Human rights record of the United States
Updated: 2016-04-15 08:09
(China Daily)
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On
January 11, 2016, activists marched in front of the White House in
Washington, D.C., to support the closing of Guantanamo Bay. There was
song, prayer, and representative acts over the course of several hours
to show the need for the prolonged closing of this detention
center.[Photo/IC]
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Editor's Note: The State Council Information Office of the
People's Republic of China published a report titled "Human Rights
Record of the United States in 2015" on April 15. Following is the full
text of the report.
Foreword
On April 13 local time, the State Department of the United States
released its country reports on human rights practices. It made comments
on the human rights situation in many countries once again while being
tight-lipped about its own terrible human rights record and showing not a
bit of intention to reflect on it. In 2015, the United States saw no
improvement in its existent human rights issues, but reported numerous
new problems. Since the U.S. government refuses to hold up a mirror to
look at itself, it has to be done with other people's help.
The following facts about the U.S. human rights situation in 2015 are supported by irrefutable records.
· The use of guns was out of control in the United States, which
severely threatened citizens' right of life. The frequent occurrence of
shooting incidents was the deepest impression left to the world
concerning the United States in 2015. There were a total of 51,675 gun
violence incidents in the United States in 2015 as of December 28,
leaving 13,136 killed and 26,493 injured.
· Citizens' personal security could not be guaranteed with the
excessive use of violence by police. Police shot dead 965 people last
year as of December 24, and the abuse of power by the police did not
result in discipline. "Justice for Freddie" protests were staged in
Baltimore, demonstrators in Chicago took to the street to demand justice
in the death of Laquan MacDonald, and protesters in Minneapolis camped
outside a police precinct after Jamar Clark was shot dead by police.
· The prison system in the United States was plagued by corruption
and severely violated inmates' human rights. The guards in a prison in
Florida scalded a mentally-ill inmate Darren Rainey to death in hot
shower. The guards in Lowell Correctional Institution, the nation's
largest women's prison, pressured hundreds of female inmates to barter
sex for basic necessities and a shield from abuse, and 57 inmates have
died in this prison over the past 10 years...
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