VIOL ATIONS

OF HUMAN
RIGHTS
MEMBERS:
 D EN IS S E M ERCAD O.
 TA N I A G O N Z Á L E Z .
 CRISHNA GONZÁLEZ.
 M AT Í A S S E P Ú LV E D A
 C O N S TA N Z A
S E P Ú LV E D A .
GRADE:4TH GRADE OF
HIGHSCHOOL.
• Even though human rights have been official for many years,
they are still a dream instead of a reality. Why? Please pay
attention to the following examples of violations of human
rights that will help us understand why.
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6,500 people
died in armed
conflicts in
Afghanistan.

In Brazil, the
police killed at In Uganda, 1,500 The Vietnamese
people die each authorities forced at
least 1,260 least 75,000 drug
week in the
people, the internal camps of
addicts and prostitutes
into 71 overcrowded
highest figure to displaced persons. "rehabilitation" camps.
date.
ARTICLE 4:
In north Uganda,
guerrilla bands of
the Lord's
Resistance Army
have kidnapped
20,000 children.
In Guinea-Bissau,
children as young
as 5 years old, are
taken out of the
country to work in
the cotton fields.
In the Dominican
Republic, the
In Asia, Japan is the operations of a In Somalia, in 2007,
main destination network of traffickers more than 1,400
country for women led to the death by displaced persons,
victims of asphyxia of 25 Haitian from Somalia and
trafficking. migrant workers. Ethiopia, died at sea in
human trafficking
operations.
ARTICLE 5: In 2008, the US authorities
They continued holding
270 prisoners in
Guantánamo Bay, Cuba,
without charge or trial.

In Darfur, violence,
atrocities and
kidnappings are rampant
and foreign aid almost In the Democratic
impossible. Republic of the Congo,
acts of torture and ill-
treatment are routinely
committed by government
security services and
armed groups
ARTICLE 13: FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT.
In Kenya, authorities
violated international
refugee law when they
closed the border to
thousands of people
fleeing armed
conflicts in Somalia.

In Burma, thousands of
citizens were arrested, In Algeria, refugees
including 700 and asylum-seekers
prisoners of were frequently
conscience, most victims of detention,
notably Nobel Laureate expulsion or ill-
Aung San Suu Kyi. treatment.