China slams US for human rights record that threatens its citizens
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April 22, 2013, Monday
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CHINA has slammed the human rights record of the United States in response to a Washington report on rights around the world, saying US military operations had infringed on rights abroad and political donations at home had undermined the country's democracy.
China's report, released yesterday, cited gun violence in the US among its examples of human rights violations, saying it was a serious threat to the lives and safety of Americans.
China's "Human Rights Record of the United States in 2012" said the US government continued to strengthen the monitoring of its people and that political donations to election campaigns had an undue influence on US policy.
"American citizens do not enjoy a genuinely equal right to vote," the report said, citing a decreased turnout in the 2012 presidential election and a voting rate of just 57.5 percent.
The report, which mostly cited media reports, said there was serious sex, racial and religious discrimination in the US and the country had seriously infringed on the human rights of other nations through its military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen.
It said Washington had "turned a blind eye to its own woeful human rights situation," despite styling itself as "the world judge of human rights."
China released the report in response to a US report on Friday that said China's human rights record had "worsened" over the past year.
The Chinese report cited "astonishing" casualties that resulted from mass shootings at a movie theater in the state of Colorado in July and at an elementary school in Connecticut in December.
"Americans are the most heavily armed people in the world per capita," it said.
The report said the US failed to pass gun control measures even after the two high-profile mass shootings, endangering its own citizens.
The report took the US to task for spying on its own citizens, pointing to a 2012 bill that "authorizes warrantless wiretapping."
Federal law enforcement agencies are increasingly monitoring Americans' communications, the report said, referencing documents collected by the American Civil Liberties Union. The National Security Agency eavesdrops on phone calls and intercepts e-mails, it added.
American police also often abused their power, and more US women became victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in 2012, the report said.
"The lives and personal security of the United States citizens, who were haunted by serious violent crimes, were not duly protected," it said.
It added that the US had "serious" issues with discrimination of a sexual, racial and religious nature.
"Religious discrimination is also rapidly on the rise, with an increase in insults and attacks against Muslims," it said.
China's report, released yesterday, cited gun violence in the US among its examples of human rights violations, saying it was a serious threat to the lives and safety of Americans.
China's "Human Rights Record of the United States in 2012" said the US government continued to strengthen the monitoring of its people and that political donations to election campaigns had an undue influence on US policy.
"American citizens do not enjoy a genuinely equal right to vote," the report said, citing a decreased turnout in the 2012 presidential election and a voting rate of just 57.5 percent.
The report, which mostly cited media reports, said there was serious sex, racial and religious discrimination in the US and the country had seriously infringed on the human rights of other nations through its military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen.
It said Washington had "turned a blind eye to its own woeful human rights situation," despite styling itself as "the world judge of human rights."
China released the report in response to a US report on Friday that said China's human rights record had "worsened" over the past year.
The Chinese report cited "astonishing" casualties that resulted from mass shootings at a movie theater in the state of Colorado in July and at an elementary school in Connecticut in December.
"Americans are the most heavily armed people in the world per capita," it said.
The report said the US failed to pass gun control measures even after the two high-profile mass shootings, endangering its own citizens.
The report took the US to task for spying on its own citizens, pointing to a 2012 bill that "authorizes warrantless wiretapping."
Federal law enforcement agencies are increasingly monitoring Americans' communications, the report said, referencing documents collected by the American Civil Liberties Union. The National Security Agency eavesdrops on phone calls and intercepts e-mails, it added.
American police also often abused their power, and more US women became victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in 2012, the report said.
"The lives and personal security of the United States citizens, who were haunted by serious violent crimes, were not duly protected," it said.
It added that the US had "serious" issues with discrimination of a sexual, racial and religious nature.
"Religious discrimination is also rapidly on the rise, with an increase in insults and attacks against Muslims," it said.
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