Full Text of Human Rights Record of United States in 2007

[December]

The Information Office of the State Council published a report titled "The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2007" here on Thursday. Following is the full text:

The State Department of the United States released its Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2007 on March 11, 2008. As in previous years, the reports are full of accusations of the human rights situation in more than 190 countries and regions including China but mention nothing of the widespread human rights abuses on its own territory. The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2007 is prepared to help people around the world understand the real situation of human rights in the United States and as a reminder for the United States to reflect upon its own issues.

READ REPORT HERE - http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/13/content_7779839.htm

[Grizz]

Yepper, you can sure trust the Chicoms to give you the straight poop.

[December]

Yepper, you can sure trust the Chicoms to give you the straight poop.


Did you read the whole thing already?

[Grizz]

Tell ya what, Slick, just let me know when any Chinese citizen can access the web with no interference by the government and I'll take a look at whatever you care to post. Fair?

[December]

Grizz, can you answer my question? Yes/No?

[apdst]

December,

Can you say, "Tiananmen Square"?

[December]

December,

Can you say, "Tiananmen Square"?


apdst, did YOU read the report? I assume not.
So, please, READ THE WHOLE REPORT and only then post your comments.
Alright? :)

[Grizz]

I don't waste my time reading lying sh*t. Now, answer my question:

Tell ya what, Slick, just let me know when any Chinese citizen can access the web with no interference by the government and I'll take a look at whatever you care to post. Fair?

[apdst]

Well, I tried to read it, but I was laughing so hard that I couldn't make it past the second page. If I wasn't laughing, I was rolling my eyes, either way I couldn't concentrate.

I laughed especially hard at this part:

During 2005 an estimated 176 state and 27 federal inmates died from AIDS-related causes

China has a cure for HIV, or something?

[Wndrtch]

I don't waste my time reading lying sh*t. Now, answer my question:

Tell ya what, Slick, just let me know when any Chinese citizen can access the web with no interference by the government and I'll take a look at whatever you care to post. Fair?


Screw that, I'll even setlle for knowing when the ChiComs stop harvesting organs from political prisoners!

[December]

On Human Rights Violations by Law Enforcement and Judicial Departments:

The abuse of their power by law enforcement and judicial departments in the United States has seriously violated the freedom and rights of its citizens.

Cases in which U.S. law enforcement authorities allegedly violated victims' civil rights increased by 25 percent from fiscal year 2001 to 2007 over the previous seven years, according to statistics from U.S. Department of Justice (Police Brutality Casesup 25%; Union Worried Over Dip in Hiring Standards, USA Today, December 18, 2007). The national average among large police departments for excessive-force complaints was 9.5 per 100 full-time officers (The New York Times, November 14, 2007). But the majority of law enforcement officers accused of brutality were not prosecuted in the end. From May 2001 to June 2006, 2,451 police officers in Chicago received four to 10 complaints each, 662 of them received more than 10 complaints each, but only 22 were punished. Furthermore, there were officers who had amassed more than 50 abuse complaints but were never disciplined in any fashion (The Chicago Police Department's Broken System, University of Chicago,On August 17, 2006, a 52-year-old Chicago woman named Dolores Robare was nearly struck by a speeding police car when she was crossing the road. The officer stopped and asked her to produce her identification. She was brutally beaten by the police when she asked them why it was taking so long (The Chicago Tribune, May 1, 2007).

On December 15,2006, four businessmen were beaten by six off-duty officers at a bar for no apparent reasons (The Chicago Tribune, June 9, 2007). On August 3, 42-year-old African American Geffrey Johnson was killed at his home by the police using a taser gun. On August 6, 18-year-old black youth Aaron Harrison was shot in the back and killed by police pursuing him (The Chicago Tribune, August 9, 2007).


READ REPORT HERE - http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/13/content_7779839.htm

[Truth_and_Power]

On Human Rights Violations by Law Enforcement and Judicial Departments:

The abuse of their power by law enforcement and judicial departments in the United States has seriously violated the freedom and rights of its citizens.

Cases in which U.S. law enforcement authorities allegedly violated victims' civil rights increased by 25 percent from fiscal year 2001 to 2007 over the previous seven years, according to statistics from U.S. Department of Justice (Police Brutality Casesup 25%; Union Worried Over Dip in Hiring Standards, USA Today, December 18, 2007). The national average among large police departments for excessive-force complaints was 9.5 per 100 full-time officers (The New York Times, November 14, 2007). But the majority of law enforcement officers accused of brutality were not prosecuted in the end. From May 2001 to June 2006, 2,451 police officers in Chicago received four to 10 complaints each, 662 of them received more than 10 complaints each, but only 22 were punished. Furthermore, there were officers who had amassed more than 50 abuse complaints but were never disciplined in any fashion (The Chicago Police Department's Broken System, University of Chicago,On August 17, 2006, a 52-year-old Chicago woman named Dolores Robare was nearly struck by a speeding police car when she was crossing the road. The officer stopped and asked her to produce her identification. She was brutally beaten by the police when she asked them why it was taking so long (The Chicago Tribune, May 1, 2007).

On December 15,2006, four businessmen were beaten by six off-duty officers at a bar for no apparent reasons (The Chicago Tribune, June 9, 2007). On August 3, 42-year-old African American Geffrey Johnson was killed at his home by the police using a taser gun. On August 6, 18-year-old black youth Aaron Harrison was shot in the back and killed by police pursuing him (The Chicago Tribune, August 9, 2007).


READ REPORT HERE - http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/13/content_7779839.htm


That sounds horrible, are we living in china/russia here or what? Next thing you know we'll be soros in jail for his politics and telling ron paul he can't run for president like they did with kasparov over in russia.

[Grizz]

The abuse of their power by law enforcement and judicial departments in the United States has seriously violated the freedom and rights of its citizens.

Actually, I kind of agree with that. What the Bush administration has done is to trample the Constitution and Bill of Rights. He should have been impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors. 'course, we're still a whole lot better off than the average Chinese citizen.

[PatrickHenry]

OK, so the tactic in this debate is to shift into a strawman mode:

Instead of viewing the violations of Human Rights by Uncle Sammy, pointed out by another regime anxious to misdirect attention from their own violations...

Instead of viewing them and going, "Yeah, the US needs to do better..."

Instead of that...the strawman is erected.

Well look what they did!

See, it's the same sleazy tactic the Commies are using.

Does that show that the ones advancing this argument have the same viewpoint on ethics as Communist totalitarians?

[December]

So, Grizz, did you read the report already? Can we discuss it now?

[Grizz]

So, Grizz, did you read the report already? Can we discuss it now?

No and no. I'm not wasting my time on this tripe.

Instead of viewing the violations of Human Rights by Uncle Sammy...

Imperfect as the United States is, we still have the rule of law, not of men. And that makes all the difference. As for doing something about whatever perceived "violations" you think you see in this country, there are more than enough outlets to accomplish what you seek though it may take years. BTW - why can't Chinese citizens use the internet to see what's happening in Tibet?

[December]

So, how many people did read the report already?.....