Are human rights activists crossing their limits

India
December 8, 2007 11:13am CST
I know human rights activists have done a great job for people in India. But I have just started thinking of whether they are justified in their actions or they are overdoing it. At times it looks like for them issues comes first and then the country which is a wrong signal for the outside world as it can be manupulated. Please share your views and correct me if I am wrong.
2 responses
@men82in (1268)
• India
17 Dec 07
Upto india human right commission is doing good jobs only to jail inmates and criminal procedures upto my hope. They can go to the real strains facing by the poverty peoplae in the fields of profession and jobs to unemployed. If we will ask for hint with job to unemployed with human rights commision they are simply rejecting the petition or request atleast. The main thing in need is money and food for a poorman for that no rights is with human rights commission means why to preserve them only for favours with police and legal activities . Not an argue we must to think the utilisation towards people in al streams by a particular commission or department of a government. Every humanright commission or activists actions must be useful to poor first then towards departmental rescues.
@Netsbridge (3253)
• United States
8 Dec 07
I perfectly understand what you mean. Sometimes, one is almost led tto believe that most of our "civil rights activists" are out for the fun of it. While I am strongly against the abuse of people anywhere, I, however, know that the laws of a nation dictates what often happens to people in a nation. Therefore, I often concentrate on educating and/or directing people to the laws of their various countries/nations. I simply believe that whenever a nation's law appears unfair or inhumane to the people, the people - the true leaders and masters of any nation - should focus on amending, the most legitimate method for reform, that particular law or group of laws. Attempting to address an issue without findig out what the law of a land says, can be very futile.