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human rights

[ hyoo-muhn rahyts, yoo‑ ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

plural noun

fundamental rights, especially those believed to belong to an individual and in whose exercise a government may not interfere, as the rights to speak, associate, work, etc.

human rights

human rights

Freedom from arbitrary interference or restriction by governments. The term encompasses largely the same rights called civil liberties or civil rights but often suggests rights that have not been recognized.

Political leaders in the United States often use the expression when speaking of rights violated by other nations.

First recorded in 1785–95

There have been at least 50 cases similar to the bathhouse raid in the last 18 months, human-rights groups estimate.

He is a true advocate for human rights who has paid a horrible price for standing up against the Assad dictatorship.

He challenged the very core of the Iranian theocracy and demanded respect for basic human rights.

As the director of Freedom Now, I hold Intigam Aliyev in high esteem and have long respected his work as a human-rights lawyer.

Every day, more and more human-rights activists are coming to Movements.org to find help.

It was the greatest and most powerful enemy of human rights.

In our glorious Revolution we do not think of revenge; we only seek to strike at the enemies of human rights.

"If men in these days open their mouths to speak for their human rights it's a disturbance," retorted the demagogue.

Only a superior man could brush time-honored rules aside so curtly and stand on his human rights so surely.

At present all three seem mainly indifferent to any question of human rights under the Constitution.

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