US's double standard on human rights

US's double standard on human rights

Nawfal Talukdhar, Woodside, NY, USA

The UN resolution 64/292 openly acknowledged the human right to water and sanitation. The so-called human rights champion and the world super power US is violating the human rights of its citizens in Michigan, shutting off the water lines for those who are unable to pay their water bills on time. This is a preposterous act of Detroit Water and Sewerage Authority. “It is contrary to human rights to disconnect water from people who simply do not have the means to pay their bills,” according to Ms. De Albuquerque, UN special rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation. You can learn more about the issue on the following links:   http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-29697767 and http://voiceofdetroit.net/ 2014/10/26/we-charge-genocide-detroit-water-shut-offs-foreclosures-focus-of-un-visit.
The super power has been spending billions of dollars on indefinite wars, which only benefit the corporate interest of the US arms manufacturers, while it is ignoring the suffering of its own people who have been living in an impoverished condition after the 2008 financial meltdown.