China hits back at US human rights
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March 13, 2010, Saturday
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CHINA has responded to United States criticism of its human rights by publishing its own report on what happens in America.
"As in previous years, the US reports are full of accusations of the human rights situation in more than 190 countries and regions including China, but turn a blind eye to, or dodge and even cover up rampant human rights abuses on its own territory," said the Information Office of the State Council.
The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2009 was in retaliation to the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2009 issued by the US Department of State on Thursday.
The report is "prepared to help people around the world understand the real situation of human rights in the US," said the report.
It criticized the US for making human rights "a political instrument to interfere in other countries' internal affairs, defame other nations' image and seek its own strategic interests."
China advised the US government to draw lessons from history, put itself in a correct position, strive to improve its own human rights and rectify its acts in the human rights field.
"At a time when the world is suffering a serious human rights disaster caused by the US subprime crisis-induced global financial crisis, the US government still ignores its own serious human rights problems but revels in accusing other countries. It is really a pity," the report said.
While advocating "freedom of speech," "freedom of the press" and "Internet freedom," the US government unscrupulously monitors and restricts citizens' rights to freedom when it comes to its own interests and needs.
US citizens' freedom to access and distribute information is under strict supervision, it said. According to media reports, the US National Security Agency started installing specialized eavesdropping equipment around the country to wiretap calls, faxes and e-mails and collect domestic communications as early as 2001.
The wiretapping programs were originally targeted at Arab-Americans, but soon grew to include other Americans.
After the September 11 attack, the US government authorized its intelligence authorities to hack into citizens' communications, and to monitor and erase information that might threaten US interests, the report said.
"As in previous years, the US reports are full of accusations of the human rights situation in more than 190 countries and regions including China, but turn a blind eye to, or dodge and even cover up rampant human rights abuses on its own territory," said the Information Office of the State Council.
The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2009 was in retaliation to the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2009 issued by the US Department of State on Thursday.
The report is "prepared to help people around the world understand the real situation of human rights in the US," said the report.
It criticized the US for making human rights "a political instrument to interfere in other countries' internal affairs, defame other nations' image and seek its own strategic interests."
China advised the US government to draw lessons from history, put itself in a correct position, strive to improve its own human rights and rectify its acts in the human rights field.
"At a time when the world is suffering a serious human rights disaster caused by the US subprime crisis-induced global financial crisis, the US government still ignores its own serious human rights problems but revels in accusing other countries. It is really a pity," the report said.
While advocating "freedom of speech," "freedom of the press" and "Internet freedom," the US government unscrupulously monitors and restricts citizens' rights to freedom when it comes to its own interests and needs.
US citizens' freedom to access and distribute information is under strict supervision, it said. According to media reports, the US National Security Agency started installing specialized eavesdropping equipment around the country to wiretap calls, faxes and e-mails and collect domestic communications as early as 2001.
The wiretapping programs were originally targeted at Arab-Americans, but soon grew to include other Americans.
After the September 11 attack, the US government authorized its intelligence authorities to hack into citizens' communications, and to monitor and erase information that might threaten US interests, the report said.
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