President Roosevelt identified four basic freedoms as the birthright of all people: freedom of expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear. Eleanor Roosevelt joined ...

We must stand up for all rights — always." UN Secretary-General António Guterres Human Rights Day and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Human Rights Day is observed annually around the ...

Today, Friday 21 March, is Human Rights Day, honouring those killed at Sharpeville on this date in 1960. It is a reminder that our human rights were hard-earned, with the state obliged to take ...

Human Rights Day is marked every year on 10 December. In 1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). This document set out, in 30 articles ...

As residents came together to celebrate Human Rights Day, the Randfontein Herald hit the streets to ask them what they thought of the public holiday and why it is important. Resident Edwin van Wyk ...