by Megan Smith
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/04/2009411994118412.html
It seems that today’s world is not only suffering economically. Rather, we are failing to excel in the realms of human rights and justice. Recently, a documentary entitled Hell Hole was released by the South African Broadcasting Association. This documentary placed images with the well known facts of the appalling prison conditions currently being sustained within Zimbabwe. The piece details the countless emaciated detainees who are too weak to walk, let alone stand by themselves. Though steps are being taken by the Movement for Democratic Change, tangible remedies are sure to take months to years to be fully enacted. So now that the G20 has handled the global financial recession, how about they take on the human rights recession. Let us not pretend that the prisons in Zimbabwe are an isolated case. All over the world there are countless human rights injustices being committed, not just in places such as Zimbabwe, but in our own backyard, by our own government. Isn’t it about time that we stand up and demand an end to such atrocities? If the 20 wealthiest countries in the world can take steps towards healing the greatest recession in 80 years, they can surly make a small dent in at least one aspect of the obvious world wide injustices.
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