Human rights workers forced from Venezuela
from UPI.com
Why totalitarian goverments have no problems with charity but are against Human Right NGOs?
CARACAS, Venezuela, Sept. 20 (UPI) — Two staffers from Human Rights Watch were forcibly expelled from Venezuela after they issued a report critical of President Hugo Chavez, the group says.
Jose Miguel Vivanco and Daniel Wilkinson were confronted by Venezuelan officials at their Caracas hotel Friday, accused of anti-state activities, taken to airport and put on a plane to Sao Paulo, Brazil, Human Rights Watch told CNN.
The confrontation came shortly after the group issued a 267-page report linking Chavez’s presidential activities with an erosion of democratic institutions in the oil-rich South American nation.
“This is the first time this has happened in the Americas,” Conor Fortune, a Human Rights Watch spokesman, told the broadcaster. “The events basically prove many of the points made in the report: that Venezuela is still a very repressive country under Chavez.”
MY OPINION:
“International Protection: Asia” is one of the courses chosen by me which belongs to Human Right Program of my university. Professor Huang, the one who teachese this course discussed a question “What is right?” with us last time and parts of his arguments came to my mind when i saw this news.
Why totalitarian goverments have no problems with charity but are against Human Right NGOs?
I’m not going to give details of what my professor said, but to sum up with these following words:
Human Right fighters encourage people to endeavor after their rights, whether moral or legual ones, rather than charity which just passively assist the poor or save them from the edge of death.
The positiviness is exactly what those Mr. Bigs are worring.
And prevention or persecution comes from the fear of being overthrown.
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