On the 24th, the State Council Information Office released the 2017 US Human Rights Record and 2017 US Human Rights Violations. The following is the full text:
2017 US Human Rights Record
The People's Republic of China
Information Office of the State Council
April 2018
catalog
introduction
1、 Serious violations of civil rights
2、 Systematic racial discrimination aggravates social tearing
3、 There are serious drawbacks in American democracy
4、 The polarization between rich and poor continues to worsen
5、 Specific groups suffer from discrimination and physical abuse
6、 Continued gross violations of human rights in other countries
introduction
On April 20 local time, the State Department of the United States released the 2017 National Human Rights Report, which continued to play the role of "human rights guardian", pretending to be a moral judge, and criticizing other countries' domestic affairs and human rights situation. It seems that only the United States has the most perfect human rights situation in the world. Looking back on 2017, people with a sense of justice will find that the United States' own human rights record is still patchy and continues to deteriorate.
——On the evening of October 1, 2017, the most serious shooting in modern American history occurred in Las Vegas, resulting in nearly 60 deaths and more than 800 injuries.
——In August 2017, some white supremacists gathered in Charlottesville, chanting Nazi slogans, and held what was known as "the biggest hate party in decades".
——According to the website of the Atlantic Monthly and the website of the New York Times, many surveys of American scholars show that most respondents believe that American democracy has stagnated in recent decades and is being flooded by money.
——Martin Gillens, a professor of political science at Princeton University, has studied that the economic policies of the United States over the past 40 years "strongly reflect the preferences of the richest, but have little to do with the preferences of the poor and middle-income groups".
——The research report released by the National Center for Exemption Records on March 7, 2017 shows that African Americans are 7 times more likely to be wrongly convicted of murder than whites, and 12 times more likely to be wrongly convicted of drug crimes than whites. For the same crime, the prison term of African male criminals is 19.1% higher than that of white male criminals on average.
——The report released by the American Economic Policy Research Institute on February 13, 2017 shows that the average wealth of white families is more than 7 times higher than that of African American families, the median wealth of white families is more than 12 times higher than that of African American families, and more than a quarter of African American families have zero or negative net assets.
——According to the website of the British Guardian and the website of OHCHR in December 2017, 52.3 million people in the United States live in "economically poor communities", and about 18.5 million people are in extreme poverty.
——The BBC website reported on December 11, 2017 that there were 13.3 million poor children in the United States, accounting for 18% of the total population of children; According to the data of the American Urban Research Institute, nearly 9 million children in the United States grew up in families with persistent poverty, accounting for 11.8% of the total population of children.
1、 Serious violations of civil rights
Violent crimes are on the rise in the United States. The problem of gun proliferation is still difficult to solve. Shooting cases continue to be high. Police's violent law enforcement has triggered widespread protests. The government has wantonly violated the privacy of personal networks, and people's lives and freedoms have been seriously threatened.
Violent crime remains high. According to the 2016 US Crime Report released by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation in September 2017, there were about 1.2 million violent crimes in the US in 2016, an increase of 4.1% over 2015; On average, there were 386.3 incidents per 100000 residents, an increase of 3.4% over 2015. Compared with 2015, serious violent injury cases increased by 5.1%, murder cases increased by 8.6%, and rape cases increased by 4.9%. (Note 1)
The proliferation of guns has led to a sustained high incidence of shootings. The Pew Research Center survey showed that at least two-thirds of the respondents said their families had ever owned guns. (Note 2) According to the 2016 US Crime Report of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, 73% of homicides in 2016 involved guns. (Note 3) According to the 2017 Statistics of Gun Violence Casualties by the US Gun Violence Archives, as of December 25, there were 60091 shootings in the US in 2017, resulting in 15182 deaths and 30619 injuries, including 338 mass shootings. (Note 4) On the evening of October 1, 2017, Stephen Paddock, a 64 year old white man, opened fire from the room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas to more than 20000 audience of the outdoor concert downstairs. The shooting lasted 10 to 15 minutes, killing nearly 60 people and injuring more than 500. This is the most serious shooting in modern American history. (Note 5) After the incident, the police found 42 guns, thousands of bullets and explosives in their hotel rooms and homes. On November 5, a vicious shooting took place in Sutherland Springs, Texas, killing at least 26 people and injuring 20 people, ranging in age from 5 to 72.
The police abused their power to enforce the law. According to the data released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2017, the law enforcement authorities in the United States carried out 10662252 arrests (excluding arrests for traffic violations) in 2016, with 3298.5 arrests per 100000 residents on average. (Note 6) According to the website of the Washington Post, 987 people in the United States were shot to death by the police in 2017. (Note 7) On July 26, 2017, the website of the Washington Post reported that two policemen went to the wrong address during the execution of the arrest warrant and shot an innocent person, but the victim had no criminal record. The Pew Research Center disclosed on January 11, 2017 that nearly 500 African Americans have been shot dead by the police in the past two years. (Note 8) The website of Huffington Post reported on November 7, 2017 that two police officers in New York detained a woman with marijuana in a police car and committed gang rape in the process of searching for drugs.
Violent police enforcement triggered widespread protests. On the evening of February 22, 2017, hundreds of people took to the streets of Anaheim, California, to protest the shooting of an off-duty Los Angeles police officer in a dispute with several teenagers a day ago. The police arrested 23 protesters. (Note 9) On the evening of September 15, Jason Stockley, a former white policeman who shot and killed an African American man, was acquitted on the same day. A serious violent protest took place in St. Louis, and 32 demonstrators were arrested. The protesters said, "Time and time again, African Americans were killed by the police, but no one was responsible for this." (Note 10)
Network monitoring infringes personal privacy. According to the Daily Mail website on April 6, 2017, Twitter received an administrative order in March 2017 requiring it to provide information about account users who opposed the US President's tough immigration policy, but the government did not give any reason. The company believes that the government is abusing the law. The New York Times reported on its website on September 13, 2017 that from October 2016 to March 2017, the US border inspection forced nearly 15000 searches of mobile phones and computers, a significant increase over the 8383 searches in the same period in 2015. On September 27, 2017, the website of the British Independent reported that the US government announced that it would continue to collect social media information about immigrants. Cesar Hernandez, an associate professor of law at the University of Denver, believes that monitoring social media accounts will have a terrible impact on freedom of expression. The US Department of Justice launched an investigation into the protest that took place on the inauguration day of the President and asked the "owner of the dream" company to hand over the IP address of 1.3 million visitors to the website responsible for coordinating the protest. (Note 11)
2、 Systematic racial discrimination aggravates social tearing
The existing racial discrimination in the United States has not been alleviated, racial relations have further deteriorated, social antagonism has intensified, and racial conflicts have occurred frequently.
Systematic racial discrimination exists in the field of law enforcement and justice. The website of Huffington Post reported on November 18, 2017 that the report of the American Sentencing Commission in November 2017 found that for the same crime, the prison term of African male criminals was 19.1% higher than that of white male criminals on average. According to the research report released on March 7, 2017 by the National Center for Exemption Records of the United States, the analysis of the cases that were acquitted from 1989 to October 2016 found that African Americans were more likely than whites to be wrongly convicted of murder, sexual assault, illegal drug activities and other crimes. Of the 1900 defendants who were convicted but later acquitted, 47% were of African descent, three times the proportion of their population. (Note 12) The Stanford University "Public Policing Project" released a research report on June 19, 2017, which analyzed the data of 60 million police traffic interceptions in 20 states of the United States. It showed that the police applied different standards to African American and Hispanic drivers in law enforcement, and the reasons for suspicion needed to search them were far less than whites. African American and Hispanic drivers are twice as likely to be stopped and checked by the police as white drivers. Once intercepted, they are more likely to be fined, searched and even arrested. For example, when they are asked to pull over for speeding, they are 20% more likely to be fined and 30% more likely to be fined than whites. (Note 13) According to the statistics released by the "Police Violence Map" website on January 1, 2018, the US police killed 1129 people in 2017, of whom 25% were African Americans, far more than 13% of the population.
On September 1, 2017, CNN reported that Greg Abbott, a 20 year old white police officer in Georgia, stopped a white female driver. When the stopped driver said that he did not dare to move his hands because he was afraid of the police shooting, Abbott blurted out: "You are not black. Remember, we only kill black people." The Associated Press reported on September 8, 2017, Six African American policemen from the Philadelphia Police Department complained about racism to their superior police officers, saying that these white police officers referred to African citizens as "scum" and the killing of African citizens as "reducing the number of livestock on hand".
Crime of racial hatred hit a new high in recent years. According to the statistics released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on November 13, 2017, 6121 hate crimes occurred in the United States in 2016, reaching a peak not seen in recent years. After the US presidential election in November 2016, racist slogans and messages increased significantly, especially in schools. The Southern Poverty Law Center found 867 incidents of hate harassment or intimidation within 10 days after the election day. (Note 14) Al Jazeera reported on its website on June 10, 2017 that Adam Plington, a 52 year old white man, shouted "Get out of my country" in a bar in Kansas and shot two Indian men, killing one and injuring another. The New York Post reported on its website on October 31, 2017 that three men were suspected of damaging more than 40 tombstones in the cemetery in Queens, New York in the summer of 2016, and spraying offensive racial words on tombstones with Asian names.
The white supremacist march led to violence. In August 2017, some white racists and right-wing protesters gathered in Charlottesville, Virginia to demonstrate and shout the Nazi battle slogan of "blood and land". (Note 15) James Fields, a 20-year-old white supremacist, drove his car into the crowd protesting the white supremacist march at high speed, resulting in one death and 19 injuries. (Note 16) On August 13, 2017, the website of the British Daily Telegraph reported that the American civil rights group described the white supremacist march as "the largest hatred gathering in decades". In response to this incident, on August 23, Anastasia Krikoli, the Chairman of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, said: "We are extremely shocked by the racist march carried out by white nationalists, neo Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan party with open racist slogans and ceremonies, which encourages white supremacy and incites racial discrimination and hatred." She criticized the failure of the U.S. government to explicitly oppose racial violence, and called on American politicians and government officials to unconditionally and explicitly condemn and resist racial hatred speeches and crimes that occurred in Charlottesville and throughout the United States. (Note 17)
Race relations deteriorated. According to the poll data released by Gallup on March 15, 2017, 42% of Americans expressed extreme concern about race relations in the United States, 7 percentage points higher than in 2016. This is the third consecutive year that the data has increased significantly, and it is also the highest record in the 17 years of Gallup survey. The Pew Research Center's survey results in August 2017 showed that 58% of the respondents believed that racism was a major problem in American society, an increase of 8 percentage points over two years ago and about double the number in 2011. (Note 18) It was reported on the BBC website on September 26, 2017 that in 2016, African American football star Kepernick of the American Rugby League refused to stand when playing the American national anthem at the match site, and faced the national flag with half kneeling. "I will not stand up to salute the flag of a country that oppresses African Americans and other people of color," he said. Since then, many NFL players have joined him.
Racial discrimination occurs frequently. According to the BBC website on May 31, 2017, LeBron James, a superstar of the American Basketball Association, was sprayed with the letter "nigger" at his residence in Los Angeles. He pointed out that racism is always a part of the United States. In the reality of the United States, hatred towards African Americans exists every day. On September 15, 2017, the New York Post website reported that a volunteer firefighter in Ohio made racist remarks on the social platform, claiming that "in a house in fire, I would rather save a dog than a nigger", "that's because one dog is more important than one million (niggers)". On November 3, 2017, the website of the New York Daily News reported that two Asian American school committee candidates in Edison, New Jersey, were subjected to racist attacks. Citizens received postcards with photos of the two Asian American candidates and were marked with racist slogans on their faces. The Pew Research Center survey shows that ethnic groups are more frequently confronted with online harassment with racial discrimination. One quarter of African Americans and one tenth of Hispanic Americans said they were harassed on the Internet for racial or ethnic reasons. (Note 19)
Ethnic minority groups are at a comprehensive disadvantage in terms of employment and remuneration. The Los Angeles Times website reported on September 15, 2017 that since the U.S. Department of Labor began recording the unemployment rate in the 1970s, the unemployment rate of African Americans has been close to twice that of whites. According to the research report released by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on September 5, 2017, the hourly salary of African Americans was 80% of that of whites in 1979, and had dropped to 70% by 2016. (Note 20) The website of USA Today reported on December 16, 2017 that the income of typical African American families nationwide was only 61% of that of ordinary white families. In Erie, Pennsylvania, the white unemployment rate is 4%, while that of African Americans is as high as 24.6%. The median income of African Americans is only 43.2% of that of white people. As reported on the website of USA Today on October 3, 2017, the proportion of all ethnic groups in high-tech industry is declining. A research report released by a human resources technology company in San Francisco on March 29, 2017 shows that although the proportion of African American and Hispanic labor force in the U.S. labor force is more than 12%, African Americans only account for 2-3% of the white-collar labor force, and Hispanics only account for 5%. (Note 21)
The wealth gap between races is widening. According to the data released by the Federal Reserve Board in September 2017, from 2013 to 2016, the gap between rich and poor among African Americans, Hispanics and whites increased by 16% and 14% respectively. In 2016, the median net worth of white American families was $171000, while that of African Americans was only $17600 and that of Hispanics was $20700, 10.29% and 12.11% respectively. (Note 22) The report issued by the American Institute for Economic Policy Research on February 13, 2017 shows that more than a quarter of African American families have zero or negative net assets. (Note 23) According to the data released by the U.S. Census Bureau in September 2017, the median income of African American families in 2016 was $39490, $1873 lower than that in 2000, and it was the only ethnic group whose income was lower than that in 2000. (Note 24)
Muslims suffer discrimination and attacks. On January 27, 2017, the U.S. government issued an executive order prohibiting citizens from seven countries, including Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, from entering the United States. Since the countries involved in the ban are mainly Muslim, the administrative order is also widely interpreted as "Muslim ban". The ban has caused widespread protests in the United States and around the world. A survey conducted by Pew Research Center in early 2017 showed that 75% of adult Muslims in the United States said that there was a lot of discrimination against Muslims in the American society, and 69% of the general public also held the same view. 50% of Muslims said that it has become more difficult to be a Muslim in the United States in recent years. The Pew Research Center's analysis of the FBI's hate crime statistics shows that from 2015 to 2016, the number of attacks against Muslims in the United States increased significantly, surpassing the peak after the September 11, 2001 incident. (Note 25)
3、 There are serious drawbacks in American democracy
The money politics in the United States continues to ferment, the rich dominate the political trend, the vulnerable groups face more severe restrictions on exercising their voting rights, and political scandals frequently occur.
Money politics exacerbates inequality. On July 15, 2017, the website of the Financial Times pointed out that "the political system of the United States has been distorted by huge amounts of money." According to the data of the Federal Election Commission, dozens of political action committees raised tens of millions of dollars in total in the first quarter of 2017. Individual donors contributed $236.4 million to the Political Action Committee and related political entities, an increase of about 30% compared with the first quarter of 2013. (Note 26) According to the data on December 27 on the website of the US Political Response Center, the US political lobbying expenditure in 2017 reached the highest value in the past five years. (Note 27) The New York Times website commented on September 20, 2017 that "American democracy is being flooded by money." Money politics has made the economic policies of the United States over the past 40 years "strongly reflect the preferences of the richest, but have little to do with the preferences of the poor and middle-income Americans.".
Democracy is declining. An expert survey shows that 89% of respondents believe that the quality of American democracy has been declining in the past 10 years. (Note 28) On June 21, 2017, the website of the Atlantic Monthly reported that a survey on the state of democracy in the United States showed that most respondents believed that the United States government had failed in giving citizens equal opportunities to vote, preventing officials from taking advantage of public office for personal gain and democratic decision-making.
The voting rights of low-income people are more severely restricted. On November 21, 2017, the website of Newsweek reported that thousands of Americans were deprived of the right to vote because of poverty. Nine states have passed legislation to deprive anyone who has not paid attorney fees or court fines of the right to vote. In Alabama alone, more than 100000 defaulters were excluded from the voter list, accounting for about 3% of the state's voter population. The article commented, "Our country is in an era where the rich have more political power than ever before. Not allowing those who owe attorney fees or court fines to vote has even sealed the mouth of low-income groups."
The elderly and the disabled face more obstacles in exercising their voting rights. On November 24, 2017, the website of the New York Times reported that the voting machine set up at the American polling station is difficult to be used by the elderly or the disabled. A survey on the use of 178 polling stations shows that there are barriers inside and outside most polling stations, such as steep ramps or insufficient parking spaces, which prevent disabled voters from voting.
The news media were suppressed. In 2017, many media were excluded by the government when participating in government news releases and official event reports. Some media, such as CNN and The New York Times, were even prohibited from attending the White House press conference. A survey report in 2017 showed that the freedom of the press in the United States fell to the lowest level in 13 years. (Note 29) The Pew Research Center survey on April 4, 2017 showed that 73% of adult respondents believed that the tension between the current U.S. government and the news media hindered their access to national political news and information. (Note 30)
Corruption scandals broke out. A survey in 2017 showed that nearly 60% of Americans believe that the level of corruption in the U.S. government has risen, and nearly 70% of respondents believe that the government has failed in anti-corruption. On March 14, 2017, CBS News website reported that nine military officers were prosecuted for being involved in bribery scandals, including retired General Bruce Lavles. In exchange for benefits, they accepted bribes from a contractor, including prostitute services, luxury banquets and luxury tourism. More than 20 former or current naval officers have been charged with the bribery case.
Lawmakers and government officials continue to expose sexual harassment scandals. The website of USA Today reported on November 20, 2017 that since 2016, at least 40 legislators in 20 states in the United States have been publicly accused by more than 100 people of some form of sexual misconduct or harassment. Al Jazeera reported on its website on December 12, 2017 that Al Franken, a member of the Democratic Party, and others were accused of sexual harassment. On December 21, 2017, the website of the Washington Post reported that the Senate Office used financial funds to resolve allegations of sexual harassment or discrimination, and the Representative Office has also participated in handling at least 10 complaints involving sexual harassment or discrimination since 2008. On December 1, 2017, the Washington Post website published a commentary saying that several politicians were accused of sexual harassment, but were sheltered by their political parties, showing the ugly image of the US political community.
4、 The polarization between rich and poor continues to worsen
The polarization between the rich and the poor in the United States has intensified, the number of homeless people has increased, drugs and illegal drugs are rampant, the "medical desert" has spread, and the poor live a miserable life. Philip Alston, the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council on extreme poverty and human rights, pointed out that "the American dream is rapidly becoming an American fantasy" (Note 31)
The living conditions of the poor are worrying. The Guardian reported on its website on December 8, 2017 that 52.3 million Americans live in "economically poor communities", accounting for about 17% of the total population of the United States. Statistics from the United States Census Bureau show that more than 40 million Americans live in poverty, of which about 18.5 million are in extreme poverty, and their family income is less than half of the poverty line. (Note 32) The report released by the Poverty and Inequality Research Center of Stanford University in 2017 shows that the overall poverty rate in rural areas of the southern United States is 20%, of which the poverty rate of African Americans is 33%, and the poverty rate of African American women is as high as 37%. In rural areas of the western United States, the poverty rate of aborigines is as high as 32%. (Note 33) Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council on extreme poverty and human rights, pointed out after a two-week field visit to the United States that the United States is one of the richest, most powerful and most capable of scientific and technological innovation in the world, but neither wealth, power nor technology has been used to solve the persistent poverty situation of 40 million people. His conclusion is: "The persistence of extreme poverty is a political choice made by those in power." (Note 34)
Inequality continues to deteriorate. The degree of polarization between rich and poor in the United States is increasing. According to the data of the World Income Inequality Database, the Gini coefficient of the United States is the highest among western countries. Among the 37 member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the United States ranks 35th in terms of poverty and inequality. (Note 35) The report of Tostan Slock, the chief international economist of Deutsche Bank, calculating the wealth of American households by income level shows that the wealth of the richest 0.1% of American households is equivalent to the total wealth of the bottom 90% of households. (Note 36) The Boston Review website reported on September 1, 2017 that in the past 40 years, the income of 80% of the low-income population has only increased by about 25%, while the income of 20% of the high-income population has almost doubled. The United Nations poverty and human rights monitoring agency accused American leaders of trying to turn the country into a "world champion of extreme inequality". (Note 37)
The homeless live a miserable life. The Guardian reported on its website on December 6, 2017 that as many as 553742 people in the United States were homeless at least overnight, and the homeless population in New York grew by 4.1%. In the homeless camp in Los Angeles County, about 1800 homeless people who sleep on the "poor street" can only share 9 bathrooms without doors at night. (Note 38) Matthew Desmond pointed out in the book "The Evicted" that every year millions of people in the United States are driven away by their landlords because they cannot pay the rent. They are truly forgotten poor people. (Note 39)
Inadequate control of drugs and addictive drugs. On June 13, 2017, the news website of Medical Journal reported that 7.7 million people in the United States abused illegal drugs. On December 14, 2017, CNN reported that 40% of 12th graders, 28% of 10th graders and 12.9% of 8th graders had used some illegal drugs in the past year. According to the CBS website on June 6, 2017, from 2011 to 2015, Ohio alone prescribed about 4 billion opioids. Overuse has become the leading cause of death among Americans under 50 years old. According to the report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in December 2017, in 2016, more than 63600 people in the United States died from overdose. (Note 40) The ABC website reported on December 12, 2017 that the dramatic increase in the use of opioids has forced thousands of children to leave their families, and the number of foster care cases caused by drugs increased by 32% from 2012 to 2016.
There are many problems with medical security. Philip Alston, the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council on extreme poverty and human rights, pointed out in his report that the "health gap" between the United States and countries at the same level of development continued to widen, and their national life expectancy was shorter, and they were more likely to die of illness. (Note 41) The Guardian reported on its website on December 15, 2017 that medical expenses and medical insurance in the United States are becoming more and more expensive, especially for the treatment of chronic diseases. Drug prices from asthma to cancer are constantly hitting record highs. The survey report released by Pew Research Center on December 14, 2017 shows that since 2015, the positive evaluation of government guaranteed medical services has declined by 20%. (Note 42)
5、 Specific groups suffer from discrimination and physical abuse
Women in the United States face obvious discrimination in employment and the workplace. Children's poverty, health and personal safety are of concern. Disabled people are subjected to violence. The widespread sexual harassment and abuse have triggered a powerful wave of protest.
Women are seriously threatened with sexual harassment and sexual assault. In October 2017, in response to the scandal that American film and television producer Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted multiple female stars, all sectors of the United States launched a social movement called "I am also a (victim)" on social media, encouraging victims to protest against widespread sexual harassment and abuse in the United States in this way, which received more than one million responses. According to the report issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission of the United States, 60% of women have been subjected to sexual harassment at work. (Note 43) It was reported on the BBC website on November 22, 2017 that Larry Nasar, a former doctor of the US Olympic gymnastics team, was accused of sexually assaulting female athletes who were treated by him, with more than 130 victims, including several Olympic gold medal winners. On December 18, 2017, the website of Huffington Post reported that Alex Kozinski, a judge of the Federal Court of Appeal, had been accused of improper sexual behavior by several former female employees. According to the annual sexual assault report released by the US Department of Defense in May 2017, there were 14900 cases of sexual assault in the military in 2016. (Note 44) The website of Huffington Post reported on December 15, 2017 that the privacy of the female victims was not guaranteed and they lived in fear of being recognized after they made the allegations, which had a negative impact on the sexual assault allegations made by the victims.
Serious gender discrimination in employment and workplace. According to the employment report released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, from October 2016 to October 2017, the number of retail jobs in the United States decreased by 54300, but the experience of men and women was quite different: women lost more than 160000 jobs, while men increased 106000 jobs. (Note 45) The Pew Research Center survey showed that 57% of women said that the state did not do enough to ensure equal rights for men and women, and 38% of women cited their experience of gender discrimination in employment, salary and promotion. (Note 46)
Children's personal rights face serious threats. According to the statistics released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in July 2017, there were 68068 cases of personal injury to children aged 10 and under, 97588 cases of personal injury to children aged 11 to 15, and 159963 cases of personal injury to adolescents aged 16 to 20 in the United States in 2016. There were 83611 cases involving sexual assault crimes. (Note 47) The website of the American Institute for Women's Policy disclosed on November 28, 2017 that in Hawaii, nearly one fifth of high school girls had suffered from campus bullying, and more than one quarter of girls reported that they had suffered from involuntary sexual contact.
The health status of poor children is worrying. According to the BBC website on December 11, 2017, there are about 13.3 million children among the poor in the United States, accounting for 18% of the total population of children. Nearly 9 million children in the United States grew up in chronically poor families, accounting for 11.8% of the total population of children in the United States. (Note 48) In a survey on the health status of public housing residents in the District of Columbia, 33% of adult respondents reported that one child at home had asthma, 21% reported that one child was overweight, and 14% reported that one child had chronic diseases. (Note 49)
The disabled suffered violence. According to the data released by the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics in July 2017, from 2009 to 2015, the violence victimization rate of the disabled over 12 years old was at least twice that of the non disabled, including more than 2.5 times in 2015. The rate of serious violent crimes committed by disabled persons is more than three times that of non disabled persons. (Note 50) According to the 2016 hate crime statistics released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2017, the analysis of 6063 single bias cases reported in 2016 shows that 1.2% of people are driven by disability bias. (Note 51)
6、 Continued gross violations of human rights in other countries
The military action led by the United States has caused a large number of civilian casualties in other countries. Guantanamo Prison still illegally imprisons citizens of other countries and practices torture. The United States has also made cyber warfare tools and wantonly intruded into other countries' networks for monitoring.
Military operations in Syria have caused a large number of civilian casualties. On June 19, 2017, the website of the New York Times reported that the US government "fully authorized" the US military in Iraq and Syria to independently decide how to use and how much force to use, but relaxed the supervision, investigation and accountability of civilian casualties, leading to the rising number of civilian deaths. On August 6, 2017, the website of Mrs. Jones magazine reported that the United States led coalition forces and the United States Marine Corps had bombed at least 12 schools, 15 mosques, 15 bridges, and many civilian facilities, medical institutions, cultural relics and refugee camps across Syria in recent months. Coalition warplanes also launched a series of air strikes on the ships of families waiting to cross the river to avoid the war disaster, killing 21 civilians. (Note 52) On June 24, 2017, the website of the Colombian Muslim Times reported that the US military attacked Syrian government forces at least four times in the first half of the year, including a missile attack on Syrian airports in April. American political analyst Miles Henich said that the military action launched by the United States against Syria violated the Charter of the United Nations. (Note 53)
Guantanamo Prison has illegally detained foreigners and tortured them for a long time. On December 13, 2017, the ABC News website reported that the new US government did not release the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, nor did it disclose the names of any released or innocent persons. On September 22, 2017, Al Jazeera reported on its website that at the hearing of the Inter American Commission on Human Rights, the former Guantanamo detainee Jamon Amkien said that he had been held in Guantanamo Prison for 11 years, had been held incommunicado for a long time and had been subjected to various forms of torture, but had never received any judicial ruling on the legality of his detention. On December 13, 2017, USA Today reported on its website that the United Nations and international human rights organizations criticized the United States for creating a "legal black hole" in Guantanamo, allowing itself to detain suspects indefinitely without bringing a lawsuit, and even detained many detainees without trial for more than 10 years. On December 13, 2017, Nils Melzer, Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council on torture, urged the United States to stop torture of detainees in Guantanamo prison. (Note 54)
Make cyber war weapons. WikiLeaks said that the US National Security Agency has invaded Pakistan's mobile network and has been monitoring hundreds of IP addresses in the country. (Note 55) The "Zero Hedge" website disclosed on May 14, 2017 that the US National Security Agency has created a cyber war tool called "desperate weapon", which can enable anyone to sneak into any computer system from the back door. This tool was used by hacker organizations to create blackmail viruses, launched a global malicious network attack, and hijacked 200000 computer systems around the world. (Note 56)
(Note 1) FBI website（ https://www.fbi.gov ， https://ucr.fbi.gov ）, September 2017.
(Note 2) Pew social trend website（ http://www.pewsocialtrends.org ）, June 22, 2017.
(Note 3) FBI website（ https://ucr.fbi.gov ）, September 2017.
(Note 4) Website of the US Gun Violence Archives（ http://www.gunviolencearchive.org ）, December 25, 2017.
(Note 5) BBC website（ http://www.bbc.com ）, October 2, 2017.
(Note 6) FBI website（ https://ucr.fbi.gov ）, September 2017.
(Note 7) Website of Washington Post（ https://www.washingtonpost.com ）。
(Note 8) Pew social trend website（ http://www.pewsocialtrends.org ）, January 11, 2017.
(Note 9) Website of Washington Post（ https://www.washingtonpost.com ）, February 23, 2017.
(Note 10) ABC website（ http://abcnews.go.com ）, September 16, 2017.
(Note 11) CNN（ http://edition.cnn.com ）, August 17, 2017.
(Note 12) Al Jazeera website（ http://www.aljazeera.com ）, March 8, 2017.
(Note 13) Los Angeles Times website（ http://www.latimes.com ）, June 19, 2017.
(Note 14) CNN（ http://edition.cnn.com ）, November 13, 2017.
(Note 15) CNN（ http://edition.cnn.com ）, August 12, 2017.
(Note 16) CBS News Network（ https://www.cbsnews.com ）, August 12, 2017.
(Note 17) United Nations website（ http://www.un.org ）, August 23, 2017.
(Note 18) Pew Research Center website（ http://www.pewresearch.org ）August 29, 2017.
(Note 19) Pew Research Center website（ http://www.pewresearch.org ）, July 25, 2017.
(Note 20) Website of Washington Post（ https://www.washingtonpost.com ）, September 5, 2017.
(Note 21) Website of International Financial News（ http://www.ibtimes.com ）, March 31, 2017.
(Note 22) Website of Washington Post（ https://www.washingtonpost.com ）, September 28, 2017.
(Note 23) Website of Economic Policy Research Institute（ http://www.epi.org ）, February 13, 2017.
(Note 24) Los Angeles Times website（ http://www.latimes.com ）, September 15, 2017.
(Note 25) Pew Research Center website（ http://www.pewresearch.org ）, November 15, 2017.
(Note 26) Website of Business Magazine（ https://www.bizjournals.com ）, May 8, 2017.
(Note 27) "Secret disclosure" website（ https://www.opensecrets.org ）, December 27, 2017.
(Note 28) Authwarningsurvey website（ https://www.authwarningsurvey.com ）, June 28, 2017.
(Note 29) CNN（ http://www.cnn.com ）, April 28, 2017.
(Note 30) "Journalism" website（ http://www.journalism.org ）, April 4, 2017.
(Note 31) The Guardian website（ https://www.theguardian.com ）, December 15, 2017.
(Note 32) Website of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights（ http://www.ohchr.org ）, December 15, 2017.
(Note 33) Website of Stanford University Poverty and Inequality Research Center（ https://inequality.stanford.edu ）。
(Note 34) The Guardian website（ https://www.theguardian.com ）, December 15, 2017.
(Note 35) The Guardian website（ https://www.theguardian.com ）, December 15, 2017.
(Note 36) "Business Insider" website（ http://www.businessinsider.com ）, January 25, 2017.
(Note 37) The Guardian website（ https://www.theguardian.com ）, December 15, 2017.
(Note 38) Website of the Guardian（ https://www.theguardian.com ）, June 30, 2017.
(Note 39) The Guardian website（ https://www.theguardian.com ）, February 24, 2017.
(Note 40) US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website（ https://www.cdc.gov ）。
(Note 41) The Guardian website（ https://www.theguardian.com ）, December 15, 2017.
(Note 42) People press website（ http://www.people-press.org ）, December 14, 2017.
(Note 43) USA Today website（ https://www.usatoday.com ）, December 8, 2017.
(Note 44) ABC Channel 7 Website（ http://abc7ny.com ）, December 13, 2017.
(Note 45) Website of American Women's Policy Institute（ https://iwpr.org ）, December 18, 2017.
(Note 46) Pew social trend website（ http://www.pewsocialtrends.org ）, October 18, 2017.
(Note 47) FBI website（ https://ucr.fbi.gov ）。
(Note 48) Mobile partnership website（ http://www.mobilitypartnership.org ）, May 18, 2017.
(Note 49) Website of American Urban Research Institute（ http://www.mobilitypartnership.org ）, March 6, 2017.
(Note 50) US Bureau of Justice Statistics website（ https://www.bjs.gov ）。
(Note 51) FBI website（ https://ucr.fbi.gov ）。
(Note 52) Website of Mrs. Jones magazine（ http://www.motherjones.com ）, August 6, 2017.
(Note 53) Colombian Muslim Times website（ http://muslimtimes.co ）, June 24, 2017.
(Note 54) USA Today website（ https://www.usatoday.com ）, December 13, 2017.
(Note 55) Website of Economic Times（ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com ）, April 11, 2017.
(Note 56) "Zero hedge" website（ http://www.zerohedge.com ）, May 14, 2017.
2017 US Human Rights Violations
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January
On the 6th, the Associated Press reported on its website that at Fort Lauderdale Airport, a retired soldier took out a gun from his baggage that had passed security check and shot, killing 5 people and injuring 8.
On the 11th, the Pew Research Center disclosed that since 2015, nearly 500 African Americans have been shot dead by the police, triggering widespread protests against American police.
On the 27th, the US government issued an executive order, requiring that the resettlement of refugees around the world be suspended for at least four months, and that Syrian refugees be extended indefinitely to prevent visa holders from entering Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen for at least 90 days.
Demonstrations broke out across the United States on the 28th to protest the White House's executive order to suspend the entry of refugees and residents of some Islamic countries.
On the 31st, the website of USA Today reported that 27 plaintiffs from all over the United States filed a lawsuit, claiming that the administrative order of the United States government to suspend the entry of refugees and residents of some Islamic countries was a "Muslim ban", "On the basis of religious belief, it divides foreign nationals into welcome and unwelcome groups, including even those who live legally in the United States, which is an unfair treatment to people of specific beliefs".
February
On the 13th, the American Economic Policy Research Institute released a report showing that the average wealth of white families is more than 7 times higher than that of African American families, and the median wealth of white families is more than 12 times higher than that of African American families. More than a quarter of African American families have zero or negative net worth, while the proportion of white families is less than one tenth.
On the 21st, Forbes News reported that student loan debt became the second consumer debt category, higher than credit cards and auto loans. There are more than 44 million student lenders in the United States, with a total loan of $1.3 trillion. The loan per student of 2016 is 37172 dollars.
On the 22nd, CNN reported that since January 20, 214 people have been charged with felony for participating in the inauguration day protests in downtown Washington.
On February 23, the website of the Washington Post reported that on the evening of February 22, hundreds of people took to the streets of Anaheim, California, to protest against the shooting of an off-duty Los Angeles police officer in a dispute with several teenagers a day ago, and 23 people were arrested.
On the 24th, the Guardian reported on its website that after the new US government took office, it immediately cancelled the policy of reducing the housing insurance premium by 0.25%, making the life of a large number of middle-income families worse. Millions of people in the United States are evicted from their rented houses every year. These people are truly forgotten poor people.
March
On the 6th, the research report of the American Urban Research Institute showed that among the families living in public housing, 33% of the families had a family member over 62 years old, 39% of the families had children, and 21% of the residents were disabled. In a survey on the health status of public housing residents in the District of Columbia, 33% of adult respondents reported that one child had asthma, 21% reported that one child was overweight, and 14% reported that one child had chronic diseases.
On the 7th, the National Center for Exemption Records of the United States released a research report on the analysis of the cases that were acquitted from 1989 to October 2016. It was found that African Americans were more likely than whites to be wrongly convicted of murder, sexual assault, illegal drug activities and other crimes. Of the 1900 defendants who were convicted but later acquitted, 47% were of African descent, three times the proportion of their population.
On the 14th, CBS News reported on its website that nine military officers had been prosecuted for involvement in bribery scandals, including retired General Bruce Lavles. In exchange for benefits, they accepted bribes from a contractor, including prostitute services, luxury banquets and luxury tourism. More than 20 former or current naval officers have been charged with the bribery case.
On the 15th Gallup poll showed that 42% of the respondents said they were extremely worried about race relations in the United States, 7 percentage points higher than in 2016. This is the highest record in the Gallup survey for 17 years, and the proportion of respondents worried about this problem has increased significantly for the third consecutive year.
On the 15th, the website of the American Policy Research Institute reported that in 2016, the Wall Street Bank paid $23.9 billion in bonuses to 177000 New York employees, 1.6 times the annual income of 1075000 full-time minimum wage workers in the United States. Since 1985, the average bonus on Wall Street has increased by 890%, while the national minimum wage has only increased by 116%.
On the 28th, the Washington Post reported on its website that the US Congress proposed to cancel online privacy protection measures and make major amendments to Internet access rules. Once approved, Internet service providers can monitor customers' behavior online and use their personal and financial information to sell targeted advertisements without customers' permission. Jeffrey Chester, Executive Director of the Center for Digital Democracy, believes that this means that Americans can never access the Internet safely, because their most private details are monitored and secretly sold to the highest bidder, which is a "huge setback".
April
According to statistics from the Women's Policy Research Institute, the weekly salary of full-time women in the United States is only 82% of that of full-time men, USA Today reported on its website on the 4th. The income of African American and Hispanic women is only 68% and 62% of that of white men.
On the 6th, the British Daily Mail website reported that Twitter received an administrative order in March 2017 requesting it to provide information about account users who opposed the US President's tough immigration policy, but the government did not give any reason. The company believes that the government is abusing the law.
On the 11th, the Economic Times website reported that WikiLeaks disclosed that the US National Security Agency has invaded Pakistan's mobile network and has been monitoring hundreds of IP addresses in the country.
On the 11th, the Washington Post website reported that the staff of United Airlines forcibly pulled an Asian passenger off the plane due to overbooking of tickets, causing him to bleed all over his face. Someone heard the passenger complain that he was treated like this because he was Asian.
On the 30th, the Independent reported on its website that the US Ministry of Defense said that since 2014, the US led air strikes on Iraq and Syria have killed at least 352 civilians. According to the air war tracking organization, the number of civilian deaths caused by air strikes exceeded 3000.
May
On the 8th, according to the data of the Federal Election Commission, dozens of political action committees raised tens of millions of dollars in the first three months of 2017. Individual donors contributed $236.4 million to the Political Action Committee and related political entities, an increase of about 30 per cent compared with the same period after the 2012 presidential election.
On the 11th, the website of the British Sun reported that Lanne Baldwin, an African American woman, had bought two first class tickets from American Airlines. On May 2, she flew from Kentucky to North Carolina with white friends, but after boarding the plane, she was told that there were not enough first class seats, and her white friends were arranged in first class, She herself was asked to take a seat in the rear of the cabin.
On the 11th, the website of the Capitol Hill reported that the data released by the US Census Bureau on May 10 showed that the proportion of eligible voters voting in the 2016 US presidential election was 61.4%, the lowest level in 16 years. Only 49% of Asian American voters and 47.6% of Hispanic voters participated in the voting; The voting rate of African American voters was 59.4%, down nearly 7 percentage points from 2012.
On the 14th, the "Zero Hedge" website disclosed that the US National Security Agency has created a cyber war tool called "desperate weapon", which can enable anyone to sneak into any computer system through the back door. This tool was used by hacker organizations to create blackmail viruses, launched a global malicious network attack, and hijacked 200000 computer systems around the world.
On November 15, Pew Research Center reported on its website that, according to the data released by the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of adults in the United States in November 2016 was 245.5 million, of which about 157.6 million were registered voters. According to the international standard of voting age population, the voting rate of the 2016 US presidential election was only 55.7%, lagging behind most countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
On the 17th, the website of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission of the United States disclosed that Carolina Creek Company demoted its employee, Claire Reed, after learning that she suffered from pregnancy complications. This violates federal anti discrimination laws. Reid complained to the executive director of the company that it was illegal to demote her. Instead, the company dismissed her and filed two lawsuits against her.
The letters denoting "nigger" were sprayed on the house of American basketball superstar LeBron James in Los Angeles, BBC website reported Monday. He said frankly, "In the United States, no matter how rich and famous you are,... as long as you are African American, you will be in a difficult situation"; "Racism is always a part of the United States. In the reality of the United States, hatred for African Americans exists every day.".
June
On the 1st, the Washington Post reported on its website that the United States announced that it would withdraw from the Paris Agreement to deal with global climate change. The commentary believes that this is unreasonable. The threat of climate change to the health of Americans is real, but the government only views this international agreement from the perspective of the economic interests of the United States.
On the 9th, CNN reported that William Butcher, a 23-year-old white man in Chicago, spat on African Americans for no reason, calling them "slaves" and abusing African children as "damned parasites".
On the 10th, Al Jazeera reported on its website that Adam Plington, a 52 year old white man, shouted "Get out of my country" in a bar in Kansas and shot two Indian men, killing one and injuring another.
On the 21st, the website of the Atlantic Monthly reported that many surveys of American scholars showed that most respondents believed that American democracy had stagnated in recent decades, and the U.S. government had failed to give citizens equal voting opportunities and prevent officials from using public office for personal gain.
On the 22nd, the website of the San Diego Joint Tribune reported that disabled rights organizations had launched protests against the reduction of medical subsidies. Bruce Darling, the organizer, issued a statement saying that the United States Health Insurance Act restricts and substantially reduces the Medicaid program, which will make the elderly and disabled people who rely on it unable to enjoy the basic medical services they need.
On the 30th, the Guardian reported on its website that the latest statistics showed that the number of homeless people in Los Angeles County increased by 23% to 57794. For the 1800 homeless people who slept in the "poor street", only 9 bathrooms without doors were available at night.
July
On the 5th, an article on the website of the Financial Times pointed out that "the political system of the United States has been distorted by huge amounts of money". It has been controlled by the oligarchy of the Republican elite and is mainly responsible for super rich donors. The rich donors have successfully created such a situation by manipulating elections and other behaviors: even if they cannot control all government departments, they can also occupy an important position and effectively block any agenda trying to change the status quo.
According to the data released by Pew Research Center on the 11th, about 67% of people aged 18 to 29 have experienced some form of online harassment. Young women are more likely to become targets of online sexual harassment. Among women aged 18 to 29, 21% said they had been sexually harassed on the Internet, and 53% said they had received unwanted pornographic pictures.
On the 22nd, the US "Intercept" website reported that the US was re escalating its war in Afghanistan, expanding its military operations in Iraq and Syria, and carrying out covert military strikes in Somalia and Yemen.
On July 22, the British Independent reported on its website that 16 Afghan policemen were killed and 2 others were injured when the United States hit the Afghan police fighting the Taliban in an air raid on July 21.
A survey by the Pew Research Center on the 25th showed that ethnic groups in the United States are more frequently subjected to online harassment with racial discrimination. One quarter of African Americans said they had been harassed on the Internet because of race or ethnicity. 74% of African Americans and 72% of Hispanics think that online harassment is a "big problem". 68% of African Americans said that feeling safe and popular on the Internet is more important than free speech.
On the 26th, the website of the Washington Post reported that two policemen went to the wrong address during the execution of the arrest warrant and shot an innocent person, but the victim had no criminal record.
August
On the 5th, the Guardian reported on its website that according to the statistics of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the death toll of immigrants crossing the US border from Mexico in the first seven months of 2017 was 232, up 17% year on year.
On the 6th, the website of Mrs. Jones magazine reported that the illegal use of white phosphorus ammunition by the US led coalition forces in the outskirts of Lakka, Syria, was suspected to constitute a war crime.
On the 12th, CNN reported that some white racists and right-wing protesters gathered in Charlottesville to demonstrate and shout the Nazi battle slogan of "blood and land".
On the 12th, CBS reported on its website that James Fields, a 20-year-old white supremacist, drove his car at high speed into the crowd protesting the white supremacist march, killing one person and injuring 19 others.
On the 13th, the Daily Telegraph reported on its website that the white supremacist march and subsequent violence in Charlottesville had caused 3 deaths and dozens of injuries. American civil rights groups described it as "the largest hatred gathering in decades".
On August 15, the website of the Chicago Tribune reported that on the morning of August 12, Richard Hubbard, an African American driver, and his companions were driving through the suburban area of Cleveland, Ohio, when they were intercepted and checked by two white policemen. Without obvious provocation, the police pushed him down on the car and repeatedly beat him with their fists. The incident raised strong doubts about the abuse of force by the police.
On August 22, the website of Huffington Post reported that on August 16, an Asian female customer was dining in a New York restaurant when she found that the restaurant staff had printed the name of the customer as a racist "Chinaman" on the receipt.
On the 23rd, the website of the United Nations News Center reported that in response to the violence in Charlottesville, Anastasia Krikoli, Chairman of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, said: "We are extremely shocked by the racist march carried out by white nationalists, neo Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan party with open racist slogans and ceremonies, which promotes white supremacy and incites racial discrimination and hatred." She criticized the failure of the United States government to explicitly oppose racial violence, and called on American politicians and government officials to unconditionally and explicitly condemn and resist racial hatred speeches and crimes that occurred in Charlottesville and throughout the United States.
On the 23rd, the "Intercept" website reported that at least 84 civilians, including 30 children, were killed in two United States led air strikes in Syria in March. The targets of the US military attack were the school for displaced persons in Mansula town, on the outskirts of Tabuka, and the market in Tabuka.
September
On the 8th, the Associated Press reported that six African American policemen complained that the white superior police officers were racist. These white police officers called African citizens "scum" and called killing African Americans "reducing the number of livestock on hand".
On September 10, NBC reported on its website that 9 people were killed and 1 injured in a shooting incident at a family gathering in Plano on the evening of September 10.
On the 13th, the website of the New York Times reported that 11 people had filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security because their mobile phones and laptops were searched at the American airport and the northern border, and some of the plaintiffs said they were threatened. According to statistics, during the period from October 2016 to March 2017, the US border inspection forced the opening of mobile phones and computers for content inspection nearly 15000 times, compared with 8383 times in the same period last year.
On the 13th, the latest statistics from the US Census Bureau showed that more than 40 million people live in poverty, and about 18.5 million people live in extreme poverty.
On the 15th, the New York Post website reported that an Ohio volunteer firefighter made racist remarks on the social platform, claiming that "in a house in fire, I would rather save a dog than a nigger", "that's because one dog is more important than one million (niggers)".
On September 16, ABC website reported that on the evening of September 15, Jason Stokeley, a former white policeman who shot and killed an African American man, was acquitted on the same day. A serious violent protest took place in St. Louis, and 32 demonstrators were arrested. Stockley shot and killed 24-year-old Anthony Lamar Smith with five shots in a row in 2011. The protester said, "If you are African American like me, then you will feel that there is no other way to express your dissatisfaction with this sentence. Again and again, African Americans were killed by the police, but no one was responsible for this".
On the 25th, ABC reported on its website that the Senate held a hearing on the Republican healthcare bill that day. From 5 o'clock in the morning, people from all over the country and all walks of life lined up to get ready to enter, and called on legislators to veto the bill. The disabled protesters in wheelchairs shouted, "Don't cut Medicaid! Save our freedom!" They were forcibly removed, and some disabled people fell from their wheelchairs and fell to the ground. 181 protesters were arrested.
On the 27th, the British Independent reported on its website that the US government announced that it would continue to collect social media information about immigrants. Cesar Hernandez, associate professor of law at the University of Denver's Sturm School of Law, believes that monitoring social media accounts will have a terrible impact on freedom of expression.
October
On the 1st, USA Today reported on its website that 59 people were killed and more than 500 injured in a shooting incident at an outdoor concert in Las Vegas, the most serious shooting in modern American history.
On the 4th, the website of the Chicago Tribune reported that Jason Stockley, a former white policeman who shot and killed an African American man, was acquitted, triggering protests, and the authorities arrested more than 300 demonstrators. Protesters and civil rights groups accused the authorities of using high handedness against the demonstrators. The American Civil Rights Union in Missouri filed a lawsuit accusing the police of unnecessary use of tear gas and pepper spray to arrest bystanders and journalists.
According to the survey data released by the Pew Research Center on the 18th, 57% of women said that the United States has not done enough in terms of equal rights between men and women. 38% of women said that they had experienced gender discrimination and cited their experience in employment, salary or promotion; 26% of women said they had been questioned about their ability or intelligence due to their gender; 10% of women said they had suffered sexual harassment.
On the 25th, an article on the website of International Financial News pointed out that the latest survey of the "Reflective Democratic Movement" found that 90% of elected officials in the United States were white and 71% were male. Since the campaign funds mainly come from the donations of the rich, the policies formulated by politicians will be more in line with the interests of their donors than the interests of the broader electorate. Nick Nihart, the founder of the suffrage advocacy organization "Everyone Voices", pointed out that "every time there are fewer and fewer donors, but more and more funds are donated. It is increasingly difficult to hear the voice of ordinary people. Those who win elections under the current system will not pursue the policies expected by ordinary people."
On the 26th, the website of the American Women's Policy Institute reported that childcare costs are a huge financial burden for parents who are still in college. The regulations on childcare assistance formulated by Washington State are too strict, making it difficult for low-income parents who are receiving higher education to obtain childcare services. The state is one of 11 states that require parents to work while receiving higher education in order to receive childcare assistance.
On the 31st, the website of the New York Post reported that three men were suspected of damaging more than 40 tombstones in the cemetery in Queens, New York in the summer of 2016, and spraying offensive racial words on tombstones with Asian names.
November
On the 3rd, the website of the New York Daily News reported that two Asian American school committee candidates in Edison, New Jersey, were attacked by racism. Residents of Edison City received postcards with photos of two Asian American candidates. Their faces were stamped with "deportation" and racist slogans were written on them.
On the 5th, the radio and television media website in Rochester, New York, reported that at least 26 people were killed and 20 injured in the shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas, United States. The age of the dead and injured ranged from 5 to 72 years old. The governor of the state called it the "worst shooting" in the history of the state.
According to the website of Huffington Post on the 7th, Eddie Martins and Richard Hall, two detectives of the New York Police Department, were charged with detaining a woman in a police car and gang rape after finding that she had marijuana and anti anxiety pills.
On the 8th, Huffington Post reported on its website that 80% of senior government officials submitted by the current President of the United States to the Senate for deliberation had been selected by men, and 41 prosecutors nominated had been selected by men, and only one woman.
On the 8th, the website of the American Civil Rights League reported that after collecting 10 years of evidence, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatu Bensuda, announced that he would take measures to comprehensively investigate the war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed by the United States during the armed conflict in Afghanistan since May 2003. In a report in 2016, the prosecutor disclosed that there was reason to believe that the US military had tortured, ill treated and violated human dignity of at least 61 detainees, and that CIA members had tortured, ill treated, violated human dignity or raped at least 27 detainees.
The website of Huffington Post reported on the 18th that the US Sentencing Commission had released a report reviewing the prison sentences in federal prisons from October 1, 2011 to September 30, 2016. It was found that for the same crime, the prison term of African American male criminals was 19.1% higher than that of white male criminals on average. Unfair judgments are just the tip of the iceberg of racial discrimination in the criminal justice system. In the United States, more than five times more African Americans are imprisoned than whites.
The New Yorker reported on its website on the 20th that the gender ratio in the technology industry is extremely unbalanced. Women account for only a quarter of the total number of employees and only 11% of industry executives. In September, three women filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of all female Google employees, accusing the company of isolating women in low wage workplaces and paying less than men for similar work.
On the 20th, the website of USA Today pointed out that the US state legislatures were deeply involved in sexual harassment scandals. Since 2016, at least 40 legislators in 20 states have been publicly accused by more than 100 people of some form of sexual misconduct or harassment. Hundreds of people in Illinois and California signed statements accusing local politicians of widespread sexual harassment.
On the 21st, the website of Newsweek reported that thousands of Americans were deprived of the right to vote because of poverty. Nine states have passed legislation to deprive anyone who has not paid attorney fees or court fines of the right to vote. In Alabama alone, more than 100000 defaulters were excluded from the voter list, accounting for about 3% of the state's voter population.
Larry Nasar, a former doctor of the US Olympic gymnastics team, was accused of sexually assaulting female athletes who were treated by him, with more than 130 victims, including several Olympic gold medalists, the BBC website reported Tuesday.
On the 24th, the New York Times website reported that the elderly and disabled voters in the United States encountered many obstacles in the process of exercising their voting rights. A survey on the use of 178 polling stations shows that there are barriers inside and outside most polling stations, such as steep ramps or insufficient parking spaces. In addition, the voting machine is difficult to be used by people sitting in wheelchairs or visually impaired people.
On the 29th, Al Jazeera reported on its website that documents released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security of the United States showed that the United States government was monitoring African American protests and regarded them as potential threats.
December
The US Supreme Court ruled that the travel ban imposed by the US government on people from Chad, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen came into full force, the BBC website reported on the 5th. A federal judge in Hawaii said that the policy was "obviously discriminatory based on nationality" and violated "the founding principles of this country".
On the 6th, the Guardian reported on its website that 553742 people in the United States were homeless at least one night in 2017. The number of homeless people in New York increased by 4.1%, and the poverty rate in California reached 20.4%.
On the 12th, VOA reported that the latest survey showed that nearly 60% of Americans believe that the level of government corruption rose in 2017, and the White House is now a more corrupt institution than Congress. Among the respondents, 44% believed that White House officials were corrupt, and 38% believed that members of Congress were corrupt.
On the 13th, Al Jazeera reported on its website that sexual harassment, beatings and violence are very common among hundreds of thousands of female farm workers across the United States. More women spoke about sexual abuse suffered by powerful men in the media, politics, sports and other fields. Many women in the United States have no legal status, no way to report abuse, and no way to seek legal or any other form of help. Their seasonal, temporary and low wage jobs also hinder their reporting. In low wage industries, sexual harassment and abuse at work are very common. A survey of 500 women in Chicago hotels and casinos in 2016 found that 58% of hotel staff and 77% of casino staff were sexually harassed by guests.
On the 13th, ABC News reported on its website that the new US government has not released any prisoners from Guantanamo Bay, nor has it disclosed the names of any released or innocent persons.
On the 14th, the website of the British Independent reported that Nils Melzer, the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council on torture, said that detainees in Guantanamo prison were being subjected to torture and ill treatment prohibited by international law, and urged the United States to stop torturing detainees in Guantanamo prison.
US Marines stationed in Okinawa were accused of beating and raping Okinawa residents, US CNN reported on the 14th.
On December 15, Al Jazeera reported on its website that on December 14, 2017, the Federal Communications Commission terminated the 2015 Open Internet Rules. This practice abolishes the principle of network neutrality and allows Internet service providers to selectively block or "throttle" certain data streams, which will deepen the "digital divide" between the rich and low-income groups. Narcia Waldez of the "Balanced Internet Advocacy" organization in Detroit believes that the more expensive Internet will be more harmful to the poor, "which will be devastating and further exacerbate the existing inequality". Research shows that 94% of recruiters seek job seekers online. More expensive Internet will make the unemployment problem of ethnic minorities and low-income groups in the United States worse.
On the 15th, according to a report on the website of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Philip Alston, the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council on extreme poverty and human rights, pointed out after a two-week field visit to the United States that "the American dream is rapidly changing into an American fantasy". He described: "I met many people struggling to live in the slums of Los Angeles. I saw the San Francisco police officer order a group of homeless people to leave, but did not answer where they could go; I heard that tens of thousands of poor people have been notified of minor violations. They seem to be deliberately designed, and soon become debts that cannot be repaid, incarceration, and a supplement to municipal finance; I have seen sewage treatment plants in many states operating at full capacity, and the government there does not think that sanitation care is their responsibility; I see someone who has lost all their teeth, because most of the medical items enjoyed by the poor do not include adult dental care; I heard that the death rate caused by opioids has soared, which has led to the destruction of families and communities; I saw people living near the Ash Mountain in Puerto Rico. Because of no protection measures, they let the ash rain fall on them, bringing disease, disability and death. " He pointed out that the wealth, power and technology of the United States have not been used to solve the persistent poverty of 40 million people. 25% of young people in the United States live in poverty, and the poverty rate is the highest in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 11 percentage points higher than the average poverty rate of 14% in the organization. According to the World Income Inequality Database, the United States has the highest Gini coefficient among all Western countries. American leaders are trying to turn this country into a "world champion of extreme inequality". His conclusion is: "The persistence of extreme poverty is a political choice made by those in power. As long as there is political will, it will be eliminated quickly."
On the 15th, the Guardian reported on its website that the "health gap" between the United States and countries at the same level of development continued to widen. The number of doctors and beds per capita in the United States is much less than the average level of OECD countries; Compared with people living in other rich countries, Americans have a shorter life expectancy and are more likely to get sick. Tropical diseases, including Zika virus, have become more and more common because they have not received due attention. An estimated 12 million Americans live in neglected parasitic infections. The United States has the highest prevalence of obesity among developed countries; In terms of access to water and sanitation, the United States ranks 36th in the world.
On the 17th, Al Jazeera reported on its website that the "medical desert" area in the United States is becoming more and more common. Since 2010, more than 80 rural hospitals have been closed, and hundreds more are on the verge of closure.
On the 18th, the website of Huffington Post reported that Alex Kozinski, a federal judge, was accused by at least 15 women of molesting them, publishing inappropriate sexual comments and showing them pornographic content.
According to the statistics released by the US Gun Violence Archives on December 18, as of December 18, there were 60091 shootings in the US in 2017, including 338 large-scale shootings; The shooting incident resulted in 15182 deaths and 30619 injuries, including 716 children under 11 years of age and 3178 minors between 12 and 17 years of age.
On December 27, the website of the US Political Response Center disclosed that as of December 27, the lobbying expenditure of interest groups at the US federal level in 2017 was about $2.468 billion, a new high in nearly five years.
On the 31st, according to the website of the Washington Post, the US police shot 987 people in 2017. According to monthly statistics, the US police shot 92 people in January, 100 people in February, 76 people in March, 67 people in April, 74 people in May, 84 people in June, 94 people in July, 82 people in August, 70 people in September, 85 people in October, 84 people in November, and 79 people in December 2017.
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