On the other hand, the so-called ‘Human Rights Record of the US in 2018′ said that the country has the highest rate of income inequality in the West and nearly half of the households are affected by financial difficulties.
It added that the low-income population lacks medical insurance and there is a high number of homeless people, deaths due to drug overdose and suicides. The report made emphasis on the uncontrolled use of weapons, the situation of abuse of power by public officials and the frequent cases of criminal violence, which rose to 1.24 million with a high number of deaths.
Regarding the freedom of the press, the document noted that it was dealt an unprecedented blow, and the reporters’ legitimate rights to interview were violated.
‘According to a report from the non-lucrative international organization Article 19, published on May 2, 2018, the atmosphere for the press in the United States has further deteriorated and journalists were victims of attacks, search, arrests, interceptions on the border and restrictions to publish public information,’ the Chinese government said in its report.
The ‘Human Rights Record of the US in 2018’ also referred to an increase in intolerable opinions on religion and that online surveillance by the US government violated individual privacy.
Among other matters, it pointed out that unjust judicial sentences resulted in erroneous convictions and public officials used violence abusively.
China responded in those terms to a report published by the United States a few hours ago, and criticized Washington’s double standard, because as it self-proclaims a human rights champion, it has a domestic record of deficiencies and violations in that matter.
