China Releases Report On Human Rights Violations In The US During 2023

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JAKARTA - The State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China last week released a report on human rights violations in the United States in 2023.

The report revealed various human rights violations in countries with the second largest economy in the world. Violations ranging from racial, ethnic discrimination, restraint of speech, manipulation to inhumane treatment of migrants at the border and others.

The following is a summary of the report as reported by Xinhua.

The human rights situation in the United States continues to worsen in 2023. In the United States, human rights are becoming increasingly polarized. Although the ruling minority groups hold political, economic and social domination, the majority of society is increasingly marginalized, their basic rights and freedoms are neglected.

Armed violence is widespread, while government control policies are ineffective. There were at least 654 mass shootings in the United States in 2023. About 43,000 people were killed as a result of gun violence in 2023, with an average of 117 deaths per day. Driven by polarization of partisans and interest groups, more and more state governments are taking the initiative to push for legislation that expands the right of residents to own and use weapons. In 2023, only 27 states do not require permits to carry pistols.

The government abuses its power to monitor citizens' privacy, suppresses freedom of speech and expression. The FBI transferred Article 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Monitoring Act to carry out domestic surveillance, "continuous and widespread" monitoring of the communications of members of Congress, congressional campaign donors, and anti-racist protesters. More and more states issue laws prohibiting public schools from using materials and educational books that discuss certain topics such as race, history, and gender. The number of lecturers convicted or fired for speaking and expressing on US campuses has reached the highest figure in the last 20 years.

The death toll from police brutality reached a record high, so that the law enforcement accountability system was almost non-existent.

Police brutality continues and at least 1,247 deaths are caused by police violence, an average of about three people are killed by officers every day. The interior department is often more interested in freeing its colleagues from charges than investigating offenses, making it difficult for police to be held accountable, and more than half of the police's killings are mistakenly labeled as "public killings or suicides" in the CDC's official death statistics database.

The main problems regarding mass detention and forced labor make the country a "prison country". The United States is home to 5 percent of the world's population, but also houses 25 percent of world prisoners, making it the country with the highest imprisonment rate and the largest number of jailed people globally. Prisons force inmates to work with low or free wages, without allowances, while generating billions of dollars worth of goods and services annually.

Two parties in the United States, Democratic Party and Republican Party, continue to manipulate elections.

On the opening day of the 118th US Congress in January 2023, the House of Representatives faced "Critical Talks", and 2023 was the lowest point for Congressional productivity since the American Civil War. Both parties continue to change the way they manipulate and distort public opinion for the benefit of the party. There are 16 states that have experienced significant manipulation of the boundaries within the congressional district, and 12 of them are states experiencing serious manipulation of congressional districts as a whole.

People in the United States are very disappointed with the federal and political governments at all levels. Surprisingly, 76 percent of Americans believe their country is in the wrong direction.

The ethnic minority in the United States is facing systematic racial discrimination, along with chronic illness of racism.

Americans of African descent are three times more likely to be killed by police than whites, and 4.5 times more likely to be imprisoned. Nearly three-quarters of Americans of Chinese descent have experienced racial discrimination in the past year, and 55 percent are worried that racial crimes or harassment will jeopardize their personal safety.

Native Americans continue to live in cultural oppression, with their radical religious beliefs and traditional practices. Racist ideology spreads viciously in the United States and spreads throughout the state.

The increasing economic and social gaps make the lives of the poor even more difficult. The United States refuses to ratify the International Covenan (Hukum) on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The wealth gap has reached its highest record since the Great Depression of 1929 which was systematically designed to exploit the poor, subsidize the rich, and separate classes.

The 'poor workers' trapped in structural poverty do not have the same opportunities and find it difficult to rise to a higher level. The number of homeless people in the United States exceeds 650,000, which is the highest number since reporting began in 2007. The use of drugs and drugs continues to rampant. The suicide rate continues to increase.

The United States has not ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, and is still the only UN member state that has not ratified the Convention on Children's Rights. The US Constitution does not prohibit gender-based discrimination. It is also the only country in the world to impose life imprisonment on children without parole.

The number of people who died from pregnancy in America has more than doubled in the last 20 years. More than 2.2 million women of fertile age in the US do not have access to obstetric care. At least 21 states in the United States prohibit or severely limit abortion, where most safe abortions are not available.

Discrimination of pregnancy is also widespread, and forced nearly 54,000 women in the United States to leave their jobs every year.

Millions of children have been excluded from the federal government's Medicaid health insurance program. Thousands of foster children are missing every year. The audit found that state agencies failed to report about 34,800 cases of the disappearance of foster children in 46 states.

The humanitarian crisis along the border has escalated, causing a heartbreaking struggle for illegal migrants. The US-Mexico border is the deadliest land migration route in the world, according to the UN migration agency. At least 149 migrants were killed in the El Paso border patrol area in 12 months ending September 30, 2023.

In fiscal year 2023, the number of immigrants arrested or deported on the US southern border reached more than 2.4 million, which is another record. high. Migrants have also been subjected to torture and other forms of inhumane treatment. US border policies facilitate modern slavery. US government border policies exacerbated the problem of human trafficking. Child migrants without companions suffered from forced labor and brutal exploitation. The United States has long implemented hegemonism, practiced power politics, and created a humanitarian crisis.

After the 9/11 attacks, the United States carried out counter-terrorism operations abroad, the action triggered the death toll of 4.5 to 4.7 million. The US military violated the sovereignty and human rights of other countries through the "proxy force" program and continued to provide weapons to the conflict zone, resulting in heavy civilian casualties.

My famous prison for violating human rights is still operating. The use of prolonged and indiscriminate unilateral sanctions has had serious humanitarian consequences. The United States has used more sanctions than any other country in the world. In the United States, human rights are basically a privilege that is only enjoyed by a handful of people. Various human rights issues in the country seriously threaten and hinder the healthy development of the world's human rights struggle.