China's State Council Information Office on Wednesday issued the Report on Human Rights Violations in the U.S. in 2023, revealing the country's deteriorating human rights situation with facts and figures.
The report consists of Foreword; Civil and Political Rights Become Empty Talk; The Chronic Disease of Racism; Growing Economic and Social Inequality; Persistent Violations of the Rights of Women and Children; Heart-wrenching Struggles of Undocumented Migrants; and American Hegemony Creates Humanitarian Crises.
The report calls on the U.S. government to take concrete measures to tackle its human rights problems, and respond to the expectations of the American people and international concerns.
The human rights situation in the United States continued to deteriorate in 2023, the report said, adding that human rights are becoming increasingly polarized in the country.
While a ruling minority holds political, economic, and social dominance, the majority of ordinary people are increasingly marginalized, with their basic rights and freedoms being disregarded, it said. Noting that civil and political rights have been reduced to mere talk in the United States, the report draws attention to worsening problems including gun violence, partisan fights, police brutality and the ineffective police enforcement accountability system, mass incarceration and forced labor, political polarization, election manipulation, and the declining government credibility.
The chronic disease of racism persists, the report said, highlighting that African Americans face serious racial discrimination and inequality in fields such as law enforcement and medical services.
Asian Americans have experienced intensified discrimination, the rights of Native Americans have been constantly violated, and "racist ideology is spreading virulently in the United States and spilling across borders," it added.
Growing economic and social inequality makes life extremely difficult for the poor, the report said, noting that the United States has been refusing to ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Economic, social and cultural rights are stigmatized as "welfare cheese" in the United States, and the phenomenon of "in-work poverty" is widespread, with the gap between the rich and the poor further widening, it added.
The United States has not ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, and remains the only UN member state which has not ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child, it said, warning of the persistent violations of the rights of women and children in the country.
The report showed rights of women and children in the United States have long suffered from systemic violations. Approximately 54,000 women lose their jobs each year due to pregnancy discrimination. Drug abuse is prevalent among the youth population.
Meanwhile, politicians have "forsaken the rights and welfare of immigrants," it said.
Despite being a nation that has historically and presently benefited from immigration, the United States faces significant issues of exclusion and discrimination against immigrants. Immigrants, including children, endure harsh treatment such as mass arrests, human trafficking and exploitation, said the report. Overseas, the United States has long pursued hegemonism, practiced unilateralism and power politics, and created humanitarian crises, it said.
The United States supplies other countries with weapons such as cluster munitions, exacerbating regional tensions and armed conflicts, resulting in numerous civilian casualties and severe humanitarian crises. The United States extensively carries out "proxy operations," undermining social stability in other countries and violating their human rights, the report said.
In the United States, human rights is essentially a privilege enjoyed only by a few. The country's various human rights problems seriously threaten and hinder the healthy development of the world human rights cause, said the report.
China issues report on U.S. human rights violations in 2023
China issues report on U.S. human rights violations in 2023
