Full Text: Human Rights Record of U. S. in 2007

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·"Cash race" has permeated various kinds of elections in U.S.

·Workers' right to unionize restricted in U.S.

·U.S. authorities improperly obtain citizen's personal information

·Abusing the inmatesis commonplace in U.S.

·About 30,000 people die from gun wounds every year in U.S.

·One out of eight U.S. citizens lives in poverty

·More people in U.S. go hungry, homeless

·Money and work become biggest stressors for majority U.S. people

·About 47 mln people in U.S. not covered by health insurance

·U.S. troops often abuse prisoners in its worldwide jails

·450 civilian dies daily on average since Iraqi war

·Some 1,400 women beaten to death by partners in U.S.

·Racial discrimination deep-rooted social illness in U.S.

·About 17% of children in U.S. living in poverty

       BEIJING, March 13 (Xinhua) -- China issued on Thursday the Human Rights Record of the United States in 2007 in response to the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2007 issued by the U.S. Department of State on Tuesday.

    Released by the Information Office of China's State Council, the Chinese report listed a multitude of cases to show the human rights situation in the United States and its violation of human rights in other countries.

    The report says the United States attacks more than 190 countries and regions including China on their human rights issues, but mentions nothing about its own human rights problems.

    By publishing the Human Rights Record of the United States in 2007, the report says it aims to "help the people have a better understanding of the real situation in the United States and as a reminder for the United States to reflect upon its own issues".

    The report reviewed the human rights record of the United States in 2007 from seven perspectives: on life and personal security, on human rights violations by law enforcement and judicial departments, on civil and political rights, on economic, social and cultural rights, on racial discrimination, on rights of women and children and on the United States' violation of human rights in other countries.

    The report says the increase of violent crimes in the United States poses a serious threat to its people's lives, liberty and personal security.

    According to a FBI report on crime statistics released in September 2007, 1.41 million violent crimes were reported nationwide in 2006, an increase of 1.9 percent over 2005.

    Of the violent crimes, the estimated number of murders and no negligent manslaughters increased 1.8 percent, and that of robberies increased 7.2 percent

    Throughout 2006, U.S. residents age 12 or above experienced an estimated 25 million crimes of violence and theft, according to the FBI report.

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