Author: Michael Jones

September 20, 2022 Off

BBC 2 Debate – Has Human Rights achieved more than Religion? The Big Questions

By Michael Jones

BBC 2 Debate – Has Human Rights achieved more than Religion? The Big QuestionsBBC Debate: Has Human Rights Law achieved more for Humanity than Religion [The Big Questions] 10th May 2015 Shami Chakrabarti (Liberty) Peter Tatchell (LGBT and Human Rights campaigner) Tim Cross Andrew Copson (Director of British Humanists Association) Lynda Rose Jackie Tabick Lez Henry Adam Wagner Michael Mumisa Maryam Namazie (Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain) Abdullah…

September 18, 2022 Off

BBC’s Inside Dubai: A documentary that ignored human rights abuses

By Michael Jones

BBC’s Inside Dubai: A documentary that ignored human rights abusesBBC’s recently released new new series ‘Inside Dubai: Playground of the Rich’, made by Spun Gold TV, has received criticism by human rights experts for only focusing on the glamorous life of Dubai, flitting between shots of grand hotel complexes, caviar, designer shoe collections, beach clubs & gold jewellery. The three-part series describes the emirate…

September 16, 2022 Off

What are human rights and why do they matter? An animated explainer

By Michael Jones

What are human rights and why do they matter? An animated explainerLearn all about international law with BBC Learning English. We often hear the term ‘human rights’, but what does it really mean? This video looks at the story of human rights, and explores why they are still often ignored or abused across the world. 0:00 What are human rights? 0:20 The Universal Declaration of Human…