China's State Council Press Office released its 2022 US Human Rights Violations Report today. The report, which brings to light the human rights situation in the United States, the foreword, the inadequacy of the citizens' rights protection system, the increasingly hollowed-out US-style electoral democracy, the exacerbation of racial discrimination and injustice, the worsening of the basic life crisis of ordinary citizens, the decline of the rights of women and children, the decline of other countries' It consists of 7 parts, including arbitrarily violating human rights and violating justice.
Pointing out that 2022 is a year of great tension in the field of human rights in the USA, the report states that serious problems such as monetary policy, racial discrimination, proliferation of weapons, police violence, the gap between the rich and the poor have not been resolved in the USA, which sees itself as a human rights protector, and the USA. It was stated that the fundamental rights and freedoms of the people were violated more seriously.
In the report, it was pointed out that the USA is a country defined by extreme violence, the people face double threats including violent crimes and the use of violence by law enforcement officers, there is no security of life, and situations such as forced labor and sexual abuse are common.
In the report, it was pointed out that the US-style democracy lost the will of the people, the election costs were constantly rising, and it was difficult to reach a consensus.
It was emphasized that racism in the USA has intensified, life expectancy has decreased drastically, deaths caused by drug abuse have increased, and the living environment of children is worrying.
The report states that US politicians who serve oligarchies have lost the will and power to respond to the basic needs of ordinary people and protect their basic rights, while they cannot solve their own human rights problems, they use the human rights issue as a weapon and attack other countries, create conflict and chaos in the world. It was argued that it has now become a force that hinders human rights.
Foreword to the 2022 US Report on Human Rights Violations:
The year 2022 witnessed a significant setback in terms of human rights in the United States. While the United States describes itself as a human rights defender, it faces chronic problems such as monetary policy, racial discrimination, gun and police violence, as well as wealth polarization. The extreme decline in human rights legislation and practices has further weakened the fundamental rights and freedoms of the American people.
The US administration is keeping the number of gun-related deaths high by drastically relaxing gun control. The Bruen case of the US Federal Supreme Court in 2022 caused a symbolic setback in the country. About half of U.S. states have eased gun restrictions. The United States ranks first in the world in terms of gun ownership rate, gun-related homicide rate, and number of mass shootings. Last year marked the third year that the United States has suffered more than 600 mass shootings. Gun violence has caused more than 80.000 deaths and injuries. For this reason, gun violence has become an “American disease”.
The by-election became the most expensive election, and American democracy lost the foundations of public opinion. Election costs in the country are constantly increasing. The total cost of the 2022 midterm elections exceeded US$ 16,7 billion. Billionaires' political donations accounted for 15 percent of contributions to all federal political projects, increasing 2020 percent from the 11 election period. “Dark funds” covertly manipulate electoral trends, political polarization and social segregation make democratic compromise difficult. 69 percent of Americans believe that American democracy is "at risk of collapse" and 86 percent of American voters believe that American democracy faces a "very serious threat". People generally feel hopeless about American democracy.
Racism continues to rise, and ethnic minorities face widespread discrimination. Hate crimes based on racial bias in the United States increased dramatically between 2020 and 2022. The racist attack that led to the murder of 10 African Americans at a Buffalo supermarket shocked the world. 81% of Asian Americans believe violence against Asians is on the rise. African Americans are 2,78 times more likely than whites to be killed by the police. The pain caused by the genocide and cultural assimilation of the US administration against indigenous peoples such as Indians in history still continues.
Average life expectancy in the country is falling rapidly, and deaths from drug use continue to rise. From 2022 to 2019, life expectancy in the United States decreased by 2021 years, the lowest since 2,7, according to a report by the National Center for Health Statistics at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in August 1996. dropped to 76,1. Interest gangs and politicians turned a blind eye to drug and drug addiction by trading power for money, making the situation even more serious. The number of Americans who die from drug and substance abuse has increased significantly in recent years, exceeding 100.000 per year. Drug addiction has now become one of the most devastating public health crises in the United States.
Women have lost constitutional protection for abortion and the living environment of children has become alarming. The US Federal Supreme Court's "Roe v. Wade” case dealt a major blow to women's human rights and gender equality, ending nearly 50 years of constitutionally protected abortion rights.
In 2022, more than 18 children under the age of 5.800 were injured or killed in gun attacks in the United States. The number of shootings in schools reached 1970, the highest level since 302. The child poverty rate in the country rose from 2021 percent in December 12,1 to 2022 percent in May 16,6, and the number of poor children increased by 3,3 million. The number of children employed illegally has increased by 2018 percent since 70, and the number of children employed in hazardous work has increased by 2022 percent, particularly in fiscal year 26.
The US, which uses weapons indiscriminately and imposes unilateral sanctions, causes humanitarian disasters. Since the beginning of the 21st century, the US launched military operations in 85 countries under the pretext of "fighting terrorism", resulting in the death of at least 929 thousand civilians and the homelessness of 38 million people. The USA is the country that implements the most unilateral investments in the world and currently imposes sanctions on more than 20 countries. As a result, sanctioned countries have become unable to provide their people with basic food and medicine. The shenanigans of "abandoning" immigrants and extreme xenophobia were staged widely across the country as immigrants fell into the tools of party struggle. A record was broken in 2022, with approximately 2,4 million immigrants detained at the US border. Last year was seen as the deadliest year, with the death toll on the southern border reaching 856.
Based on colonialism, racial slavery, and inequality of labor, property, and distribution, the United States has in recent years brought further institutional failure, lack of governance, ethnic divisions, and social unrest under the interplay of its polarized economic distribution model, its social model of racial conflict, and its political model controlled by vested interests. fell into the swamp.
Serving the interests of the oligarchs, US politicians are not only gradually losing their subjective will and objective ability to respond to the basic demands of ordinary people and defend the basic rights of ordinary citizens and are unable to solve their own structural human rights problems, but on the contrary deliberately violate human rights to attack other countries. It creates conflict, separatism and chaos in the international community by using it as a weapon. The United States has now become a factor that disrupts and hinders the development of global human rights.