It is based on the political philosophy of liberalism and focuses on the natural rights of the individual rather than on society and culture. Section Three addresses some of the major issues around gender, culture and religion, and provides guidelines and suggestions for news coverage. This is particularly the case in Africa where human rights principles are often described as part of western culture, and a cultural imperialist tool that is alien to the continent. Religious people who today support human rights need to acknowledge humbly that their traditions and teachings have long been used to deny many contemporary civil and political rights and that, until recently, support for human rights has come more consistently from secular political and cultural movements than from religious constituencies. The aim of this paper is to sound the long debate on the relationship between universal standards human rights and cultural differences. Firstly, it recalls the foundation on which is grounded the concept of human rights, namely the human dignity, irrespective of culture, race, religion or gender. On the one hand, the cultural filter through which people experience the outside world is an indispensable resource for sustaining the globally proclaimed faith in universal dignity and equal rights. Sudan is one of the largest and diverse countries in Africa. Universal human rights are symbolic of the general will and commitment of the international community to respect and protect human dignity, which carries greater legitimacy, primacy and urgency than any cultural interest. In effect, human rights reflect a broader consensus with regard to human dignity than any particular culture. Ever since 1989, it has been synonymous and has come to be known as a country suffering from violence and grave human rights violations including genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. carried out under the guise of “tradition” or “culture” are incompatible with universal human rights standards enshrined in domestic law and in regional and international human rights instruments to which Liberia is a party, as well as customary international law. From a human rights perspective, culture acts as both a resource and a constraint. It has also witnessed the longest civil war on the continent. Although cultural differences were on the agenda, it was the Western perception of human rights that finally prevailed. Moreover, HRPS has found that such practices disproportionately affect women, tradition, and their impact on women™s ability to access their basic human rights.