Human rights Letter

You are a contemporary traveler visiting a country outside the US that has a history of some type of human rights abuse. You might be a mission worker in Sierra Leone, a nurse in Kenya, or a hiker in Nepal. During your stay, you witness an outrageous offense against someone who belongs to a particular group of people. These people because of their gender, race, religion, ethnic group, even age, are subject to a specific abuse. They might be boy soldiers; child prostitutes; or victims of FGM, of religious persecution, or of honor killings…

You react immediately to stop the abuse and find yourself in jail for disturbing the peace. You begin to remember other citizens of the world who took part in acts of civil disobedience, fighting nonviolently for the rights of individuals, when popular opinion, even the law of the land, was against them.

In relation, in mid-nineteenth century Massachusetts, Thoreau questioned the validity of “laws that did not conform to moral justice” and asked “that citizens act on the basis of conscience.” Thoreau inspired Mahatma Gandhi, who led India’s fight for independence from Great Britain, finally won in 1947. He once said, “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” Gandhi, in turn, influenced Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who began in the 1950s to guide the U.S. in “nonviolent direct action” to resolve Civil Rights abuses.

In a Letter from _______Jail, write a reasoned and supported argument (4-5 pages) that describes your country, details the specific abuse against one group of people, and proposes the first step towards helping those in need. Include at least 6 sources (only one scholarly website allowed) and a Works Cited page.
You may choose any country, but some common human rights issues will not be allowed. While important, they are written about so much and it is the most beneficial to use this assignment to write on lesser-known issues. Here are a few topics that won’t be allowed just because they are already well-known: human trafficking, female genital mutilation, and equal rights (unless for a group that is not known already known to have barriers to equal rights or for a very unique situation that is not widely known). Again, these are important issues, but try to be creative and find human rights issues that are not widely known.
Format
Type your paper in MLA 8th edition format. The Works Cited page should be a separate page from the rest of your essay. Include two visuals (visuals not included in length). Make sure to follow MLA guidelines for parenthetical references and the Works Cited/Consulted page.

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