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A group of international figures gathered in Cape Town this week to launch a new global campaign for human rights. One of them was Irene Khan, who as secretary-general of Amnesty International leads one of the world's most prominent mass-based human rights groups. She spoke to AllAfrica's Helen Kilbey.
What is the definition of human rights? It is a relative term, depending on who is defining it and what the person stands to loose or gain.
Our own apparent role models like Mr Desmond Tutu are prepared to turn their backs on their innocent grandsons in the name of protecting their own image. We preach about forgiveness and reconciliation, morals, protection of interests of kids and yet, are prepared to deprive our kids of their natural heritage, lest they would be an embarrassment to us and the world we try to impress.
Check the website: www.iblogformychildsrights.com
This kid will leave to remember that he was rejected by his one and only living grandfather, Mr Desmond Tutu, because he was born out of an unbefitting relationship.
And yet, when we campaign for children, we do not discriminate, we do not ask them how they came into being, we just embrace them and say - "Let the children come to me for they are innocent"
Why try to remove the splint in your neighbour's eye, when you have a log in yours?
God Bless Our Leaders and Role Models.
Amen.
WHICH HUMAN RIGHTS ARE LEADRS DIVIDED ON? African leaders are not to blame for the continous violations human rights in Zimbabwe and else where for that matter.
Africans have for decades been held hostages by despotic rregimes most of whom enjoyed funding by the western powers. What is happening in Zimbabwe is a necessary evil by which emperialists can make their case for world dominance. Zimbabwe is just one of the manutia cases within the wheel in the wheel.
The ever present failure of human rights efforts, and peace innitiatives will result in the call to one world governing authority. Mugabe is not the problem. He is being used by some powers.
Zimbabwe is not the only African failed state: many are and are clever of hidding their fithy political practices.
We should inquire on what crime did Mugabe commi? It seems money men are angry with him, and this should sound an alarm to the greedy african leaders who contiously depend on money men out there.
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