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 Human Rights Record of the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Human Rights Record of the United States (informally referred to as the "China Human Rights Report") is a publication on the annual human rights record in the United States of America, published by the Information Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China.
The report was first issued in 1998 as a response to the United States' practice of criticizing China in its own annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, which each of the Chinese reports cites in the first paragraph.
The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2003, published on March 1, 2004, again criticises the human rights record of the United States from six aspects: personal freedom and safety, political rights, labour conditions, racial discrimination, conditions of women, children and the elderly and U.S.' infringement upon human rights in other countries.
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 Human Rights Record of the United States in 2001(03/11/02)
Torture and forced confession are common in the United States, with the number of convicts on the death row that are misjudged or wronged remaining high.
Although the United States sent a low-level delegation to the conference as a result of prompting and persuasion by the United Nations, it took the lead in opposing discussing slave trade and colonial compensation, expressed opposition to putting Zionism on a par with racism, and walked out of the conference midway.
Behaviors of the United States at the conference revealed its hypocrisy when it professes itself as "a world judge of human rights" and show how arrogant and isolated the hegemonic acts of the US government are.
www.china-embassy.org /eng/zt/zfbps/t36544.htm   (5503 words)

  
 China issues human rights record of the US
The Human Rights Record is the fifth Chinese report in responseto the annual country reports on human rights by the United States.
According to the human rights record, the homeless population continues to rise in the United States.
Rights of women, children and elderly people lack protection in the US Little can be spoken of the human rights record in the US in view of protecting the rights of women, children and elderly people, according to the Human Rights Record of the United States in 2003.
www.informationclearinghouse.info /article5798.htm   (1962 words)

  
 China - The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2005
The United States proclaims to be a "paradise of freedom," yet the total number and ratio of its people behind bars both rank the first in the world.
According to a survey by the United States Conference of Mayors in 24 cities including Chicago, Boston and Los Angeles, requests for emergency shelter in 2005 increased in the survey cities by an average of 6 percent from a year earlier, with 71 percent of the cities registering an increase.
To respect for and protect human rights is a necessity and indicator of human civilization, and to promote human rights is the common responsibility of all countries and a major theme of international cooperation.
www.mltoday.com /Pages/CPs/China-USHumanRightsRec.html   (7651 words)

  
 Scoop: Full Text Of Human Rights Record Of The US In 2003
The Human Rights Record is the fifth Chinese report in response to the annual country reports on human rights by the United States.
The United States has long been in a violent, crime-ridden society with a severe infringement of the people's rights by law enforcement departments and with a lack of guarantee for the life of people, their freedom and personal safety.
The human rights record of the U.S. is absolutely not in accord with its position as a world power, which constitutes a strong irony against its self-granted title ofa big power in human rights.
www.scoop.co.nz /stories/WO0403/S00108.htm   (7111 words)

  
 China issues human rights record of US(03/09/06)
China issued on March 9 the Human Rights Record of the United States in 2005 in response to the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2005 issued by the U.S. State Department on March 8.
The poverty rate of the United States is the highest in the developed world and more than twice as high as in most other industrialized countries, the record quotes a report of Newsweek magazine as saying.
According to The State of Black America 2005, the income level of African American families is only one-tenth of that of white families, and the welfare enjoyed by fl Americans is only three-fourth of their white counterparts.
www.china-embassy.org /eng/xw/t239460.htm   (1645 words)

  
 Human Rights Record of the United States of America in 2004 | News From Babylon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The NewsWeek of the United States also reported last May that in Pennsylvania, Arizona and some other states, inmates are routinely stripped in front of others before being moved to a new prison or a new unit within their prison.
On July 16, 2004 the US State Department made a regulation, in violation of the norms of most other countries, that foreign reporters should leave the country while waiting for the valid period of their visas to be extended.
The United States refuses to ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural rights and took negative attitudeto the economic, social and cultural rights of the laborers.
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 People's Daily Online -- Full text of Human Rights Record of the US in 2004
Following is the full text of the Human Rights Record of the United States in 2004, released by the Information office of China's State Council Thursday, March 3, 2005.
In 2002 there were 30,242 firearm killings in the United States; 54 percent of all suicides and 67 percent of all homicides were related to the use of firearms.
The United States refuses to ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural rights and took negative attitude to the economic, social and cultural rights of the laborers.
english.people.com.cn /200503/03/eng20050303_175406.html   (8499 words)

  
 Political Affairs Magazine - China Releases Annual Human Rights Report   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
China issued the Human Rights Record of the US in 2004 Thursday in response to the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2004 issued by the US on Feb. 28.
Referring the elections in the United States are in fact a contest of money, the record said, the presidential and Congressional elections last year cost nearly four billion US dollars, some one billion US dollars or one third more than that spent in the 2000 elections.
The report stressed the United States refuses to ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural rights and took negative attitude to the economic, social and cultural rights of the laborers.
www.politicalaffairs.net /article/articleview/739/1/80   (1289 words)

  
 China Views Human Rights Record of the United States in 2001
Serious Rights Violations by Law Enforcement Departments Police brutality and unfair adjudication are intrinsic stubborn diseases of the United States.
Yet, a local court pardoned the nine prison guards and acquitted them of responsibilities for the death of the French man. Torture and forced confession are common in the United States, with the number of convicts on the death row that are misjudged or wronged remaining high.
V. Deep-Rooted Racial Discrimination Racial discrimination is the most serious human rights problem in the United States, a problem that the United States has never resolved since its founding.
www.fas.org /irp/news/2002/03/xin031102.html   (5498 words)

  
 Human Rights Watch: United States: :
Human Rights Watch and Human Rights First have filed an amicus brief in al-Marri’s case, highlighting the ways in which al-Marri’s prolonged detention without charge violates the obligations of the United States under international human rights law.
Human Rights Watch urges the Bush administration to extend the invitation and to arrange meetings with high-ranking officials to discuss his concerns.
Human Rights Watch wishes to express its deepest concern that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision in the so-called Kentucky River Trilogy violates United States obligations under international human rights law and international labor law.
www.hrw.org /doc/?t=usa   (1325 words)

  
 Human rights in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In addition, individuals are suspected to be or to have been held in temporary or permanent US controlled facilities in Indonesia, El Salvador, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Israel, Denmark, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Hungary, Germany, and Scotland.
According to Human Rights Watch, "fl men [in 2000] were eight times more likely to be in prison than white men".
They are often defended as appropriate for mass murderers, but there have been reports that some nonviolent prisoners have been sent to supermaxes.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Human_rights_in_the_United_States   (3817 words)

  
 Human Rights Record of the United States in 2001
Following is the full text of the "Human Rights Record of the United States in 2001," published by the Information Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Monday:
On September 18, 2000, with support of some NGOs, a dozen surviving "comfort women" brought a class action with a federal court in Washington D.C., demanding public apology and compensation from the Japanese government.
The NATO headed by the United States dropped a large number of depleted uranium bombs during the Kosovo war, subjecting peace-keeping soldiers as well as the local people to serious danger.
english.people.com.cn /200203/11/eng20020311_91880.shtml   (5610 words)

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