Friday, November 17, 2017

Human rights

     Human rights are rights that belong to all human beings; whatever their nationality, color, religion, language, place of residence, or ethnic origin are. I believe we are all equally entitled to our human rights without discrimination.

      International human rights law lays down obligations of Governments to act in certain ways or to prohibit certain acts, in order to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms of individuals or groups. Human rights exist to stop other people from the ignorance, abuse, violation and discrimination that others commit on them. All of these situations mentioned icluding terror and disappearances are everyday ocurrences  in Colombia. There is a population of approximately 45 million here in Colombia where about mostly half of these people have possibly gone through those situations or worse. The threatening human righhs situation in Colombia is the worst in the region. Most of the human rights violations are executed by the guerrilla groups, laramilitaries and government forces. These include massacres, killings, torture, kidnapping and extortion. Human rights workers, lawyers, judges and even peasants are among the most common victims of terrorist groups and drug lords. The colombian government has come up with a military-economic plan for the removal of coke that has threatened to increase the armed conflict. The law offers a reduced sentence to members of groups who have committed crimes if they participate in demobilization. The law only applies to paramilitaries; not the mafia-like miltary groups who are funded by drug trafficking. The law provides no justice for the victims.

     I believe that the only solution for all of these problems is to open our minds and respect other peoples beliefs. Not to discrimante or distinguish other people because at the end of the day we are all humans and we are all equal. All  these problems would lead to war and what we all would want is  to live in a peaceful world and society.

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Animal Abuse

        Abusing is the action of mistreating and causing pain or damage to others. In some countries  it is very common to find animal abuse,and it a nationwide problem that grows rapidly in today’s society. Year 2006 was the year that had the most cases of animal abuse in the U.S  which was approximately 2700 number of abuse cases.
     
        About three hundred thousand animals die each year from animal abuse. Some animals are used for scientific reasons. It is said that it is necessary to form experiments and do researchs on the poor animals for products, medicines, and economic reasons. The biggest problem with animal testing is that the animals suffer a horrible experience just for us humans to do experiments on them and learn more about their race. It is not fair and very selfish of us for animals to lose their hair or fur just for us humans to have nice clothing. They do not deserve that harm. Many scientists use the “its for science” excuse while there are other scientists and successful companies out there that don’t have the need to use these animals for testing their products yet they have very popular products that are bought daily. Cosmetic items are mostly tested on animals just to see the reaction of a particular product. If the product does react, it could harm very deeply that animal and may cause it to be blind or to die. This is the worst type of abuse because it can actually harm the animal for life. Some heartless people even use dogs for money. They put on a show and their owners put them up for a dog fight just for people’s entertainment and for the selfish reason of making a lot of money themselves if their dog gets to win.  Abusing an animal like that or using it for games is highly unacceptable and it is against the law and should be reduced because it is affecting them harshly.

         Honestly, no one deserves that kind of treatment. What if it was your pet or my pet that they were using and putting chemicals in with unknown reactions, how would you react? What if it was actually you instead of the animal being abused?  You have to put yourself in others shoes because they can  also get hurt the same way us humans do. It is inhumane to make a living creature suffer just for our benefits or for our entertainment. Animal abuse must stop immediately.