Statement 1 is correct. Article 14(1) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) states that "Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution." While it says 'persecution', this often includes persecution for political reasons, and prosecution for political crimes can constitute persecution. Article 14(2) provides an exception for "prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes," implying that asylum can be invoked for situations related to political matters. Statement 2 is incorrect. Article 15 of the UDHR states both that "No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality" AND that everyone has the "right to change his nationality." The statement's phrasing "except for the freedom to change nationality" wrongly links the two rights, suggesting one is an exception to the other, which is not what Article 15 says.
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