RS Issues of Human Rights

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Censorship
The practice of suppressing and limiting access to materials considered to be obscene, offensive or a threat to security. People may also be restricted in their speech by censorship laws.
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Prejudice
Pre-judging; judging people to be inferior or superior without evidence.
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Discrimination
Acts of treating groups of people, or individuals, differently, based on prejudice.
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Extremism
Believing in and supporting ideas that are very far from what most people consider correct or reasonable.
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Human Rights
The basic entitlements of all human beings, afforded to them simply because they are human, e.g. the right to an education.
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Personal Conviction
Something a person strongly feels or believes in.
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Relative Poverty
A standard of poverty measured in relation to the standards of a society in which a person lives, e.g. living on less than a certain percentage of average UK income.
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Absolute Poverty
An acute state of deprivation, whereby a person cannot access the most basic of human needs.
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Social Justice
Promoting a fair society by challenging injustice and valuing diversity. Ensuring that everyone has equal access to provisions, opportunities and rights.
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Pre-judging; judging people to be inferior or superior without evidence.

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Prejudice

Card 3

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Acts of treating groups of people, or individuals, differently, based on prejudice.

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Card 4

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Believing in and supporting ideas that are very far from what most people consider correct or reasonable.

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Card 5

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The basic entitlements of all human beings, afforded to them simply because they are human, e.g. the right to an education.

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