They said the Constitution did not give the president the power to violate the property rights of citizens.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

He said the Constitution did not give the president the power to suspend the rights of citizens.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

It said no state could limit the rights of these citizens.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

Their rights as citizens were limited.

VOA: special.2009.04.16

"That means protecting the rights of Egypt's citizens, lifting the emergency law, revising the constitution and other laws to make this change irreversible and laying out a clear path to elections that are fair and free.

VOA: special.2011.02.12

Noriega says maintaining sanctions will give the U.S.leverage to press Cuba's rulers to release political prisoners and grant their citizens political rights.

VOA: standard.2009.05.06

"All who embrace core democratic values long for a Cuba that respects the basic human, political and economic rights of all of its citizens.

VOA: standard.2009.04.13

Phillip Van Cleave, President of the Virginia Citizens Defense League,a gun rights group.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

Supporters of the code, more than a decade in the making, praised it as enhancing the rights of women and girls, who they say have been traditionally viewed as second-class citizens.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

And we need to continue to promote democracy and human rights beyond freedom's current frontiers, so that citizens everywhere are afforded the opportunity to pursue their dreams and live up to their own God-given potential,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.09