Human Rights Key terms

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DEFINE Censorship
the practise of suppressing and limiting access to materials considered obscene,offensive or a threat to security. People may also be restricted in thier speech by censorship laws
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Define Discriminaion
acts of treating groups of people or individuals differenlt based n prejudice
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Define Extremism
believing in and suporting ideas that are far from what most people consider correct or reasonable
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Define Human Rights
the basic entitlements of all humans beings, given to them simply because they are human
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Define Personal Conviction
something a person feels strongly about or believes in
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Define Prejudice
pre-judging, judging people to be inferior or superior based on a certain characterisic (race,religion,gender,age) without cause
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Define Relative Poverty
a standard of poverty measured in a relation to the standards of a society in which a person lives, e.g. living on x% less than uk average income
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Define Absolute Poverty
an acute state of deprivation, whereby a person cannot access the most basic of their human needs
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Define Social Justice
promoting a fair society by challanging injustice and valuing diversity. ensuring that everyone has equal access to provisions, equal opportunities and rights
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