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The United Nations Taps Youth as Our Best Hope Against Hate
This year, International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is chillingly well-timed.
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This UN Day In Support of Victims of Torture, Let’s Imagine a World Without It
True torture in all its forms, certainly far worse than anything I’ve ever experienced, is designed specifically to do damage to another person, to leave a mark—an indelible impression that is all but impossible to get rid of, if the victim is fortunate enough to even survive.
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Marking the Birth of the United Nations—The World’s Advocate for Peace and Human Rights
“It is no exaggeration to say that the work we are starting on here at this meeting may be the world’s last chance.”
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UN Recognizes the Right to Truth in Uncovering Human Rights Abuses
Thirty years is too long, far too long, for the light of truth to shine on gross violations of human rights.
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STAND Considers United Nations Combat of Hate Speech a Good Sign
UN Secretary-General António Guterres delivered an insightful speech when he launched the Fez Plan of Action to prevent hate speech as an incitement to acts of atrocity. The Fez Plan, drawn up in April 2015 in Fez, Morocco, addresses hate speech which causes atrocities against people of religion.
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Is Nothing Sacred? United Nations Moves to Protect Religious Sites
The United Nations and its member states have a complicated history with regard to religious freedom.
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United Nations Takes a Stand Against Religious Violence
Those three events may have been more dramatic and grabbed more headlines than most instances of violent persecution, but they were by no means isolated. Open Doors, an organization which advocates for persecuted Christians, estimated that between October 2019 and September 2020, over 4,700 Christians were killed around the world for their faith. There were also close to 6,000 incidents of arrests or abduction of Christians due to their religion. By their estimation, 340 million Christians live in countries where they are subject to persecution.
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Why Would Anyone Attack Scientology?
When I first got involved with Scientology, I had to wade through misinformation to really understand what it was and what it wasn’t. Because I had no frame of reference in those early days, all the information sort of mixed together, and it was very hard to separate fact from fiction.
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Farewell to UN Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Kofi Annan
“With countless others around the world, we mourn the loss of this great leader and statesman who valued freedom and promoted a spirit of tolerance amongst all,” said Edward Parkin, STAND’s International Director.
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Honoring International Human Rights Day
Sixty-nine years ago today, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights —what would become the most widely agreed upon text on the subject of human rights and the most translated document in the world—was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.
