Reuters, 14/04 11:34 CET
BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. rights policies
have gone from bad to worse, China said on Thursday, in its annual
rebuttal of a State Department report on human rights around the world
that criticised China’s “severe” crackdown on lawyers.
The U.S. “wantonly infringed upon” civil rights and faced
“rampant gun-related crime”, said the lengthy report, issued by China’s
State Council, or cabinet, according to the official Xinhua news
agency.
Human rights have long been a source of tension between
the world’s two largest economies, especially since 1989, when the
United States imposed sanctions on China after a bloody crackdown on
pro-democracy demonstrators around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.
China’s report follows Wednesday’s release of the U.S.
report, which criticised Beijing’s “severe” crackdown on Chinese lawyers
and law firms handling cases China considers politically sensitive.
The U.S. report described human rights policies in 199 countries, and also focussed on rights abuses in the Middle East.
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Source: Euronews
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