{"id":237689,"date":"2024-07-13T22:36:06","date_gmt":"2024-07-13T17:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=237689"},"modified":"2024-07-22T15:53:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T10:23:07","slug":"another-poem-on-universal-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/another-poem-on-universal-human-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Poem On Universal Human Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p2\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>By <a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Laksiri+Fernando\">Laksiri Fernando<\/a> &#8211;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_92325\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92325\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-92325\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Laksiri-Fernando-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Laksiri-Fernando-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Laksiri-Fernando-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-92325\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Laksiri Fernando<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p3\">It is good to contemplate<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">On human rights<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">It is like meditation<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Or prayer<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Survival and dignity<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">are the roots<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">We all have them<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">But not in the same manner<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Unfortunately<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">That is why<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">We need<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Human rights<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">For survival<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">We need so many<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Economic and<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Social rights<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">For our dignity<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">We need so many<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Civil, Political and<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Cultural rights<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">All these are<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Interrelated and<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Interdependent<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">These are like<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Branches of<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">The same tree<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">How can we<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Assert or fight for<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Human rights?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Preamble of the UDHR<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Gives a warning<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">To the rulers<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">If people are<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Not compelled to<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Resort to rebellion<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Human rights should be<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Protected by<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Rule of law<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":237633,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,46,8,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-constitutional-reforms","category-editorial","category-poems"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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