Civil wars. World wars and racial wars, the 21st century have seen it all, where basic human rights have been taken away by government officials for their own personal needs or for the selfish needs of a community. This essay will outline the most significant events in the history of human rights, where poverty,slavery and hardship were overlooked by the majority of the world. Firstly, Gandhi fights for the independence of India. Secondaly, the Black civil rights fought by Martin Luther King Jr. Lastly, the atrocities faced by the Jews in World War 2 under the Nazi Germany ruled by Adolf Hitler.
Firstly, one of the most significant events in the human history was Gandhi fighting for the independence of India. After finishing his studies in England, Gandhi goes back to his homeland of India to free the oppressed Indians from slavery and poverty, they were facing under the British Empire. An example of this is when the British government decides to change laws that violated the civil rights of Indians. In retaliation to this, Gandhi and friends prepare a day of fasting and prayers, bringing an effect of a general strike and bought India to complete halt, causing large-scale embarrassment for the British Empire. Another example of
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this is in 1942 when Gandhi started a widespread campaign against England called "Quit India", although the British arrested Gandhi for sedition, this only made his campaign more popular among Indians and people worldwide, This campaign eventually leads to the independence of India in 1947. As these evidence shows, the independence of India was gained not through bloodsheds and violence, but by the peaceful campaign lead by Gandhi. This showed the world that protests for a right cause does not need large amounts of violence and bloodsheds, instead it may only need a great leader that acts on peaceful thoughts. This is why the independence of India a significant event in the human rights history. Secondaly, one of the most significant events in the history of human rights was the Black civil rights campaign lead by Martin Luther King in America. Throughout history the Black men and women of America, were minors treated as slaves due to the colour of their skin. All this started to change as Black people started understanding that racially discriminating them, were taking away all the basic human rights the government of America should have been providing them. An example of this happened on the 1st of December 1955, when a lady called Rosa Parks of Alabama, refused to give up her seat to a white person. There by breaking the custom in the Southern States , of the blacks being made to give up their seats to whites and go sit at the back. Following her actions she was jailed and in anger the Black community began boycotting the city buses , which lasted for more than one year. Another example is when Martin Luther King attracted 250,000 protestors black and white, rich and poor to Washington, DC, to demand voting rights and equal opportunities for the African Americans and to end racial segregation and discrimination. It is also here where he delivered his famous speech " I have a dream", and through this speech he showed the world, it is time to stop dividing people by their race or colour. As these evidence shows, the fight and struggle to gain freedom for the Black people and acts like boycotting buses for over a year shows fellowship among the black community, also their fight for freedom highlights the fact that only peaceful actions were used, rather than violence. This is why the black civil rights movement in America was a significant event in the history of human rights. Lastly, one of the most significant events in the history of human rights was the atrocities faced by the Jewish people in World War 2 under the Nazi Germany ruled by Adolf Hitler. As Nazi occupied Germany rose to power in Europe, the heartless crimes committed by them also grew. Killing and sending gypsies, homosexuals, mentally and physically disabled people into concentration camps, or isolating them in the German communities and making them feel like aliens. A prime example of this was faced by the Jewish people, when they were thrown into slavery and isolation. An example of this can be found in 1935, when Nazis passed a new law, that made jews no longer citizens of Germany and they were not allowed to marry other German men or women and most importantly they lost all their basic human rights. Another example of the hardship faced by the Jewish community was that, after 1939 about six million Jews were killed in the countries that Hitler ruled in a place called the concentration camps and as most Jews lived in Poland, almost all concentration camp were also located there. As these examples show, while Hitler grew in power the lives of Jews were jeopardized and all forms of rights they deserved were, cruely taken away off from them, leaving them to a life filled with poverty, slavery and hunger. This is why the atrocities faced by Jews in World War 2 a significant event in the history of human rights. This essay outlines some of the significant events in the history of human rights, for instance: the hardship Gandhi went through to gain Independence for India.
The black civil rights movement in America that saw the lives of many black men and women changed as they gained rights to some necessities that people of this generation take for granted and finally, the hardship faced by Jews as they were robbed of their basic rights that are necessary for life. Even though the events discussed above inspired other communities to fight for their freedom, but lets hope that no people in the world will have to go through the hardship that was faced by the people mentioned and not mentioned in this essay ever again for the selfish needs of
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