All Nations are Suppressors of Human Rights

Donald Trump the President of the United States has bravely backtracked on refugee detentions by signing an executive order to halt the cruel practice of separating kids from their parents. The sight of children being “orphaned” as the system decides on illegal immigrants’ fate was heartbreaking. This humanitarian problem must be seen with a wider aspect.

Melania Trump and Ivanka Trump demanded reason and compassion. There couldn’t be any other worse example of the suppression of human rights than this “Guantanamo”-type treatment of migrants, who represent a growing humanitarian concern worldwide. The separation of children could be another reason why the US felt compelled to quit the United Nations Human Rights Council.

The US made this empty gesture on the context that it was targeting Israel, though the world knows Israel is a leading offender in human rights abuses by its way of treating Palestinians. As a leading democracy, the US had a duty to stay in and fight if it believed the current UN high commissioner for human rights was overbearing and showing a clear bias.

India has a bone to pick with UNHCR too for the way in which it ruled, quite illogically, so that an international probe was needed in Kashmir. Every country with a conflict zone faces the dilemma of whether to abridge human rights to secure its sovereignty. The world may need constant reminders on human rights even if all nations are suppressors.