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US human rights violations rebuked
By Yu Zhong (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-03-04 01:47
Serious human rights infringements are threatening democracy with ruin, China
claimed in its Human Rights Record of the United States in 2004 released
yesterday.
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Dogs bark at a naked Iraqi POW in a US
forces?prison in Iraq. This photo, which shows how US soldiers abused
Iraqis in the Abu Ghraib prison on the western outskirts of Baghdad, is
only one of the many that were published last spring as major pieces of
evidence of prison abuse during the Iraq
War. | The Information Office of the
State Council yesterday released its annual report - a response to the Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2004 issued by the United States on
February 28.
The Chinese record lists a multitude of serious violations of human rights in
America.
Lin Bocheng, secretary general of China Foundation for Human Rights
Development, said the report exposes and "castigates the misdeeds of the US on
human rights and its power politics, hegemonism and double standards on human
rights issues."
Lin added: "The record reminds the US of its own violations and asks the
country to dedicate energy into improving its own poor human rights situation
instead of interfering in domestic politics of other countries or playing a role
of 'human rights police'."
The report was compiled on a basis of world peace and development and
interprets the correct stand China holds on human rights issues, he said.
"China always proposes the development of human rights is a gradual process
and should be connected with different national conditions. China insists
dialogues in solving this issue," he added.
Professor Feng Zhuoran of the Capital Normal University said it is important
for the global community to jointly educate the US on human rights equality and
other related culture.
"The report urges the US to approach the human rights issues of other
countries from an equal perspective," said Feng.
Both experts claim the Chinese Government enacted significant advancements
last year in shielding human rights for its people. They believe each nation
should handle its own problems.
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