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Human Rights Record of the United States in 2011

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Human Rights Record of the United States in 2011

Information Office of the State Council

May 25, 2012

On May 24, 2012, the State Department of the United States issued the 2011 National Human Rights Report, again commenting on the human rights situation in nearly 200 countries and regions in the world, distorting and accusing China's human rights cause, while turning a blind eye to its own bad human rights situation and not mentioning it. In order to let the people of the world know the real human rights situation in the United States, and urge the United States to reflect on its actions, the United States Human Rights Record 2011 is hereby published.

   1、 About life, property and personal safety

The United States has powerful human, financial and material resources to effectively control violent crimes, but the American society has been flooded with violent crimes for a long time, and citizens' lives, property and personal safety are not guaranteed as they should be.

According to the report released by the US Department of Justice on September 15, 2011, in 2010, US residents aged 12 and above experienced 3.8 million violent crimes, 1.4 million serious violent crimes, 14.8 million property crimes and 138000 personal theft crimes. The crime rate is 15 per 1000 people. (Note 1) Crime rates in several cities and regions in the United States have soared. The southern region experienced 452 violent crimes and 3438.8 property crimes per 100000 people on average. (Note 2) In the first four weeks of 2011, the number of homicides in San Francisco increased from 5 in the same period of 2010 to 8, and in Auckland from 4 to 11. (Note 3) In the first nine months of 2011, the number of major subway thefts in New York City increased from 852 in 2010 to 1075, an increase of 25%. (Note 4) homicide cases in Detroit increased by 13.5% year on year. (Note 5) From January to October 2011, there were 123924 serious crimes in Chicago. (Note 6) According to the public service advertisement against campus violence broadcast in January 2011, more than 6 million students in the United States experienced campus violence from July to December 2010. (Note 7) According to the statistics of the "Family First Aid" organization, about 30% of American teenagers are involved in campus violence. (Note 8)

The United States places gun ownership above the protection of citizens' lives and personal safety. Gun control is lax and guns are rampant. The number of civilian guns in the United States accounts for 35% to 50% of the world's total, with an average of 100 people owning 90 guns. (Note 9) The Gallup poll in October 2011 found that 47% of American adults reported having guns, up 6 percentage points from a year ago, the highest since the survey was conducted in 1993. 52% of middle-aged people aged 35-54 reported having guns. The adult gun ownership rate in the southern United States is as high as 54%. (Note 10) The New York Times reported on November 14, 2011 that since 1995, more than 3300 felons and domestic violence criminals in Washington State alone have regained the right to own guns, and more than 400 of them have committed shooting and other crimes again.

Gun violence and gun fatality rates in the United States are among the highest in developed countries. The US Foreign Policy disclosed on January 9, 2011 that every year more than 30000 people in the US die of gun violence and 200000 are injured by gun violence. According to the statistics of the US Department of Justice, in 2010, among 480760 robbery crimes, 188380 rape and sexual assault crimes, 29% and 7% of criminals used guns respectively. (Note 11) On June 2, 2011, a series of shootings occurred in Arizona, resulting in six deaths and one injury. (Note 12) In Chicago, there were more than 10 shooting incidents from the evening of June 3 to the early morning of June 4 alone; (Note 13) From the evening of August 12 to the early morning of August 13, five more shootings occurred, with many casualties. (Note 14) In Michigan, Texas, Ohio, Nevada and Southern California, more than 5 people were shot and killed by one person at a time (Note 15). The frequent shooting cases have long aroused the dissatisfaction of the American people. Every year, there are many protests demanding the government to strictly control civilian firearms, but the United States government has not paid due attention to this.

   2、 On civil and political rights

The political rights and freedoms of American citizens have been seriously violated, and the United States is deceiving itself by claiming that it is a land of freedom. (Note 16)

The "occupation" movement, which claims to represent 99% of Americans, is torturing the political, economic and social systems of the United States. Since September 2011, the "Occupy Wall Street" movement has swept the United States due to serious social inequality, serious economic inequality, serious inequality between rich and poor, high unemployment and other issues. Regardless of the underlying causes of this movement, the act of wanton trampling on the freedom of assembly, demonstration and expression of the public has made a true annotation for the freedom and democracy of the United States, just as thousands of demonstrators have been subjected to rough and violent treatment and many demonstrators have been arrested. According to British, Australian and other national media reports, nearly 1000 people were arrested within two weeks of the Occupy Wall Street movement. (Note 17) On October 1 alone, the New York police arrested more than 700 demonstrators in the name of obstructing traffic. Some demonstrators were handcuffed and lined up on the bridge waiting for the police bus to leave. (Note 18) On October 9, 92 people were arrested. (Note 19) On November 15, the New York police dispatched riot police to forcibly clear Zuccotti Park, the stronghold of the "Occupy Wall Street" movement, and arrested more than 200 people. (Note 20) Chicago police arrested more than 300 demonstrators participating in the "Occupy Chicago" movement within two weeks. (Note 21) On October 25, the police in Oakland, California launched a clearing operation against the demonstrators of the "Occupy Oakland" movement, and at least 85 people were arrested. An Iraqi war veteran was hit in the head by a rubber bullet from the police, resulting in a cracked skull. (Note 22) On November 17, hundreds more people were arrested in protest activities held across the United States to commemorate the two months of the "Occupy Wall Street" movement. (Note 23) Among them, at least 276 people were arrested in New York City alone, and many were injured and bleeding when being dragged away by the police. (Note 24) Many demonstrators accused the police of brutality. Some critics said, "The United States has become a dictatorship at least to a certain extent." (Note 25)

The United States vigorously flaunts its freedom of the press, but in fact, the United States strictly censors and controls the press. "Freedom of the press" is just a political tool for the United States to beautify itself and suppress other countries. It is reported that the US Congress failed to pass a law to protect journalists' right to source information. More and more journalists in the United States have lost their jobs because of the so-called "inappropriate political remarks". In June 2010, Thomas, a senior American journalist, was forced to resign because of his criticism of Israel. (Note 26) On November 15, 2011, when the New York police forcibly cleared Zuccotti Park, they prevented the media from approaching Zuccotti Park, blocked the air field to prevent the media from aerial photography with helicopters, and set up a cordon to prevent the media from reaching the scene. The police not only used pepper spray on journalists, but also arrested about 200 journalists from many media, such as the National Public Radio and the New York Times. (Note 27) They trampled on the freedom of the press and public interests, which made the world shocked. The performance of American mainstream media in the "Occupy Wall Street" movement exposed its hypocrisy on the issues of freedom and democracy. The Pew Research Center survey shows that in the second week of the campaign, the coverage of the campaign only accounted for 1.68% of the total coverage of the national media in the United States, and the number of reports was very small. On October 15, 2011, the "Occupy Wall Street" campaign launched a global series. CNN, Fox and other television channels did not broadcast any live broadcast, which was in sharp contrast to the 24-hour live broadcast of Cairo Square demonstrations.

The United States strictly restricts the Internet, and "Internet policy is full of problems". (Note 28) "Internet freedom" is just a saying for the United States to exert diplomatic pressure and seek hegemony. Both the Patriot Act and the Homeland Security Act of the United States contain provisions for monitoring the Internet, and authorize the government or law enforcement agencies to monitor and block any Internet content that "endangers national security". The Act on Protecting the Network as National Assets, passed in 2010, stipulates that the federal government has absolute power to shut down the Internet in case of an emergency. The British Guardian reported on March 17, 2011 that the US military is developing a computer software that uses forged user identities to create wrong public opinion guidance on the Internet and block opinions that are not accepted by the US military. In fact, the development of this software is to restrict freedom of expression on the Internet. The Voice of Russia commented on February 2, 2012 that a subordinate department of the U.S. government security agency employs hundreds of analysts to monitor the private files of foreign Internet users anonymously, and can review 5 million microblog messages every day. The US Homeland Security Bureau has set up a virtual account on Twitter to search for "illegal immigrants", "viruses", "death", "outbreaks" and other words every day, and quietly track down netizens who forward these information. According to the Globe and Mail on January 30, 2012, before flying to the United States, Lee Van Blaine of the United Kingdom posted a microblog on Twitter: "This is a free week. Before destroying the United States, I will talk with my friends and make some preparations.", Brian and his companions were handcuffed like terrorists and held together with drug trafficking suspects for 12 hours. Many British netizens expressed anger at this, saying: "What is worse? Is it because an innocent microblog was arrested, or is the US intelligence service staring at every piece of electronic information in the world?" (Note 29)

The capitalization of the American democratic system has become more and more serious, and has increasingly evolved into a "money owner" system. According to the data of the US Sensitive Issues Center in November 2011, 46% of the US federal senators and representatives have over one million assets. Because of this, the US government's plan to raise taxes on high-income people with annual salaries of more than one million yuan was blocked in Congress. (Note 30) Some critics pointed out that in the American political system, money has become the trump card of the election. The Supreme Court recognized that enterprises use their strong economic strength to support policies and candidates that are conducive to their business, while resisting policies and candidates that are detrimental to their commercial interests. (Note 31) It is reported that during the 2010 general election, the US financial industry's contributions to the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee accounted for nearly 2/3 of the donations it received. When a senior member of the Democratic Party served as the chairman of the Agriculture Committee from 2007 to 2010, the donations received from the groups under his committee's jurisdiction increased by 711%, while the total donations received by this member of the Democratic Party only increased by 274% in the same period. (Note 32) According to the Washington Post on August 10, 2011, nearly 80% of Americans are dissatisfied with the way the political system works, and 45% say they are very dissatisfied.

The United States has been weakening civil liberties on the pretext of improving the security level. (Note 33) The US Electronic Products Rights Defense Foundation released the Misconduct Pattern: Illegal Acts of the FBI Intelligence Agency from 2001 to 2008, which disclosed the fact that the political intelligence agency led by the FBI systematically violated American citizens and legal residents. The report shows that from 2001 to 2008, there were 40000 cases of improper conduct of intelligence investigation in violation of laws and administrative orders, and 60% of the 200000 requests made by the Federal Bureau of Investigation were investigating American citizens and legal residents. (Note 34) The New York Times reported on October 20, 2011 that the US Federal Bureau of Investigation is collecting private information about the religious belief, nationality, original nationality and other aspects of the American people for investigation. The Washington Post disclosed on January 14, 2012 that the U.S. government can use "national security letters" to require enterprises and organizations to provide information about citizens' economic, communication and communication conditions without any reason, as well as search all information from enterprise documents to library records. The US government can use the satellite positioning system to monitor every move of the investigated object without court order or judicial review.

Many innocent citizens were harassed and injured, and some even lost their freedom and lives, due to the police's abuse of power, law enforcement and violence. The World Daily reported on June 10, 2011 that in the past decade, the number of people stopped by the police in New York City continued to increase, reaching 600000 times in 2010, twice the number in 2004. From January to March 2011, 180000 people were stopped, of which 88% were innocent people. It is reported that in early July, two policemen in Orange County, Southern California beat and killed an unarmed homeless man with mental disorder. (Note 35) The police in North Miami killed a man with a toy pistol. (Note 36) A man in California was killed by the local police as a gangster just because he wore a red jacket. (Note 37) Arizona police rushed into Greiner's home in a drug case and shot him dead. Later, they found that the deceased had no drug trafficking experience. (Note 38) Misjudged cases occur frequently. According to UPI and other media reports, Anthony Graves of Texas was wrongly sentenced to 18 years in prison; (Note 39) Thomas Hainsworth, 46, served 27 years of innocent imprisonment for misjudged robbery; (Note 40) Eric Kane was sentenced to life imprisonment for nearly 25 years after being forced to confess double murder by torture. (Note 41)

The United States lacks basic procedural protection, and the government has constantly affirmed its right to arbitrarily deprive citizens of legal protection. (Note 42) The National Defense Authorization Law signed on December 31, 2011 allowed citizens to be detained indefinitely. (Note 43) Forbes website reported on December 5, 2011 that the bill stipulates that the US military has the right to conduct anti-terrorism investigation and interrogation in its territory, and as long as the US government believes that terrorists can be detained indefinitely without court trial.

The United States is still the country with the largest number of prisoners and the highest per capita incarceration rate in the world, and the environment for detaining prisoners is poor. According to the statistics of the United States Department of Justice, in 2009, there were 2.3 million prisoners in the United States, one out of every 132 American residents was in prison, and more than 140000 people were sentenced to life imprisonment. (Note 44) According to the report of the Los Angeles Times on May 24, 2011, more than 50 prisoners share a toilet in California prison, and 200 are locked in a gymnasium. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics, between October 2008 and December 2009, an estimated 88500 prisoners were sexually assaulted. (Note 45) Since April 2011, lunch has been stopped at weekends in some prisons to reduce food supply expenses. About 23000 prisoners in 36 prisons eat only two meals a day on Saturdays and Sundays. (Note 46) The poor prison environment has led to continuous protests, suicides and other incidents among prisoners. In July and October 2011, more than 6000 prisoners and 12000 prisoners in several prisons in California went on hunger strike twice to protest the harsh prison conditions and inhuman treatment. (Note 47) The Chicago Tribune reported on July 20, 2011 that since 2000, at least 175 people in the Chicago Juvenile Prison have attempted to commit suicide by using the facilities in their cells, and a total of 7 people have committed suicide. In 2011, the report submitted by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the question of torture pointed out that about 20000 to 25000 people in the United States were detained alone, and the United States Government twice refused the Rapporteur's request for unsupervised access and visits to the above-mentioned detainees in 2011.

   3、 On economic, social and cultural rights

The United States is the world's largest economic power, but many citizens still cannot enjoy the economic, social and cultural rights necessary for the free development of personal dignity and personality.

The United States has done little to protect its citizens from unemployment. The number of long-term unemployed has been unprecedented for 60 years. The United States is one of the weakest countries in western developed countries to safeguard workers' rights, and has not ratified any ILO convention in the past 10 years. The United States lacks an effective arbitration system to deal with the problem of employers refusing to reach a compromise with workers. According to the New York Times on December 12, 2011, there are 13.3 million unemployed people in the United States, of which 5.7 million have been unemployed for more than six months. The average unemployment rate in 2011 was 8.9%. (Note 48) In October 2011, the unemployment rate of youth aged 25-34 was as high as 26%, and more people were underemployed. In September 2011, the unemployment rate of 84 major cities in the United States exceeded 10%, and that of El Centro, California was as high as 29.6%. (Note 50) Unemployed people not only suffer from economic difficulties, but also suffer from mental pressures such as anxiety and depression.

"The gap between the extreme top and the bottom is getting bigger and bigger", (Note 51) highlighting the unfair distribution. The United States boasts a huge middle class that accounts for 80% of the total population, and only a few people are extremely poor and rich. However, this is not the case. (Note 52) According to the report released by the Congressional Budget Office on October 25, 2011, from 1979 to 2007, the income of the richest families accounting for 1% of the population of the United States grew fastest, with after tax income increasing by 275%, while the poorest families accounting for 20% of the population grew by only 18%. (Note 53) According to the report of CNN on February 16, 2011, over the past 20 years, 90% of Americans' real income has not increased, while the income of the rich, who account for 1% of the U.S. population, has increased by 33%. (Note 54) An article published by the Economic Policy Research Institute on October 26, 2011 said that in 2009, the proportion of the wealth of 1% of the wealthiest families in the United States to the wealth of middle-income families was 225:1. (Note 55) The average income of the top 10% is 15 times that of the bottom 10%. (Note 56) The Forbes list of the richest Americans shows that the wealth controlled by 400 billionaires amounts to $1.5 trillion, which is equivalent to the total wealth of 150 million bottom Americans. (Note 58) The annual salary of the top 10 chief executives with the highest salary is enough to pay 18330 ordinary employees. (Note 59) Nearly 11% of members of Congress have net wealth of more than 9 million dollars; 249 members of Congress are millionaires; The net wealth of middle-income legislators reached US $891506, almost nine times that of ordinary families. (Note 60) Der Spiegel of Germany commented that the United States has developed into a "winner takes all" economy. Bartels, an American political scientist, believes that the fundamental change in wealth distribution is not the result of events such as market forces or the financial crisis, but the reason lies in political decision-making. (Note 61)

Contrary to the richest 10%, the poor population and poverty rate in the United States have reached record highs, which is a great irony to the richest United States. According to the report released by the U.S. Census Bureau on September 13, 2011, in 2010, about 46.2 million people in the United States lived below the poverty line, 2.6 million more than in 2009, the highest number since the start of this statistics in 1959; The poverty rate was 15.1%, a new high since 1993. The analysis report of the Brookings Institution shows that with such a poverty rate, the economic recession will put 10 million Americans among the poor in five years. 22% of children live in poverty. (Note 62) The poverty rate in 12 states of the United States exceeds 17%, and that in Mississippi is as high as 22.4%. (Note 63) The United States is rapidly becoming a country relying on food stamps. (Note 64) The number of Americans who do not have enough money to buy food increased from 9% in 2008 to 19% in 2011. (Note 65) In 2010, 17.2 million families faced food shortages, accounting for 14.5% of the total number of American families. (Note 66) In 2011, 46 million people in the United States lived on food stamps, accounting for about 15% of the total population, an increase of 74% over 2007. (Note 67)

Millions of homeless people live on the streets. It is reported that about 2.3 million to 3.5 million people in the United States are homeless every year. (Note 68) The number of homeless families in the United States increased by 20% in 2010 compared with 2007. (Note 69) In the past five years, the proportion of single people who leave their families or come from other places in the community to apply for admission to shelters has increased from 39% to 66%. (Note 70) The number of homeless people in New York City has exceeded 41000, including 17000 children. (Note 71) In Santa Clara County, California, an average of 7045 people live on the streets every night, and in Chicago, 3000 young people are homeless every night. (Note 73)

The United States boasts that its health care is the best in the world, but a considerable number of citizens do not get the medical treatment and health protection they deserve. According to CNN on September 13, 2011, 49.9 million Americans did not have medical insurance in 2010. Bloomberg News reported on March 16, 2011 that 9 million people in the United States had lost their medical insurance in the past two years, 73 million people had difficulty paying for medical insurance, and 75 million people had delayed medical treatment due to insufficient funds. The risk of death and infection from AIDS increases. Since the first case of AIDS infection was found in 1981, 600000 people have died of AIDS in the United States. By the end of 2008, there were 1178350 people infected with HIV in the United States. (Note 74) Agence France Presse reported that nearly three quarters of HIV carriers in the United States did not control their infection, one fifth of HIV carriers did not know they were ill, and only about 51% of HIV positive people received continuous treatment. (Note 75) According to the data of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States, the number of deaths caused by prescription drugs in the United States has doubled in the past 10 years, and one person died in about 14 minutes. In 2009, over medication caused at least 37485 deaths, exceeding the number of deaths in traffic accidents. (Note 76)

The United States has drastically cut education funding, cut teachers, and shortened school hours. School tuition has soared, and the protection of young people's right to education has gone from bad to worse. According to the New York Times on October 3, 2011, schools in New York City have cut their budgets by 13.7% on average every year since 2007. Since 2008, the American education industry, including colleges and universities, has lost 294000 jobs. (Note 77) 292 school districts have reduced classes by one day a week. This practice only occurred during the economic crisis in the 1930s and the oil crisis in the 1970s. (Note 78) The report of the Council of American Universities shows that the average in state tuition and fees of American four-year public universities from 2011 to 2012 was $8244, an increase of $631 or 8.3% over the previous academic year. (Note 79) On November 9, about 3000 teachers and students from the University of California, Berkeley, gathered at the school to protest against the soaring tuition fees. (Note 80) According to Reuters, due to the high tuition fees in American universities, two thirds of undergraduate students have a debt of 25000 dollars before they work. (Note 81)

American Indian culture has long been suppressed. The United States assimilated Indian culture through legislation and the influence of mainstream culture. At the end of the 19th century, the United States fully implemented the white model of education and implemented the mandatory English only education. Nowadays, most of the people who speak Indian are the old people living in the reserve. It is estimated that if the United States government does not take measures, 50 years later, only 5% of Indians may speak their own language.

The failure of the American people to secure their economic, social and cultural rights is far from being shirked by the financial crisis. The United States has not yet ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. These various human rights issues reflect the ideology and political system of the United States, which has long ignored the economic, social and cultural rights of its citizens.

   4、 On racial discrimination

Ethnic minorities living in the United States are subject to long-term, systematic, extensive and systematic serious discrimination. Racial discrimination has become an indelible symbol of American values.

The political, economic and social status of ethnic minorities is low due to discrimination. The number of public officials held by ethnic minorities is disproportionate to their population. The New York Times reported on June 23, 2011 that the number of Asians in New York City exceeded 1 million, accounting for 1/8 of the city's population. However, there was only one Asian member of the New York State Assembly, only two Asian city members, and only one municipal director. According to the annual report of the National Urban Alliance of the United States, the equality index of African Americans decreased from 72.1% in 2010 to 71.5% in 2011. Among them, the economic equality index decreased from 57.9% to 56.9%, the health equality index decreased from 76.6% to 75%, and the social justice index decreased from 57.9% to 56.9%. (Note 82)

Ethnic minorities are severely discriminated against in employment. It is reported that in 2010, the unemployment rate of Latinos rose from 5.7% in 2007 to 11%. (Note 83) The unemployment rate of African Americans was 16.2%, of which the unemployment rate of African American men was 17.5%, and the unemployment rate of African American young people was 41%, 4.5 times the national average unemployment rate. (Note 84) Nationwide, the unemployment rate of black people is about 21%, and it even rises to 40% in central cities such as Detroit. (Note 85) In Chibak County, South Dakota, which is mainly composed of Indians, more than 60% of residents live below the poverty line, and the winter unemployment rate is as high as 90%. (Note 86) A research result shows that six of the seven highest paid professions are dominated by whites. (Note 87)

The poverty rate among blacks is twice that of whites. Ethnic minorities suffer from serious social inequality. According to the report of Pew Research Center in June 2011, the median income of white American families is 20 times that of African American families and 18 times that of Latino families. (Note 88) In 2010, the poverty rate of African Americans and Latinos was 27.4% and 26.6% respectively, much higher than the 9.9% poverty rate of whites. (Note 89) According to the report of the Pew Research Center, in 2009, the gap between the rich and the poor among white Americans, Latinos and African minorities was the highest in 25 years. (Note 90) According to the survey of Bread for the World Organization in Washington, nearly 40% of black children were poor, and a quarter of black people were hungry in 2010. Reverend Derek Boykin pointed out: "These figures are shocking and very revealing." (Note 91)

Ethnic minorities do not have equal access to education, and ethnic minority students in schools are discriminated against and bullied. According to the report of the U.S. Census Bureau on June 8, 2011, in 2008, 22% of Hispanics and 13% of African Americans aged 18-24 did not attend high school, while only 6% of whites did not attend high school. (Note 92) On October 28, 2011, American Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said that one third of American students were bullied at school, Asian students were bullied more than other ethnic groups, and Asian students were taunted or abused three times more than other ethnic groups on the Internet. A research report shows that 54% of Asian American teenagers said they had been bullied on campus, while the proportion of African Americans and Latinos was 38.4% and 34.3% respectively. (Note 93)

Ethnic minorities and non Christian religious believers are severely discriminated against in law enforcement, justice, religion and other fields. The equality of different ethnic groups and religious freedom have become false labels for the United States to beautify itself. According to the New York Times, in 2010, New York police stopped 600000 people, 84% of whom were African or Hispanic. (Note 94) It is reported that the detention rate of African American men is more than six times that of non Hispanic white men. (Note 95) On December 1, 2011, the American Civil Liberties Federation announced that the FBI, in violation of federal law, was using its extensive network to collect information on Muslims and some other organizations in a secret and ultra vires manner. (Note 96) The Pew Research Center report shows that 52% of American Muslims believe that they have been monitored by the government, 28% of Muslims believe that they have ever been considered as suspects, and 21% of Muslims claim that they were separately checked when they went through security check at the airport. (Note 97) A new public opinion poll shows that more than half of American Muslim believers believe that the government's anti-terrorism policy is aimed solely at them to increase monitoring and inspection. Incidents of slanders, threats and harassment against them by airport security and law enforcement personnel are increasing. (Note 98)

Illegal immigrants suffer from legal and institutional discrimination. It is reported that after Arizona passed the Anti illegal Immigration Law, on September 28, 2011, Alabama began to implement the Immigration Law. Every provision of this law requires Alabama's illegal immigrants to be different from other residents, making their daily life difficult. The commentary believes that this law violates the provisions of the United States Constitution and the relevant international human rights conventions on the equal protection of illegal immigrants. (Note 99) The New York Times reported on May 13, 2011 that the anti immigration law approved by the Georgia government prohibits illegal immigrants from working in the state, and also authorizes the police to investigate illegal immigrants. Illegal immigrants are subjected to abuse. According to the internal report of the Detention Supervision Office of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, many immigration detention places in the United States have poor conditions, no necessary medical aid, excessive law enforcement and even serious abuse of prisoners. (Note 100) A research report released by a non-profit organization in Arizona on September 21, 2011 showed that thousands of illegal immigrants detained at the border between the state and Mexico were generally abused by the U.S. border patrol officers, who could not get food, water and medical treatment, were beaten, were not allowed to sleep, and were sometimes detained in extremely cold or hot environments, suffering psychological abuse and death threats. (Note 101)

Non recognition of indigenous rights. From January to February 2011, Anaya, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, sent two letters of allegation to the United States, accusing the Arizona government of approving the use of recycled wastewater to build ski resorts on the San Francisco Peak (note 102), and Palty, an indigenous activist, was charged with the murder of two FBI agents and sentenced to life imprisonment in 1977. However, Palty always claimed that he was innocent, and the United States government persecuted him politically because of his participation in the American Indian Movement. (Note 103) On April 26, 2011, the independent expert on cultural rights of the United Nations Human Rights Council Shaheed, the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion and belief Lalu and the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous people Anaya jointly sent a letter of allegation to the United States, He said that the government of Vallejo, California plans to transform the Sogolayat area, which has been regarded as a religious holy land by the aboriginal people of Northern California, into a parking lot and a public toilet. (Note 104)

Crime of racial hatred is frequent. According to the FBI report, there were 6628 hate crimes in the United States in 2010, of which 2201 were against African Americans, 534 against Latinos and 575 against whites. Those based on racial prejudice, religious prejudice and ethnic prejudice accounted for 47.3%, 20% and 12.8% respectively. (Note 105) The report released by the American Center for Progress in August 2011 shows that over the past 10 years, seven American foundations have used more than 42.6 million dollars to incite anti Muslim hatred in the United States. (Note 106) Three "white supremacy" groups are active in San Francisco. These groups mainly attack ethnic minorities and immigrants. (Note 107) On November 10, 2010, two Mexican immigrants were beaten by a group of white men, and the persons involved were members of these organizations. (Note 108) According to the survey, black men aged 15-29 are the most likely victims of homicide in New York City. This group is less than 3% of the population of New York City, but it accounted for 33% of all homicide victims in 2010. (Note 109)

The experience of civil rights campaigners against racial discrimination is cause for concern. The Huffington Post reported on May 31, 2011 that Katrina Wallace, a civil rights activist in Jena, Louisiana, was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment by the authorities on the basis of only one drug dealer's charge. Previously, Wallace had participated in organizing a civil rights campaign against racial discrimination involving 50000 people, which freed six African American high school students. The article believes that Wallace's sentence is the retaliation of the authorities for his human rights activities. Wallace said that the police were completely against me, "because I am a freedom fighter, fighting for people's rights".

   5、 On the rights of women and children

The United States has not yet ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Ignorance of the rights of women and children aggravates the terrible situation of women and children in the United States.

In the United States, gender discrimination against women is widespread. According to statistics, women in the United States are underrepresented in all levels of government, and women members of the United States Congress only account for 17%. (Note 110) The income gap between men and women for equal work has only narrowed by 18 cents in the past half century. (Note 111) According to the report of the American Civil Liberties Federation, the salary of full-time women was still only 77% of that of full-time men in 2009. (Note 112) American women are generally discriminated against in employment, promotion and work. A new study confirms that in American high-tech companies, women's promotion to the board of directors and the highest paid management are more behind men than in other units. Less than one in 28 of the highest paid managers are women. In California's largest listed companies, only 10% of board members and executives are women. (Note 113)

Women's poverty rate reached a new high. According to the U.S. Census Bureau report, in 2010, 17 million women in the United States lived in poverty, of which 7.5 million women lived in extreme poverty, and 4.7 million single mothers lived in poverty. The poverty rate of women rose from 13.9% in 2009 to 14.5%, a new high in 17 years; Extremely poor women rose from 5.9% in 2009 to 6.3%, a record high. (Note 114) The Associated Press reported on April 12, 2011 that a single mother in New York, unable to support four children by herself, sank into the Hudson River with her children, and only one 10-year-old son was rescued.

Women are frequently subjected to discrimination, violence and sexual abuse. Ethnic minority women are discriminated against during pregnancy. The research report of the Los Angeles Maternal and Child Association shows that 32.4% of Asian mothers, 47.9% of African mothers and 31.1% of Latino mothers feel discriminated against during pregnancy. (Note 115) According to the website data of the Los Angeles Police Department and the National Survey Report on Intimate Partners and Sexual Violence, every year 2 million women in the United States become victims of domestic violence, about one in five women has been raped, and about one in four women has experienced serious physical violence from an intimate partner. (Note 116) It is reported that 19% of female soldiers in the US military have suffered sexual assault, and most of the victims choose to remain silent. (Note 117) From March to October 2011, there were 20 consecutive cases of sexual assault in Brooklyn Sunset Park, New York and other areas, and the victims were young women. (Note 118) It is reported that there are about 1 million female prisoners in American prisons. Many women are abused in prisons, and even wear shackles and handcuffs when giving birth. (Note 119)

Children's poverty rate reached a new high. According to the report of the United States Census Bureau, the number of poor children in the United States increased by 1 million in 2010, and 15.75 million children lived below the poverty line, a record high since 2001. The child poverty rate increased from 20% in 2009 to 21.6%. The poverty rate of children aged 5 to 17 in 653 counties increased significantly, and the poverty rate of school-age children in 1/3 of cities was higher than the national average. (Note 120) According to the Daily Mail on August 17, 2011, from 2000 to 2009, the poverty rate of children in 38 states of the United States increased. Mississippi has a high child poverty rate of 31%. According to the US Census Bureau, "children living in poverty, especially young children, are more likely to have cognitive and behavioral difficulties than other peers, have less education, and will be unemployed longer when they grow up". (Note 121)

There has been a surge in child homelessness. According to the American Center for the Homeless, 1.6 million American children slept on the streets in 2010, up 33% from 2007. (Note 122) According to the statistics of the New York City Department of Education, there are 53503 children and students aged 3 to 21 who are homeless in the city. On average, 6902 students aged 6 to 17 are homeless every month. (Note 123) On Halloween night in 2011, nearly 17000 children lived in homeless shelters in New York City. Since May 2011, the number of children living in shelters has increased by 10%. (Note 124)

Children are subjected to violence and pornography. The BBC reported on October 17, 2011 that over the past decade, more than 20000 children in the United States have been killed by their families, and 1 million children are abused every year. (Note 125) One in every two families has experienced domestic violence. (Note 126) The Wall Street Journal reported on November 14, 2011 that the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare received 120000 complaints about child abuse in 2010, and only 24000 were investigated. In 2009, Christian Choate, a 13-year-old boy from Indiana, died after being beaten by his father. Choate has been abused by his father for the past ten years. He is confined to a dog cage less than one meter high every day, hungry and scanty. (Note 127) The phenomenon of online bullying on campus violence in the United States is becoming increasingly serious. On June 3, 2011, US News and World Report reported that at least 40% of American high school students had been bullied online by "cyber villains". (Note 128) The Women's Network News published an article on May 23, 2011, saying that sexual slavery is a serious problem in Georgia. At present, there are 250 to 300 minors engaged in prostitution every month in Georgia. (Note 129) According to a report of Stanford University, the number of sexual assault cases in 2010 increased by 75% compared with 2009. (Note 130)

The infant birth mortality rate is high. According to the New York Times on October 15, 2011, the infant mortality rate in the United States is 6.7 ‰, while the black infant mortality rate is as high as 13.3 ‰. The infant mortality rates of whites, Latinos and Asians were 5.6 ‰, 5.5 ‰ and 4.8 ‰, respectively. In 2009, African American infant mortality rate in Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was as high as 20.7 ‰, and white infant mortality rate was 4 ‰. Black children are more than twice as likely to die before the age of one as white infants.

   6、 On the violation of human rights in other countries

The United States pursues hegemonism in the world, brutally violates the sovereignty of other countries, and wantonly tramples on the human rights of other countries, "becoming an unstable factor in the world." (Note 131)

The United States has used live people to test, which is another big exposed scandal after the prison abuse scandal was exposed, and people around the world hate it. The British Daily Telegraph reported on August 30, 2011 that from 1946 to 1948, the US government funded a medical experiment. From 1946 to 1948, about 5500 Guatemalans were tested, deliberately infecting more than 1300 soldiers, prostitutes, prisoners and mentally ill people with syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases, and even injecting syphilis into the back brain of 7 women with epilepsy At least 80 Guatemalans died when gonorrhea virus was injected into the eyes of a terminally ill woman infected with syphilis. According to an article published on the US news website, the latest exposure is only the tip of the iceberg of the US government's illegal and immoral experiments. Many terrible scandals about the US illegal experiments have not yet been exposed. The list of these terrible illegal experiments is very long, such as government radiation experiments, human brain control project experiments, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Ministry of Defense's "enemy combatants" in the "war on terror" And so on. (Note 132) The Hindu Daily also reported on August 30, 2011 that since 1932, the American public health department has been secretly studying the harm of syphilis to the human body in the name of free treatment in Alabama, with nearly 400 African American black men as test subjects. In fact, the person involved has not received any treatment. The experiment was not terminated until 1972 when it was exposed to the media. Austrian state television commented that this was a shameful event in American history, which recorded the dark history of American medical ethics.

The United States launched a war, claiming "humanitarian intervention" and "to build a new democratic country", but it caused a humanitarian disaster. According to statistics, the Iraq War launched by the United States has resulted in 655000 deaths in Iraq. (Note 133) According to the statistics website of civilian deaths during the Iraq war, at least 103536 civilians died in the Iraq war. (Note 134) On average, 6.5 civilians die every day from suicide attacks and car bombs. (Note 135) Since the war in Afghanistan, the death toll of Afghan people has exceeded 31000. (Note 136) It is reported that on May 28, 2011, NATO forces led by the United States launched air strikes in southern Afghanistan, killing at least 14 civilians and injuring 6. (Note 137) On May 25, NATO forces led by the United States launched an air attack on Tristan province, killing 18 civilians and 20 Afghan police. (Note 138) According to the report of the British Guardian on March 11, 2012, in the early morning of March 11, an American soldier stationed in Afghanistan broke into three houses in two villages, shot and killed 16 sleeping Afghan villagers, wounded 5 people and burned their bodies. Among the victims were nine children and three women. According to Reuters, witnesses said that many soldiers were involved in the attack. (Note 139) According to the German news agency, a member of the investigation team of the Afghan Parliament said that 15 to 20 soldiers participated in the attack. He also said that according to the investigation, some Afghan women who were killed had been sexually assaulted. (Note 140) This "American style massacre" against civilians has once again uncovered the cover of the United States' self proclaimed "rule of law country" and "human rights defender". According to incomplete statistics, in 2011, US drones launched 60 attacks in Pakistan, and at least 378 people were killed. (Note 141) The number of civilian deaths in Afghanistan in the first half of 2011 increased by 15% compared with the same period in 2010. (Note 142) It is reported that on the evening of February 20, 2012, American soldiers from NATO Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan transported the Koran and other religious books to the dump for burning. (Note 143) Such desecration of the Koran provoked strong protests and large-scale demonstrations from people all over Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh and other countries. (Note 144)

The United States does not approve of the right to development, which is of concern to developing countries. When the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted the resolution on the "right to development" at its 18th meeting in September 2011, all members of the Council voted in favour of it, and only the United States abstained.

The United States continues to seriously violate the Cuban people's right to life and development. On October 26, 2011, the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly, with 186 countries in favour and three abstaining, adopted the resolution "Must End the Economic, Commercial and Financial Blockade of the United States against Cuba" by an overwhelming majority opposed by the United States and Israel, demanding that the United States immediately end the economic, trade and financial embargo against Cuba that has lasted for nearly 50 years. (Note 145) This is the 20th time that the General Assembly has passed such a resolution, but the United States has always ignored the General Assembly resolution. In accordance with article 2 of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the United States sanctions against Cuba should be regarded as acts of genocide.

The fact that the United States violates human rights listed above is only a small part of the poor human rights record of the United States. But a glimpse reveals the whole leopard. The human rights situation of the United States itself is full of bad deeds. It has no moral, political or legal qualifications to serve as a "world human rights judge". It puts itself above other countries in the world and issues human rights reports year after year to accuse other countries. Once again, we urge the United States to face up to its own serious human rights problems, stop using human rights as a unpopular political tool to discredit the image of other countries, interfere in their internal affairs, and seek its own strategic interests, and stop practicing double standards on human rights and using human rights to pursue hegemony.

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(Note 2) Wall Street Journal, September 20, 2011.

(Note 3) San Francisco Chronicle, January 29, 2011.

(Note 4) Overseas Chinese News, September 24, 2011.

(Note 5) www.buzzle.com

(Note 6) portal.chicagopolicy.org

(Note 7) CNN, March 10, 2011.

(Note 8) www.familyfirstaid.org

(Note 9) US Foreign Policy website, January 9, 2011.

(Note 10) Overseas Chinese News, October 28, 2011.

(Note 11) www.bjs.gov

(Note 12) Overseas Chinese News, June 3, 2011.

(Note 13) Chicago Tribune, June 4, 2011.

(Note 14) Chicago Tribune, August 13, 2011.

(Note 15) New York Times, October 13, 2011; CNN, July 8, 2011; CBS, July 23, 2011; USA Today, August 9, 2011.

(Note 16) Washington Post, January 14, 2012.

(Note 17) The Guardian, October 2, 2011.

(Note 18) Overseas Chinese News, October 3, 2011.

(Note 19) New York Times, October 15, 2011.

(Note 20) The Guardian, November 25, 2011.

(Note 21) Australian Sun Herald, October 24, 2011.

(Note 22) The Guardian, 26 October 2011.

(Note 23) USA Today, November 18, 2011.

(Note 24) Wall Street Journal, November 18, 2011.

(Note 25) Washington Post, January 14, 2012.

(Note 26) Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Some Countries in the World, website of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

(Note 27) Overseas Chinese News, November 15, 2011.

(Note 28) US Foreign Policy website, February 17, 2011.

(Note 29) Daily Mail, January 31, 2012.

(Note 30) www.finance-ol.com

(Note 31) Time Weekly Online Edition, January 20, 2011.

(Note 32) New York Times, November 16, 2011.

(Note 33) Washington Post, January 14, 2012.

(Note 34) www.pacificfreepress.com

(Note 35) FOX News, September 21, 2011.

(Note 36) New York Daily News, September 1, 2011.

(Note 37) www.kolotv.com

(Note 38) Huffington Post, May 25, 2011.

(Note 39) CBS News, 22 June 2011.

(Note 40) United Press International, December 7, 2011.

(Note 41) Chicago Tribune, June 13, 2011.

(Note 42) Washington Post, January 14, 2012.

(Note 43) Washington Post, January 14, 2012.

(Note 44) Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Some Countries in the World, website of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

(Note 45) www.bjs.gov

(Note 46) New York Times, October 20, 2011.

(Note 47) CNN, October 4, 2011; New York Times, July 7, 2011.

(Note 48) www.bls.gov

(Note 49) World Daily, November 18, 2011.

(Note 50) www.bls.gov

(Note 51) USA Today, September 13, 2011.

(Note 52) Overseas Chinese News, October 13, 2011.

(Note 53) World Daily, October 26, 2011.

(Note 54) CNN, February 16, 2011.

(Note 55) www.epi.org

(Note 56) Reuters, December 9, 2011.

(Note 57) Overseas Chinese News, October 13, 2011.

(Note 58) www.currydemocrats.org

(Note 59) World Daily, October 16, 2011.

(Note 60) USA Today, November 16, 2011.

(Note 61) Der Spiegel, Germany, October 24, 2011.

(Note 62) New York Times, September 13, 2011.

(Note 63) Huffington Post, October 21, 2011.

(Note 64) Reuters, August 22, 2011.

(Note 65) World Daily, October 15, 2011.

(Note 66) www.worldhunger.org , September 2011.

(Note 67) Reuters, August 22, 2011.

(Note 68) www.homelessnessinamerica.com

(Note 69) Huffington Post, August 26, 2011.

(Note 70) USA Today, December 9, 2011.

(Note 71) www.coalitionforthehomeless.org

(Note 72) www.santaclaraweekly.com

(Note 73) www.chicagonewscoop.org

(Note 74) Overseas Chinese News, June 3, 2011.

(Note 75) Agence France Presse, November 29, 2011.

(Note 76) Overseas Chinese News, September 19, 2011.

(Note 77) Overseas Chinese News, October 25, 2011.

(Note 78) World Daily, October 30, 2011.

(Note 79) Overseas Chinese News, October 27, 2011.

(Note 80) New York Times, November 13, 2011.

(Note 81) Reuters, February 1, 2011.

(Note 82) www.blackenterprise.com

(Note 83) New York Times, September 28, 2011.

(Note 84) CBS News, June 19, 2011.

(Note 85) Wall Street Journal, August 31, 2011.

(Note 86) Daily Mail, February 15, 2011.

(Note 87) Washington Post, October 21, 2011.

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(Note 89) www.census.gov

(Note 90) pewresearch.org

(Note 91) www.amsterdamnews.com

(Note 92) www.census.gov

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(Note 94) New York Times, December 17, 2011.

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(Note 96) Washington Post, December 2, 2011.

(Note 97) articles.boston.com

(Note 98) Washington Times, August 30, 2011.

(Note 99) www.hrw.org

(Note 100) Houston Chronicle, October 10, 2011.

(Note 101) World Daily, September 24, 2011.

(Note 102) www.forgottennavajopeople.org

(Note 103) www.ohchr.org

(Note 104) www.treatycouncil.org

(Note 105) www.fbi.gov

(Note 106) New York Times, November 13, 2011.

(Note 107) www.abclocal.gov.com

(Note 108) www.sfappeal.com

(Note 109) Wall Street Journal, March 9, 2011.

(Note 110) www.wcffoundation.org

(Note 111) www.thedailybeast.com

(Note 112) www.aclu.org

(Note 113) New York Times, December 9, 2011.

(Note 114) www.merchantcircle.com

(Note 115) Overseas Chinese News, June 1, 2011.

(Note 116) Los Angeles Times, December 14, 2011.

(Note 117) www.csmonitor.com

(Note 118) New York Times, October 19, 2011.

(Note 119) www.globalissues.org

(Note 120) www.census.gov , November 17, 2011.

(Note 121) Overseas Chinese News, November 21, 2011.

(Note 122) USA Today, December 15, 2011.

(Note 123) New York Times, November 14, 2011.

(Note 124) Wall Street Journal, November 9, 2011.

(Note 125) www.preventchildabuse.org

(Note 126) www.reverepolice.org

(Note 127) Chicago Tribune, June 24, 2011.

(Note 128) www.usnews.com

(Note 129) Womensenews.org

(Note 130) CBS, 30 September 2011.

(Note 131) [France] Emmanuel Todd, translated by Li Dan, etc.: The Decline of the American Empire, World Knowledge Press, 2003 edition, page 5.

(Note 132) Pubrecord.org

(Note 133) Tribune Business News, December 15, 2011.

(Note 134) Reuters, December 18, 2011.

(Note 135) www.iraqbodycount.org

(Note 136) Tribune Business News, October 17, 2011.

(Note 137) New York Times, May 29, 2011.

(Note 138) BBC News, May 29, 2011.

(Note 139) Reuters, March 11, 2012.

(Note 140) Deutsche Presse, March 18, 2012.

(Note 141) USA Today, January 11, 2012; Newamerica.net

(Note 142) The New York Times, August 6, 2011.

(Note 143) BBC News, February 23, 2012.

(Note 144) www.pakistantoday.com.pk www. firstpost.com

(Note 145) www.un.org

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