Violations Of The Declaration Of Human Rights During The Salem Witch Trials
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During the Salem witch trials, many violations of today´s Universal
Declaration of Human Rights occurred. Inclusively, some are still being
done today. Upon having a victim under an acusation, many articles were not
respected. This is shown in the manner in which past time juries treated
the accu ....
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illegal charge of witchcraft, might have been given a life-time jail
sentence and not the death-penalty by being hanged or crushed.
Another article that had been clearly violated during the Salem
witch trials was article five, which states that "everyone has the right to
recognition everywhere as a person before the law". Many thought of the
women accused of practicing witchcraft to be diabolic and inhuman ; in fact,
they were thought of human figures of the devil. This would ....
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