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China speaks out against the United States’ human rights survey that dubbed the Asian giant’s corruption crackdown as “particularly severe,” allegedly causing a spike in “coercion” and “repression.”
According to the Xinhua News Agency, the Chinese State Council answered the U.S.'s attempt at commenting on human rights scenarios in different countries "while being tight-lipped about its own terrible human rights record" by releasing a report of its own on the western country's domestic human rights situation.
The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2015
Released via the state-run Xinhua News Agency, China's State Council revealed an extensive and detailed scenario on human rights situation in the U.S., noting how the country failed to see its own shortcomings while blatantly taking notice of other countries'.
"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 report, titled "The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2015," began.
According to the report, there were a total of 51,675 incidents of gun violence in the U.S. as of Dec. 28, 2015, which resulted in more than 13,000 fatalities and some 26,000 injuries.
The report also noted that the U.S. did not make any progress when it comes to social and economic rights, adding that over 560,000 residents in the country remained homeless while another 33 million had no health insurance.
China also highlighted the presence of contradicting deeds and the lack of corresponding action from the United States even after it "repeatedly vowed to defend 'human rights,'" inconspicuously mentioning how the country launched 2,823 air strikes in Syria and 3,965 in Iraq.
2015 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
This under-euphemized "report" about how the U.S. handled human rights was sparked by a recent survey conducted by the country titled "2015 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices."
While the American report mentioned many other countries, China received one of the most unspeakable descriptions of all.
According to the report's subsection for China, the statistics of the country's rights-related coercion and repression "markedly increased" in 2015, particularly in cases where people and entities who promote political and civil rights and public interest were involved.
The report also noted how discrimination worsened during the year.
"Officials continued to harass, intimidate, and prosecute family members and associates to retaliate against rights advocates and defenders" the report said. "Individuals and groups regarded as politically sensitive by authorities faced tight restrictions on their freedom to assemble, practice religion, and travel."
The report also cited how China had been using unjust and extralegal measures to keep the media in control, sampling the case of five men who disappeared between October and December after expressing "critical opinions" against the government.
