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Are there real human rights groups in Guyana?

Jul 03, 2014 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,
The preamble to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states:
“Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.”
For those who are unaware, this is where the right to religious and indeed all other freedoms come from. For example, your right to free speech – for everyone – every human being, and therefore gays and lesbians.
The first article of the Declaration reinforces the preamble.
“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.”
As a labour and community activist, I am truly disgusted by the cruel and degrading comments of those opposed and the lack of a coherent or any response for that matter, to these attacks.
Given this controversy, I must ask: Are there real human rights groups in Guyana?  If there are, where are they in terms of the advancement, promotion and protection of human rights?
The silence is deafening.
Finally, it should be noted, while those opposed to this lifestyle may be in the majority, the numbers cannot diminish nor extinguish the fundamental rights of this group. Rights which any democratic society and in particular, a signatory to the declaration, should seek to protect.
June Veecock

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