Since 1940, there have been many violations of human rights. A lot of them have to deal with Article 5. Article 5 states that “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment” (Universal Declaration of Human Rights). This has been violated repeatedly, including twelve instances that I have read about. These twelve instances are big events that have caused millions of people to suffer. People of North Korea, the southern parts of Africa, Egypt, and even in the United States. You would think that these violations would have at least stopped by the mid-1900s, but they keep happening even through the present day. Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been violated through sexual …show more content…
Genocide is a type of torture. All through Europe, thousands of Jews were getting killed during the Holocaust and in Rwanda, thousands of Hutu were getting killed. Like the Holocaust and the genocide in Rwanda, there was genocide in Cambodia. In Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge took control in 1975. A man named Pol Pot became the head of the government in 1976. During his “reign”, he counted many of his citizens as enemies of the country and killed them. He had mines placed all over the country and had work camps and facilities made essentially for killing people. He also took control of everything including schools, hospitals, and houses, “under the Khmer Rouge, there were, of course, no markets – nor money or schools or medicine” (“Cambodian Genocide”). By doing this, everyone in Cambodia barely had access to the necessities of life, including clean water. The result of his reign before he was overthrown was the death of about 25% of the population, so around “1.7 million people” (“Cambodian Genocide”). Israel and United States also have problems. In Israel, torture “has a long tradition”(Watzal). People in Israel have tortured many people throughout the years secretly and then “the Israeli public was first informed of torture practices in 1977”(Watzal). Torture still continues today, going against Article 5 because it is abuse and human cruelty. Torture in Israel is mainly carried out by “GSS” and “the Military Intelligence”(Watzal). Torture in the United States is mainly carried out of “OSS” and its military intelligence. The governments are abusing the rights of many peoples, including its own citizens. In Palestine, there are also many cases of torture. Torture in Palestine is carried out by the Palestinian Authority. This shows that the government is at fault here and is abusing its citizens, “the Palestinian Authority (PA) is responsible”(Watzal). Fatah members are also being abused, “Hamas security