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Human Rights Day 2014: Nick Clegg's message

皇冠体育app Deputy Prime Minister sends a message to mark Human Rights Day 2014: "No person, no country can ever prosper without basic freedoms".

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皇冠体育app Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said:

皇冠体育app fight for global human rights doesn鈥檛 begin and end on 10 December. But is a reminder of the struggles that human rights activists around the world face every single day while working to secure equal rights for those women, men and children still denied them.

No person, no country can ever truly prosper without these basic freedoms 鈥� the rights of free expression, democratic participation and equality before the law, the right to peaceful protest, the right to be educated and the opportunity to work.

皇冠体育appse are the principles on which our country is built. What they promise for all is a better future 鈥� a chance to live with dignity, free from the shadow of violence, repression and conflict. 皇冠体育app UK is committed to promote and protect universal human rights wherever and whenever they are threatened in every way we can.

On Human Rights Day 2014, we can each do our bit. This includes tweeting your support via and, most importantly, reaching out to help human rights defenders and those suffering from human rights abuses through the

Together, we can build the world we want 鈥� a place where social justice, political freedom and economic empowerment are a reality for all.

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Published 10 December 2014