On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 18:32:42 -0500, Davoud wrote:

A lot of people don't get that human rights are not granted; they just
are. That's because it is so easy to deny a person their rights, right
up to the right to life itself.

Human rights are human inventions, that do not exist separate from our
culture. They may be claimed by those who are strong enough to defend
them, they may be granted by rulers. But there are no naturally
occurring rights. Not a one. Rights are whatever a society defines
them to be.