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| China releases US human rights record in 2002 （1） |
| CCTV.COM 2003-04-03 13:04:24 |
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The Information Office of the State Council on Thursday released a report entitled The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2002.
Following is a summary of the document:
The U.S. State Department released the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2002 on March 31, when the United States is facing condemnation from people of various countries in the world for unilaterally launching a war against Iraq.
With the United States pretending to be "the world's judge of human rights," the reports once again assessed the human rights situations in over 190 countries and regions in the world.
The reports carry distorted pictures and accusations of human rights conditions in China and other countries, but they mention not even a word of the human rights problems in the United States itself.
Therefore, it is necessary to make known to the world the human rights violations in the United States in 2002.
I. Ineffective Protection of Life and Security of Person
In American society, excessive violence has resulted in ineffective protection of life and security of the person.
According to a report released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation （FBI） on Oct. 28, 2002, the United States recorded 11.8 million crime offenses in 2001, a 2.1 percent increase over 2000.
The offenses included four violent crimes （murder and non－negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault）, and three property crimes （burglary, larceny－theft, and motor vehicle theft）. Firearms were involved in 26.2 percent of violent crime cases, and murder cases increased by 2.5 percent.
There was an offense in every 2.7 seconds, and there were 44 murders, 248 rapes and 26 hate crimes each day. Among the crime offences were 15,980 murders and 90,491 forcible rapes.
Crime in many major American cities went up in 2002. In Washington D.C., drug abuse, gang violence and prostitution ran rampant, and crime went up by 36 percent from 2001； in Boston the crime rates increased by 67 percent, and in Los Angeles, by 27 percent. （More）
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Editor: Yang Feiyang Source:Xinhua
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