human rights

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Since the 1980s, U.S. national security strategies have incorporated aspects of democracy promotion and human rights as U.S. values.

From Salon

Europe may position itself as a beacon of human rights, but that light is flickering.

From The Wall Street Journal

Not a wildly controversial line, nor a surprising one, given Labour's leader, Sir Keir Starmer, is a former international human rights lawyer.

From BBC

Faking illness to avoid a court case, he fled with his family to Amsterdam in 2009, where he claimed political asylum for "witnessing political violence and human rights violations" in Africa.

From BBC

American actor George Clooney, his wife, human rights lawyer Amal and their two children have been awarded French citizenship, the government said.

From BBC