How to Use human rights in a Sentence

human rights

plural noun

• Twenty-eight of those deaths were caused by the police, the U.N. human rights agency reported.
  — Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2021
• After the Reebok human rights discussion, panelists began dancing on stage.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Dec. 2021
• The goal is to provide a snapshot of the status of fundamental human rights and self-determination in each country.
  — Mary Anastasia O’Grady, WSJ, 26 Dec. 2021
• Attempting to do so merely replicates the flawed human rights justification that protracted the war itself.
  — Timothy Kudo, The New Republic, 23 Dec. 2021
• All but one of the activists remain in jail after prominent human rights lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj was granted bail earlier this month.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2021
• Khashoggi had written frequently about Saudi human rights violations.
  — Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2021
• Archbishop Tutu was a global human rights activist and a compassionate, bold, consistent voice on behalf of the ostracized and oppressed.
  — Andrew Meldrum, ajc, 26 Dec. 2021
• Their Haitian driver also was abducted, according to a local human rights organization.
  — Fox News, 17 Dec. 2021
• But the president is up against the Supreme Court and human rights groups.
  — Marina Lopes, Washington Post, 22 July 2022
• Cara Delevingne is urging fans to take up the fight for human rights.
  — Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 2 July 2022
• Are there other agenda items that have to be dealt with in terms of human rights?
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2022
• This struggle for human rights was in her hometown, at the Supreme Court.
  — Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2022
• Since then, little has changed, human rights groups say.
  — Hyder Abbasi, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2022
• Those who protest in the streets, who speak for human rights, go against the grain for the betterment of our country are the true patriots.
  — Melanie Laughman, The Enquirer, 4 July 2022
• There’s at least some desire for human rights for everyone, or that, too, is the idea.
  — Margaret Atwood, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2022
• Last month, human rights groups protested the delay in an open letter.
  — WIRED, 26 Sep. 2022
• The German national team has a long record of standing up for human rights.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2022
• Qatar's human rights record and treatment of migrant workers have spoiled the party for many.
  — Arkansas Online, 19 Nov. 2022
• Residents and a human rights group working in the area said soldiers had killed the civilians.
  — Reuters, CNN, 27 Dec. 2021
• Pelosi has been a long-time advocate of human rights in China.
  — Arkansas Online, 7 Aug. 2022
• How can an event help the world when freedom of speech, one of the most basic tenets of human rights, is penalized with yellow cards?
  — WSJ, 29 Nov. 2022
• Around a dozen others have been sentenced to death, according to human rights groups.
  — Sanam Mahoozi, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2022
• Ariana Grande has once again used her platform to stand up for human rights.
  — Seventeen, 1 Apr. 2022
• The Duchess is a mother, feminist and champion of human rights.
  — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 30 Nov. 2022
• The human rights lawyer, who has caught our eye with her streak of stylish looks this past week, wore another fun outfit Friday night.
  — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 May 2022
• What role can people or countries who care about human rights in Myanmar play now?
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 27 July 2022
• This year's World Cup comes under a shadow due to the human cost Qatar paid to prepare for the tournament and the country's poor human rights record.
  — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Nov. 2022
• But our show, from the original book and all five seasons, is basically about the fight for human rights.
  — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 10 Nov. 2022
• Novaya Gazeta, co-founded by Muratov in 1993, was renowned for in-depth exposés of power abuses, human rights abuses, and corruption under the Russian regime.
  — Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2023
• Earlier this week, Biden signed an executive order restricting the US government’s use of commercial spyware tools that have been used to surveil human rights activists, journalists, and dissidents around the world.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 1 Nov 2024