have rights

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She told the BBC that it was only such a victory if you recognised trans people "exist, they have rights, and their rights must be respected".

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025

“We want to grow, but we will grow in specific segments where we have rights to win,” said Farley.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

“We ran what water we had, what water we have rights to, as long as we could,” Smith said.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2024

From a policy perspective, then, it doesn’t matter whether space is actually inhabited or whether rocks have rights.

From Salon • Aug. 21, 2024

“It makes me so sad that all those girls in Pakistan don’t have rights like we do,” Sheila adds, pushing out her lower lip for emphasis, and I stop nodding.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan