * Rwanda**
 * India**