abuse rights

“It is because I bring up cases of torture, abuse, rights violations — because I am a lawmaker who works intensely on these issues. I am a lawmaker who makes the ruling party incredibly uncomfortable.”

The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights’ efforts with Germany’s federal prosecutor to issue an international arrest warrant for Syrian war criminals is a good warning to those who abuse rights that they will be exposed.

In a speech earlier this month he told countries criticising Thailand: "Don't tell us that we abuse rights, you also abuse the rights of others."

“Can the rights and freedoms of millions of virtuous people who believe in democracy be safeguarded if those who seek to destroy it abuse rights and freedoms to achieve their goals?”

Many of them live in cramped and squalid conditions and some are subjected to physical and even sexual abuse, rights groups say.