International Human Rights Day-- TODAY

I've heard surprisingly little about this.

Gee, I wonder if it has something to do with the theme:

"Torture and Global Efforts to Combat It"

HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
10 DECEMBER 2005

"Let us be clear: torture can never be an instrument to fight terror, for torture is an instrument of terror. [...]

Today, on Human Rights Day, let us recommit ourselves to the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and let us rededicate ourselves to wiping the scourge of torture from the face of the earth."

Kofi Annan,
United Nations Secretary-General

It is just so sad that I had to read about this in an Indian newspaper.