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In La Oroya Peru the air is poisoned with lead and arsenic, as well as many other toxins. Not only do the toxins affect everyones health, but it kills the vegetation. The cause of all these toxins is a company called Doe Run in the center of the town. Even worse, the company is the main proprietor of the town. Since hardly anyone can make a profit off of farming, they rely on employment from Doe Run. Doe Run has made improvements to the factory sice they bought it; however, it is still not enough. They have a sister company in Missouri that does the same things, but it does it safely. They spent 10 million dollars improving their factory and buying out the negihboring town. So what puts American lives ahead of the lives of the poeple in Peru? Maybe its because people are so reliant on the company that they are afraid to speak out. After all the company sponsers many things in the town, including several schools. But all the toxins in the air are, in my opinion, violating article 25 in the UNDHR by creating unsafe living conditions.

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The Russian government is not being fare with its trials. For a long time, human rights activists said that the Russian judicial system is corrupt and the judges are not independent. Now russia has passed a bill that wants to "abolish jury trials for serious crimes like terrorism, espionage and organizing mass demonstrations" (Nytimes.com, Dec 6). They are not giving fare trials which violate number 6 and 7 of the U.N.D.H.R. Russia's government is corrupt and the peple dont fight back, this is why they are able to do what they want, and the people in power are not picked based on merit, but on who they know.