The problem of the Uighur minority in China and the refusal of the bordering with China countries to provide asylum to refugees from China are taboo themes not only in these countries but sometimes even in the West. This story is about the Olympic torch rally across Kazakhstan where a community of over 400 000 ethnic Uyghurs lives. Uyghur refugees cannot receive an asylum in Kazakhstan, which contradicts Article 14 of the UHDR. They are also telling about torture in Chinese prisons, which contradicts Article 5 of the UDHR. Ethnic Uyghurs are objecting to holding Olympic Games in Beijing, but they are afraid to openly protest it in Kazakhstan.

National security, immigration, and cultural change are highly emotional issues in American political discourse. So highly-charged are they that the fundamental rights of every human as laid out in the UDHR can fade to the background of public conversation. Border Stories, a web-based documentary exploring the length of the longest boundary between the developed and developing world, is an effort to promote tolerance by showcasing the humanity behind border issues. We present a mosaic of hyper-focused films from both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border that illustrate, among other rights, everyone's right to live in freedom and safety (Art 3), and to work and get a salary (Art 23). For example, in Born and Raised (http://borderstories.org/index.php/nogales-born-and-raised.html), a young man who was born in Mexico and raised in the United States grapples with being sent back to Mexico after 17 years in the U.S. In High Pointer (http://borderstories.org/index.php/campo-high-pointer.html), a member of an American anti-immigrant vigilante group explains why he thinks it's up to him to defend his country. In Mr. Nobody (http://borderstories.org/index.php/campo-high-pointer.html), a Guatemalan immigrant on the eve of an attempt to cross into the United States describes what it's like to feel invisible. These stories and a score of others in the series aim to portray the dignity and complexity of people who may not understand each other and move viewers to appreciate and value everyone's human rights.

This story is an eye-opener piece of the plight of a minority kenyan community that has been neglected by the kenyan government since the independence. The community tucked away at the north western corner on the kenyan map has no infrastructure, no roads, no proper schools. That means education,a fundamental right in the UDHR is compromised. Surprisingly, kenya is a signatory of the declaration yet these atrocities are still happening against its people. The story too put the government to task to explain its role in terms of service delivery to its people. The turkana area is also at the border with Sudan, Uganda and Ethiopia. All the communities at the border are pastoral communities and the struggle for pasture and basic resources has been intense. This  story exemplifies the plight of international marginalised communities around the world and therefore why the UDHR is necessary and useful to the world.

This episode shows that, three years after American nun Dorothy Stang was murdered, land-motivated killings continue and those who denounce them are still being threatened. It’s hard for them to count on the protection of the state authorities which fail even to protect the forest from being brought down by its illegal appropriators. In the Amazon, not everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person. Neither to recognition as a person everywhere before the law. Not everyone has the right to own property and many have been arbitrarily deprived of their land. Not everyone has the right to a standard of adequate living, or health for themsleves and their families. And no one has the right to education. All rights, contained in articles 3, 6, 17 and 25 of the UDHR, are daily violated.

This story helped liberate 1,200 exploited workers. In the coming months it will help thousands. I travelled to Kepong, Malaysia on a tip-off that Nike's teeshirt manufacturer was using forced foreign labour. We infiltrated the factory and gained access to the appalling living quarters. We discovered a form of modern-day slavery and abuse of human rights. In particular, contraventions of Article 4 of the UDHR, relating to slavery and servitude. But also Article 23 relating to just and favourable employment. This report shamed Nike into action. Nike has now released these workers as well as 7,700 others across Malaysia. It has returned recruitment fees and passports and has begun repatriating workers back to their home countries.