Human Rights: The Cyrus Cylinder

\Human rights have been around since the early ages of civilization. Human rights can best be describes as, rights that a person is born with, that cannot be taken away, and should not be denied. The purpose of human rights is to be able to live freely and equally without having to ask permission from a higher power to do basic task. For example sleeping, eating, being able to travel. The evolution of human rights have begun around 539 BCE. King Cyrus the Great made the first known laws called the Cyrus Cylinder. The Cyrus Cylinder covered three main points. One of the main points discussed about, “political formalization of racial, linguistic and religious equality.” This allowed freedom of slaves and freedom of religion. Centuries later activist from Frederick Douglass to Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King still practiced the basics of humans rights. On December 10th, 1948 the Untied Nations Rights Committee wrote 30 Articles defining human
To have the right to life and protection is to have the right to wake up every morning and not worry about if today is the last day one might live. The right to liberty is to be free. To be free is to not be controlled by another person or by the government. To be free is to be able to act and live the way one chooses too. In America, when one thinks about protection, the mind may often think of police officers protecting citizens from harm. Since there has been a lot of police brutality going on the past two years, some may not like the thought of police officers doing the protection. When the police officer at times are making citizens feel scared. Another form of protection that many might not think of is the U.S Army. Yes, there has been terrorist attack in the United States, but there as not been a country to declare war on the