Right now there are millions of people in bondage, suffering, and struggling. Their stories are not told and it is not given the attentions that it deserves. I want to shine a light at the type of world they have to face, so maybe we can be compassionate, understanding, and caring towards one another.
The ongoing slaughter of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
The Rohingya Muslim minority have is being persecuted in Myanmar. More than 250 people have been killed in sectarian violence, and 140,000 are now confined to camps after fleeing the violence. In total, 250,000 have fled their homes. Burning buildings, beating Muslims, attacking buses transporting Muslims are some of the attacks committed by Myanmar Buddhists.
The impact of drone strikes.
A day of celebration quickly turned into a funeral after a U.S. drone struck a wedding procession Dec. 12, 2013, in Yemen.
The missile killed the bride and a dozen family members and friends. The United States has not yet revealed the reasoning behind their murder.
Drone strikes don't just happen in Yemen. During the course of America's "War on Terror" — over 2,000 Pakistanis have been killed, including 176 children.
Even though the U.S. says they are targeting terrorists, civilians are paying the price for drone strikes. Take the story of Nabila Rehman, a 9-year-old girl who testified in Congress, along with her family, about how a drone strike killed their grandmother in north Waziristan.
Horrifying human rights violations in Syria.
Syria's conflict has raged on since 2011. As the situation continues, and the international community drags their feet, the humanitarian crisis in Syria only worsens.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the death toll is now above 170,000, with a third of those deaths being civilians. And now approximately 9 million Syrians have fled the country. Within Syria itself, 6.5 million are internally displaced.
A worldwide threat against the world's native populations.
In 90 countries around the world, as many as 370 million indigenous people are under threat. In many cases, they're being forced to flee their native land that they've held for generations.
An example would be the Ethiopian government claims that the groups are leaving their homes out of their own free will, groups like think tank Oakland Institute say the country is using killings, beatings and rapes in order to clear land.
Its a phenomenon that could lead to the end of the world's indigenous populations.
These tragedies are just a few of the many that are taking place currently. The saddest part is that in general we are doing this to each other and many leader around the world are leading on the terms, "out of sight, out of mind". If these tragedies are allow to continue, then we have to ask our selves, "where is our humanity?"
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