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Let me remind Zleitzen and the others here that the concepts of human rights and all of it's associated ideals of democracy, freedom, rule of law, etc. ARE indeed western-centric! Where do you think these terms originated? Iran? Even the supposedly objective Amnesty International originated in the West (England). In fact, if it weren't for the democracies and freedoms of the West, YOU nor I would have the forum (freedom?) to write here in these pages.  Indeed,  Wikipedia would NEVER have been created, and your pal George Orwell would have been jailed by the Nazis!  I'm am indeed curious: when were you born?

I had a laugh when I read this:

"Does anyone know if there are any other notable systematic human rights rankings, especially ones with a non-Western perspective?"

Yeah, yeah, keep looking! Let me know when you "think" you have found such a thing.   I think you will have better luck finding a Persian restaurant along the Amazon River.

Alex (analyst9)

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