Unjust Violations

      Indonesia has tried to abide by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but nothing is perfect and this country is not the exception and it has violated some Human Rights.

       This country has violated articles 1, 2, 3, 5, 13, 18, 19, and 23 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The rights that the country has violated deals with the military unfairly beating civilians, people not letting other practice their religion such as obstructing people to attend their religious ceremonies. There have also been freedom of speech violations and sex discrimination.  When looking into the labor conditions, child domestic workers (young girls) can not leave the house where they work and are physically, mentally, and sexually abused by their employers.

       This may not be your country, but you must care, because this can happen to you. You must not only help others, but help yourself. The first article of the Universal Declaration of Human Right States: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and with rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.” These violations are cruel, because they are cutting away people’s life and freedom. People are not living, but being tortured and kept away from what they truly are and want to be.

      

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Here are the articles mentioned before hand that were violated in Indonesia:

Article 1.  All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Article 2.  Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.

Article 3.  Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.

Article 5.  No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.  

Article 13.

(1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.

(2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.

Article 18.  Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.

Article 19.  Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.

Article 23.

(1) Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.

(2) Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work.

(3) Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.

(4) Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests.