The "West"...at one point in history? It would be silly to suggest that the Greeks (who most definitely "invented" democracy) were somehow beholden to notions of human rights too.
Equally absurd would be any claim that there is NO concern for these outside of the West at any epoch in history.
No its an evolution...first the right to vote...giving the power to the people
then the freedoms, human rights, etc....
that is why a Jew is more free to practice his religion in the west than countries like Pakistan or Saudi Arabia