Human Rights in Abdul Rahman Poems

Abstract

Every human being has full right to live and it is up to them to live freely without restriction. Like humanistic thinking, human rights are also important. The right to obtain and enjoy basic human needs is essential. Right and duty are closely related. Respecting the rights of others is one of the fundamental duty. We can express our sense of duty by fulfilling the social responsibilities. Ideas about developing human rights are flourishing over 50 years. There are many extensive discussions and debates going on to develop humanity all around the world. Literature also participates in such debates. Poetry is one of the literary forms that records the thoughts on human rights, that both men and women are equal in human society. History shows that women are considered as inferior in many ways. On the basis of sex, organisms are divided into male and female. But women have a problem that no other species has.  This means that the male is subordinated to the female in all positions that women were enslaved by customs, superstitions and religious rituals. They were forced to live in conditions where rights were denied.  Many people have raised their voices against these differences at various levels. This article finds the human rights concepts such as social rights, individual rights, political rights, economic rights recorded in the poems of Abdul Rahman who deals with modern poetry.