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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of Contents 2

Human Rights Violation - What is it? 3

Speak Now 4

Their Fight Is Your Fight 5

Respect 6

Human Rights Stories 7-12

Women Empowerment Section: Girl Power 13

Be Heard 14

Stand Out For What Matters To You 15

About the Authors 16

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what is it?
Regardless of race, sex, gender,
nationality, ethnicity,
language, religion, or any other
status, every individual has the
right to certain freedoms known
as human rights. Human rights
cover a wide range of freedoms,
such as the right to work and
receive an education, the
freedom from slavery and
torture, and the right to
freedom of speech.

Contrarily, to violate a
person's most basic rights is to
deprive them of their
fundamental moral rights. In a
sense, it is treating them as
though they are not fully human
and are not deserving of respect
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 "SPEAK NOW"
By: Kheane Edineh Bonggo

To live a life of
dignity,
preserves every
individual’s
humanity.
Life that is worthy
to be lived,
let the voices of
the people be heard.

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 human
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 1. Macedonia
Being Roma in Macedonia is not easy, and for Romani
women, the situation is even harder as they face
high level of discrimination when trying to access
education, find a job or receive health care. The
female student drop-out rate is very high, which
Amnesty International believes is due to, amongst
other things, the fact that stereotypes about how
Romani parents fail to value girls' education weigh
heavily on teaching staff's expectations of Roma
schoolchildren. The authorities have done very
little to improve the situation--the international
pressure has only led to half-hearted measures that
have never been effectively implemented. In January
2013, Amnesty International published a briefing on
the Macedonian government's failure to take special
measures to guarantee the rights of Romani women and
girls. The UN Committee on the Elimination of
8 Discrimination against Women is reviewing its
findings.
2. Guinea bissau
Ten months after a military coup in April 2012 impossed
repressive memasures to stifle criticism of the new
authorities, attacks on human rights and the suppression
of fundamental freedoms are still commonplace in this
West African country.

Demonstrations remain banned, journalists are hassled,

harassed or arrested, and extra-judicial executions from
the time of the coup have not been investigated while
their perpetrators are still at large. Large October 2013
freelance journalist Antonio Ali Silva fled the country
after soldiers went to his house and reportedly
threatened to kill him. Silva had previously been
arrested and beaten fir writing about the Chief of Staff
of the Armed Forces in his blog.

As well as violations of civil and political rights, the

economic and social situation has detoriorated sharply in
Guinea Bissau following the coup, leading to a precarious
humanitarian situation. Food is scarce and expensive,
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schools have been closed ad hospitals lack essential
medicines.
3. Viet nam

Largely off the media radar, Viet Nam is

turning into one of South East Asia's
largest prisons for human rights
defenders. Over the past two years, the
government has intensified its crackdown
on freedom of expression, imprisoning
dozens of bloggers, peaceful political
activists, writers, lawyers, business
people, and even songwriters. Human
rights defenders often face decade-long
prison sentences following trials that
are far from fair and transparent. The
courts use Orwellian-sounding charges,
including "conducting anti-state
propaganda" or "activities aimed at
overthrowing the government", despite
freedom of expression being guaranteed
in the Vietnamese Constitution.

On 24 September 2012, for example, three

Vietnamese bloggers were sentenced between four
and 12 years in prison for "spreading propaganda
against the state." Nguyen Van Hai, Ta Phong Tan
and Phan Than Hai, co-founders of the Free
Vietnamese Journalists Club in 2007, had been
campaigning for a free press and other pro-
democracy issues. The trial lasted only a few
hours, while several of the bloggers' supporters
and relatives were arrested to stop them from
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4. pedrito cipriano,
philippines

“They can try to change

history, but they can’t.”

Pedrito Cipriano, a dock worker in the 1970s, was an

active union organizer. One of the rallies he attended
was broken up by Marcos forces. Mr. Cipriano said he was
detained, beaten and tortured before being freed a few
months later. He is among the many Filipinos who accuse
the Marcos family of siphoning billions of dollars from
the government when they held power decades ago. “Not
just Marcos Jr., but the entire Marcos family benefited
from the stolen wealth,” he said, his voice frail.

Mr. Cipriano remains active in community organizing. Many

young people have no memory of martial law, and an older
generation of Filipinos fear the Marcos family has
glossed over the brutality of the dictatorship. “What
happened before was true,” Mr. Cipriano said. “They can
try to change history, but they can’t.”

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 STAND OUT FOR WHAT
MATTERS TO YOU
EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO A STANDARD OF LIVING THAT IS
SUFFICIENT FOR THEIR OWN HEALTH AND THE WELFARE OF THEIR
FAMILIES, INCLUDING ACCESS TO FOOD, CLOTHING, SHELTER, AND
MEDICAL TREATMENT.

EACH AND EVERY PERSON HAS THE RIGHT TO LIFE, LIBERTY, AND
PERSONAL SECURITY.

THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF EVERY HUMAN BEING ARE INHERENT

AND UNALIENABLE AT BIRTH.

EVERYWHERE, A PERSON'S RIGHT TO LEGAL EQUALITY UNDER THE LAW

IS GUARANTEED.

EVERYONE MUST BE FREE FROM SERVITUDE OR SLAVERY, AND ALL

KINDS OF SLAVERY AND THE SLAVE TRADE MUST BE OUTLAWED.

EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL EFFORT IS A FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT THAT

IS GUARANTEED TO EVERYONE, WITHOUT EXCEPTION.

EVERY PERSON HAS THE FREEDOM TO TRAVEL ABROAD AND TO RETURN

HOME AT ANY TIME.

THERE SHALL BE NO GUILT ATTACHED TO ANYONE.

A COMFORTABLE LIFE IS SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT

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 About the authors

Janelle catana kheane edineh bonggo

1ST YEAR BS ACCOUNTANCY STUDENTS

AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN CARLOS

2023