#human right

We all know the stories about the Human Rights Act... about the illegal immigrant who cannot be deported because, and I am not making this up, he had a pet cat. ↗

— Theresa May

#act #am #because #cannot #cat

The respect for human rights, essential if we are to use technology wisely, is not something alien that must be grafted onto science. On the contrary, it is integral to science, as also to scholarship in general. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

#also #contrary #essential #general #grafted

Today, Academies of Science use their influence around the world in support of human rights. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

#around #human #human rights #influence #rights

Nobody and nothing will stop Russia on the road to strengthening democracy and ensuring human rights and freedoms. ↗

— Vladimir Putin

#ensuring #freedoms #human #human rights #nobody

No references to the need to fight terror can be an argument for restricting human rights. ↗

— Vladimir Putin

#fight #human #human rights #need #references

The idea of human rights as a fundamental principle can be seen to underlie throughout Islamic teachings. ↗

— Ali Hoseini-Khamenei

#fundamental principle #human #human rights #idea #islamic

Human rights are praised more than ever - and violated as much as ever. ↗

— Anna Lindh

#human #human rights #more #much #praised

All the big powers they've silenced me. So much for free speech and choice on this fundamental human right. ↗

— Jack Kevorkian

#choice #free #free speech #fundamental #human

Democracy is not just constitutional and legislative rules; it is a culture and practice and adhering by the law and respecting international human rights principles. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#constitutional #culture #democracy #human #human rights

The issue of human rights is one of the most fundamental human issues and also one of the most sensitive and controversial. ↗

— Ali Hoseini-Khamenei

#controversial #fundamental #human #human rights #issue