The U.N.O defines Human Rights as "the right inherent to all human beings, regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion or any other status". Every one is entitled to these rights without discrimination. Discrimination may be on the basis of colour, race, gender, place of birth, caste, religion and so on, and it prevents people from enjoying their basic human rights.
1. Struggles Against Discrimination
Gandhi in South Africa
- On 7th June 1893, on his way to Pretoria, Gandhi – holding a first-class ticket – was ordered to move to a van compartment because a white man objected to a non-white man in the first-class carriage.
- He refused and was thrown off the train at Pietermaritzburg. The night in the station waiting room changed the course of his life; the spirit of active non-violence started from that moment.
- He stayed on in South Africa to fight racial discrimination against the Indians. Out of that struggle emerged his unique way of protest – nonviolent Satyagraha.