Most of those laws are still respected and used today.

VOA: special.2010.03.23

Kane says it is a human rights issue that is not sufficiently respected rights that are not just for the privileged but are universal.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

"Given everything that's going on, given the kind of response that the Iranian government has had to the desires of the Iranian people to have their voices be heard, to have their basic freedoms be respected these are the most fundamental American political values that we have,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.24