In a reaction to the 2013 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices that the United States issued on February 28, the Information Office of the State Council published the “Human Rights Record of the United States in 2013.” The record stated that the US slandered the human rights practices of close to 200 countries and regions but chose to cover up its own human rights situation. According to the record, human rights issues remained serious in the U.S. in 2013 and even deteriorated in certain areas. The record listed U.S. human rights violations in areas including, but not limited to: an increase in criminal cases; the PRISM (surveillance program); solitary confinement; a high unemployment rate; racial and age discrimination; a large number of child labor cases; and invasions into other countries such as Pakistan and Yemen.
Source: Xinhua, February 28, 2014
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