Saying that prosperity has replaced equality as the country’s measure of success, the local human rights watchdog has lamented that warning signs are being resolutely ignored.
In its message to mark International Human Rights Day 2021, which is being observed today, the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) said that the most pressing worldwide threat to human rights is the neglect of equality, which together with freedom constitutes the fundamental pillars of human rights. It, however, observed that systematic removal of constraints and regulations in the world of finance and economics has resulted in the global crisis of inequality, which has brought the world to the verge of climate catastrophe.