Earth Is Yours, Too!

You, yes You, I am talking to You.
Whoever you are...
Wherever you may be...
Don't feel down, anxious, or scared.

You are sons and daughters of this planet...
making you no stranger on earth.

Hence, Be Aware of Your Rights.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Article 1. In this world, all persons are like brothers and sisters in a family;
so you should be kind, friendly, and polite to others.

Article 2. Your rights have nothing to do with your riches, family,
religion, sex, color, or political beliefs.

Article 3. You have the right to be alive and to stay that way.

Article 4. No one can make you a slave.

Article 5. You cannot be hurt or punished in any shameful way.

Article 6. Your rights as a person must be respected everywhere you go.

Article 7. You have the same rights as any other person has.

Article 8. If anyone takes away any of your rights,
you can go and ask the court to get it back for you.

Article 9. You cannot be arrested, put in prison,
or sent from your own town or country,
if you have not done anything against the law.

Article 10. If you are blamed for having done something against the law,
you can get a fair public trial in a fair court.

Article 11. You must be considered not guilty until you are found really at fault.
You cannot be punished for an act that was not against the law when you did it.
Nor can you be given a punishment heavier than that allowed by law when you did the act.

Article 12. No one, without good reasons allowed by law,
can open or read your mail, or enter your home without your permission.

Article 13. You are free to come and go in your country,
to leave your country, and to return.

Article 14. If you do not feel safe or are treated badly in your country,
you are free to go and live in another country. You can do this
if you have not done something wrong.

Article 15. You have the right to belong to a nation.
No one can take this away from you or stop you from being
a citizen of another country or nation if you want to do this.

Article 16. Men or women, when of age, can marry anyone they choose
and have a family. No one can be made to marry against his wish.

Article 17. You can own property by yourself or with others.
Your property cannot be taken away from you
if the government needs it for the use of all the people.

Article 18. You are free to think, to choose your own religion or to change it,
and to tell what you think of it.

Article 19. You are free to say or write anything you want,
to give and receive ideas in any way.

Article 20. You have the right to have meetings with others and
to form a society so long as you do not make trouble.
But no one can make you go to the meetings of any society or
to become its member if you do not want to.

Article 21. You have the right to vote and hold office and to share in all the good things your government does for the people. The wishes of the people shall be respected by the government.

Article 22. You have the right to live with honor and to enjoy the good things
your government gives to protect the people from hunger and sickness.

Article 23. You may look for any kind of work you can do.
You have the right to good pay, to equal pay for equal work, to good working conditions, to protection from being "laid off!" You can form or join a trade union.

Article 24. You have the right to have rest, to have fair working hours,
and every now and then to enjoy holidays with pay.

Article 25. You have the right to have good food, clothing, shelter,
medical care and pension when you are sick or too old to work.
Mothers and children should be given equal protection and special care.

Article 26. You have the right to study in free elementary schools and
to continue studying in higher schools if you can do the work.

Article 27. You may share in the enjoyment of the arts and sciences.
You may receive any gain from your writings and
from any work that you have done in the arts and sciences.

Article 28. You have the right to live in a quiet, happy world
where all these rights can be had.

Article 29. You must do your own duties to society, but in doing so,
be sure you do not step on the rights of others.

Article 30. No one, whether a person or a nation, has the right
to destroy any of the rights listed in this Declaration.

Don't be a bully or a sheep.
We belong to one race -- the Human Race.

Remember...
Whether you are an Expatriate or not --
You should be treated fair. You have rights.