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Is eating chocolate or buying a carpet a human rights issue? Answer this question from the point of view of a Christian concerned about human rights. ... That is more than twice the total number of people taken from Africa during the 400 years of the Atlantic Slave Trade. ... Most of these young men are sold to cocoa plantation owners where they become slaves to produce the £50 million pounds’ worth of cocoa that Britain imports from the Ivory Coast alone. ... Up to 40% of the Chocolate we eat may be contaminated with slavery. Vincent, an enslaved cocoa worker in the Ivory Coast said, “tell them, when they are eating chocolate, they are eating my flesh. ... Here children are kidnapped, driven hundreds miles away from their homes to become slaves for rug manufactures. ... Up to 300, 000 children are locked away in the Indian carpet making area where a multi-million pound industry is built on them.
These examples and slavery in general have meant that millions of people are being denied their human rights. Article 4 from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, says “No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.” Other rights that slaves are being denied are, Article one: “Everyone is born free and equal”, Article 24: “Everyone has the right to a decent standard of living for themselves and their families, which includes food, clothing, housing, medical services and social security … all children should be treated equally…” and Article 26: “Everyone has the right to an education.” There are several more rights that are being denied the above are just a select example. ... Part one – Order Between Men says that, “every man is a person with rights”.
Approximate Word count = 1459
Approximate Pages = 5.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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