China calls «ridiculous» the US report on human rights – El Gobierno chino tachó hoy de "ridículo" the report published by the United States Department of State on the situation of human rights in the world, in which he assures that official repression in China continues to be a constant and criticizes the control after the Hong Kong protests. "(The document) is full of prejudices and ignores the facts. Es ridículo", a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs assured the press today, Lu Kang, in reference to what was published by Washington on Thursday.
State Department report highlights China's arrests of citizens who expressed support for pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong last year, conocidas como la "revolución de los paraguas", y asegura que la "represión y coerción" by the Government is still the routine.
"Queremos decirle a la parte estadounidense que China está lista para llevar a cabo un diálogo constructivo sobre derechos humanos desde el respeto mutuo, But if it practices a double standard in this regard and wants to meddle in China's affairs, (the dialogue) está condenado al fracaso", the spokesperson explained.
Kang insistió que los comentarios de Washington no se corresponden con la realidad y aseguró que cada vez "más y más estadounidenses se muestran impresionados por la mejora de los derechos humanos en China".
"Esperamos que Estados Unidos deje de criticar a otras naciones, y se centre en resolver sus propios problemas", manifested.
China believes that, In the field of human rights, the US does not act with respect towards the Asian country, so today, in response to the State Department report, the Chinese State Council (Executive) published a document analyzing the human rights situation in the United States.
In it, Beijing assures that in 2014 no improvement has been seen in the North American country in this area, sino "nuevos y numerosos problemas".
"EEUU ha estado atormentado por la propagación de armas y frecuentes crímenes violentos", indicates the dossier, que describe a Estados Unidos como un país con "fuertes problemas de discriminación racial y discriminación institucional contra minorías étnicas".
El informe de China hace hincapié en "el excesivo uso de la fuerza" by the Police and remember the case of Michael Brown, an African American 18 years since he died in Jefferson (Measurements) of six shots fired by an agent in confusing circumstances, when he was unarmed and supposedly, according to the official version, when trying to attack the police.
"EEUU no actúa bajo el principio de respeto mutuo, that's why we published the report today, para ser recíprocos", defended the Foreign Affairs spokesperson.in the world.
