When Human Rights Gets a Voice

The whistle-blowing of information regarding out-of-control institutional global surveillance has finally brought some much needed conversation and thoughts to the important topic of increasing loss of human rights. And today, there’s finally a glimmer of hope that a few governments get what so many people are worried about. Yes, there is hypocrisy because everyone spies on others. But that doesn’t negate the fact that we all have basic rights that should not be taken away by selfish institutional interests that are increasingly taking over individual rights.

Meet the newest UN conversation brought out by Brazil and Germany, seeking to equalize global human rights in regards to privacy and freedom of expression:

https://cbrajkovich.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/N1354407.pdf

https://cbrajkovich.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/G1313303.pdf

 

And read about the latest attempts by certain “superpowers” who wish to continue business as usual:

UN surveillance Goes Ahead Despite Attempts to Dilute Language on the Guardian.

 

The people are finally getting their voices heard. And it’s up to us to keep up the pressure so that another’s economic and power windfalls doesn’t continue to dilute everyone’s basic human rights.

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