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Hundreds of Palestinians remain held under the law, which rights groups say has led to arbitrary detentions.

The US sanctions list is usually reserved for drug kingpins, terror operatives and dictators involved in widespread human rights abuses.

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Some liberal officials had warned that federal agents who violated the rights of Californians could face consequences — even possible arrest — from local law enforcement, which drew condemnation from federal officials.

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Conceptions of individual rights that have guided modern civilization are rooted in an idea with biblical origins.

I don’t know if I am too late to question or dispute or whatever the right terminology for this would be, and I don’t know what or how to find out about my rights.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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