Human Rights Record of the United States

For general coverage, see Human rights in the United States

First issued in 1998, Human Rights Record of the United States is an annual publication by the PRC's propaganda arm to counter the U.S. Department of State's Country Reports on Human Rights.^[1]

Overview

The 2011 report stated (edited for clarity):

The U.S. State Department report is a political instrument distorting China's human rights issues, ignoring its own human rights issues.

The reports tend to highlight wedge issues in the United States such as poverty, crime, racism and gun violence. Its references are derived from both official and non-credible sources.^[2]

Criticism

CNN's Fareed Zakaria wrote of the 2011 report (edited for clarity):

It weakens valid charges against Guantánamo Bay and CIA detection facilities with statistics that have no bearing on human rights violations.^[3]

See also

• China–United States relations
• Human rights in China
• Human rights in the United States

References

1. "PRC State Council, Human Rights Record of the United States in 2013, February 28, 2014 | US-China Institute". china.usc.edu. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
2. Branigan, Tania (April 11, 2011). "China accuses US of human rights double standards". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 2023-07-13. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
3. "What in the world? China calls out the U.S. on human rights". CNN. April 18, 2011. Archived from the original on June 15, 2021. Retrieved July 23, 2011.

External links

• "China Releases Annual Human Rights Report",
• Reuters, "China hits back on human rights", CNN
• Human Rights Records in the United States 1998