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Human rights are absolutely politics. 
What the statement should be is "Human rights are non-negotiable".
This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 85%. (I'm a bot)


Australia on Friday defended their hotly contested decision to pull out of a cricket series against Afghanistan following a Taliban crackdown on women's "Basic human rights".
Australia and Afghanistan were scheduled to play three ODIs in the United Arab Emirates in March but Cricket Australia scrapped the series after consultation with stakeholders, including the Australian government.
Cricket Australia had been hopeful of playing Afghanistan and was in regular contact with the Afghanistan Cricket Board, he added.


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