
Human rights: Now more than ever
Happy Human Rights Day 2015, everyone! We need to uphold human rights, now more than ever. As United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reminds us, “On Human Rights Day, let us recommit to guaranteeing the fundamental freedoms and protecting the human rights of all.” President Nelson Mandela spoke from experience that, “to deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.” Donald Trump’s hate-filled and dangerous rhetoric serves as a verbal warning of the