Iraq Violation of Human Rights

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The world has been known to be an unsafe and otherwise bad place to be due to the evils that exist within it. Governments have since created a Declaration of Human Rights that specify the rights that individuals are born with. This declaration explicitly states thirty different rules that one must obey. Among these rules includes a comprehensive explanation of what any individual inalienably accesses. Despite these rules that are set in stone, some groups or territories do not follow such guidelines and thus are put on a watch to try and fix the predicaments that are occurring. A country that falls victim to this category is Iraq. This country has underwent many trials and tribulations due to its problematic individuals that are generally directed at thwarting the United States of America. These individuals are well known terroristic groups including Al Qaeda and the Taliban that have done quite the opposite of what the Declaration of Human Rights elucidates. From mass killings within their confines to attacking the United States of America, the groups are oblivious to the rights that humans should have. Iraqi officials correlate with these groups and thus make the entire country hazardous. The officials loose sympathy and empathy for the human being entity and treat them as nothing more than dirt that must follow orders with no freedoms. Iraq has been violating important human rights, deserting its land of choice and autonomy by denying the Iraqi citizens the rights to gather and peacefully protest against ideas and virtues that they disagree with, executing prisoners without proper trial and torturing its people for various profound reasons.
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