UN Celebrates Human Rights, Silent About Christian Genocide

The United Nations will celebrate Human Rights Day Saturday, but activists say there is still a long way to go for Christians who are being martyred for their faith. 

December 10, 1948 marks the day The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Paris.

The declaration's intent was to secure and protect the human rights of everyone, especially in the years immediately after the Holocaust and World War II.

While the declaration is a cause for celebration today, Paul Coleman, Deputy Director for Alliance Defending Freedom International, says the world must defend those who are dying for their faith.

"On Human Rights Day we must not turn a blind eye to those who are being persecuted because of their faith. No person or group should live in fear of being killed, tortured, or oppressed because of their religious beliefs," Coleman says.

Rubén Navarro, Senior UN Counsel and head of the Geneva office of ADF International also says it is time to fight for religious freedom in the Middle East and stop the genocide against Christians.

"The United Nations Security Council has been almost silent on the terror against Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East. We are still waiting for the condemnation of the ongoing crimes as genocide. How can we celebrate the Declaration without taking decisive steps to apply its principles in the real world?" he says.