One thing that I don't like about some human rights approaches is that they rest on the notion of negative liberties. Some people take it that rights they have secured from the state means the state has to keep its hands off (on that issue).

We know that the Chinese authorities' views on Taiwan and human rights differ from ours,

In both cases, we want to see clearly what the human rights situation there looks like and how come these incidents took place.

We can have a dialogue on equal basis on all the questions, all the issues -- including human rights,

I said, 'I used to come and denounce your human rights violations,'

I'll accuse the prosecutor of violating human rights in Turkey, of neglecting and misusing his position and violating the Turkish Constitution. Turkey needs better human rights so its citizens can be treated like human beings. That's what we're fighting for.