violate the rights

Man's rights can be violated only by the use of physical force.

The federal government must not violate the rights of the states.

In both cases, he wrote today, the Government was violating his legal rights.

"I believe my civil rights are being violated if something is not done."

If this right is violated, they can take legal action against you.

The court then decided the students' civil rights were not violated.

This is not because the law does violate human rights.

The police have no right to violate our rights like this.

We didn't feel that our civil rights were being violated.

But if individuals' rights are violated, they may have no way to know that.