What does it mean to violate human rights?

Infringement of human rights damages the rights that others should enjoy.

Human rights (basic human rights or natural rights) refer to "the rights that people should enjoy because they are human beings". Its main meaning is that everyone should be treated in accordance with human rights. The universality and morality of human rights are its two basic characteristics.

According to the subjects who enjoy rights, human rights include individual human rights and collective human rights. The former means that individuals enjoy freedom and equal rights in life, person, politics, economy, society and culture according to law;

The latter refers to the rights that the collective should enjoy as an individual way of social existence, such as the rights of racial equality, national self-determination, development, environment and peace. According to the content of rights, human rights include civil and political rights and economic, social and cultural rights.

The former refers to some rights related to personal life, property and personal freedom, and the right of individuals to participate in political life freely and equally as members of the state; The latter refers to the right of individuals as social workers to participate in social, economic and cultural life, such as employment, working conditions, labor remuneration, social security, culture and education.

In a word, human rights is a broad, comprehensive and organic rights system, involving all aspects of social life, and it is the general name of human rights in individual, political, economic, social and cultural aspects. It is both an individual right and a collective right.

In today's international society, safeguarding and safeguarding human rights is a basic moral principle. Whether it meets the requirements of protecting human rights has become an important criterion (whether politically or economically) to judge a collective. However, at the practical level, there are considerable disputes about the specific definition of human rights and the specific ways to protect human rights, and even serious conflicts have emerged.

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Cases of human rights violations

On September 5, 20 18, the Embassy of China in Sweden issued a statement on the Swedish police's rough treatment of China tourists at the beginning of this month, strongly condemning the Swedish police's behavior, stressing that the related behavior seriously violated the life safety and basic human rights of China citizens, and demanding that the Swedish government immediately investigate the incident and quickly respond to China citizens' demands for severe punishment, apology and compensation.

According to the information of the Embassy of China in Sweden and related reports, this happened in the early morning of September 2nd. Mr. Zeng from China arrived at a hotel in Stockholm with his parents. Because his parents in their 60s were in poor health, he asked the hotel to let them have a rest in the chairs in the hotel lobby.

However, the hotel disagreed and called the police during the negotiation between the two parties. After the police arrived at the scene, they dragged Mr. Zeng's parents out of the hotel in a very rude way, took their family of three to a tourist cemetery dozens of kilometers away from downtown Stockholm, and ordered them to get off. In the middle of the night, with the help of passers-by, Mr. Zeng's family was able to return to the city and get in touch with the Embassy of China in Sweden.

Since then, the Embassy of China in Sweden and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China have made solemn representations to the Swedish government in Stockholm and Beijing respectively. However, the Swedish side has not given any feedback to the Chinese side on this matter so far, and the Swedish media has remained silent on this matter.

There may be something hidden in Sweden's silence, and the reasons and details of this matter need further investigation. However, just from the live video and the Swedish police's practice, at least two things are incredible:

First of all, according to the live video, two Swedish policemen dragged Mr. Zeng's father (67 years old, suffering from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases) out of the hotel, and the old man's clothes were exposed. This kind of disposal behavior can be described as very rude, and this picture also stimulates all conscientious people.

As we all know, Sweden is a developed country with a high degree of human rights protection. On May 20 17, the World Report on Human Rights was published again, making irresponsible remarks about the human rights situation in many countries, including China, as if he were a "judge of world human rights". As an important part of the state machine, the law enforcement level of Swedish police should represent Sweden's civilization and developed level.

However, the scene of local police enforcing the law in hotels and streets in downtown Stockholm in the early morning of September 2 made people seriously question Sweden's human rights protection and civilized law enforcement level. Is there a double standard in its human rights protection? That is to say, we only protect the human rights of our own citizens, but we can trample and act on the basic human rights of citizens of other countries at will?

Secondly, it has been two weeks since this happened. During this period, the Embassy of China in Sweden and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China have made solemn representations to the Swedish government, but the Swedish side has not received any feedback so far. This obviously does not conform to the proper diplomatic etiquette between countries. Behind this silence, is it the arrogance and disrespect of the Swedish police and even the official, or are you afraid to face it because you have done something wrong?

Recently, a series of violent cases such as arson and car burning have occurred in many cities in Sweden, and the social security situation has deteriorated. In the past two months, the Embassy of China in Switzerland issued three safety reminders, asking citizens in China and Sweden to be vigilant, pay attention to personal and property safety and stay away from sensitive places such as crime.

Tourists from China were rudely treated by Swedish police, which made the outside world worried about the human rights situation in Sweden. Whether this incident is a simple case of ordinary police brutality, a reflection of Sweden's poor protection of human rights, or a manifestation of racial discrimination depends on when Swedish officials can give a comprehensive, fair, acceptable and convincing explanation to the parties concerned.

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Baidu Encyclopedia-Human Rights