The UDHR doesn't grant rights — it declares them. Then Article 29 quietly hands the state a master key to revoke any of them for "general welfare".
A right the state can limit is a license. A freedom requiring permission is a privilege with better branding.
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India is ruled by the BJP, right wing Hindu extremist, who discriminate against minorities, eg: muslims. They created an NRC ( National Registry of Citizens ) which decides who is a citizen. Refugees who crossed over from Bangladesh in 1970, and their descendants, are being deemed non-citizens, retroactively. The BJP says that they are allowed "to suspend Human Rights" at will, and they do, before committing atrocities. Then they switch them on again. 😬
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According to the BJP, Indians don't have the right to Internet access, and cellphone access. During a manhunt for rebel leader, who escaped police custody, they switched off Internet/phone access in Punjab, leaving 10s of millions of people without information.
Sent in the army to annex Kashmir, and "blacked out" Kashmir, no Net/phone access, to keep information about Human Rights abuses from getting out. Like raping someone while covering their mouth.
Perfect illustration of the mechanism. The BJP isn't breaking the UDHR. Instead, they're operating it correctly. Article 29 permits suspending rights for "public order and general welfare", and whoever defines those terms controls the rights. The Kashmir blackout was legally authorised, not arbitrary. Article 12 doesn't even formally apply. The document came with an off switch built in.
Crazy loophole.
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