International Human Rights

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice
everywhere."— Martin Luther King, Jr.

Today the world is marred with countless examples of human atrocities, genocide, denial of religious freedom and other violations of basic fundamental human rights.  Ethnic cleansing exists, people are beaten and even killed for exercising their religion, and oppressive government regimes coerce their people through inhuman treatment.  And unfortunately, our government is not innocent of these human travesties either.  Visions of brutality and torture in Iraq and other place around the world are fresh in our minds.  “Enemy combatants” are held by the United States in various locations and are being denied the basic rights of due process.

The Rutherford Institute fights to secure basic freedoms that are fundamental to all people regardless of ethnicity, religion, or nationality.  The Institute works to end oppression, abuse and discrimination around the world.  Attorneys for The Rutherford Institute responded to requests in France when the government classified minority religious groups as dangerous cults.  The Institute also helped a Chinese pastor seek asylum to escape religious persecution in his homeland.  And more recently, we urged members of Congress to respect the fundamental human rights of foreign detainees being held by U.S. forces around the world as we fight the War on Terror.