Liberty, freedom and democracy are very fuzzy words, but human rights is very specific.

If we destroy human rights and rule of law in the response to terrorism, they have won.

Upholding human rights is not merely compatible with fighting terrorism, it is essential.

It would be easy to define terrorism as attacks against human rights and international humanitarian law forbids attacks against innocent non-combatants which is often the definition used for terrorism.

The first principle of democratic government: Respect the people.

The president has no right to talk about freedom and democracy in a country where human rights have been violated on a large scale.