China News Agency, Beijing, February 28. China's State Council Information Office released the "2021 Report on Human Rights Violations in the United States" (hereinafter referred to as the "Report") on the 28th.
The report pointed out that the United States has always pursued hegemonism, unilateralism, and interventionism. It has frequently used force to cause massive civilian casualties, abused unilateral sanctions to trigger humanitarian crises, challenged justice with power, trampled justice with selfish interests, and wantonly violated the human rights of other countries. The biggest obstacle and destroyer of the healthy development of the international human rights cause.
The report pointed out that the US "counterterrorism" caused a large number of civilian deaths.
"USA Today" website reported on February 25, 2021, according to a study by Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, the Cost of War Project, the so-called "anti-terrorism" war launched by the United States in the past 20 years has claimed more than 929,000 lives .
The 20-year US military operations in Afghanistan have killed 174,000 people, including more than 30,000 civilians, and injured more than 60,000 people.
The ongoing war and unrest have turned nearly a third of Afghanistan's population into refugees, the conflict has displaced 3.5 million Afghans, and nearly 23 million face extreme hunger, including 3.2 million children under the age of five, the report said.
At the same time, the report pointed out that the assessment report of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Food Programme in November 2021 showed that only 5% of the people in Afghanistan can get enough food every day.
The report stated that unilateral sanctions by the United States have harmed the people of other countries.
The UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, Alena Dohan, said that the economic impact of U.S. sanctions on Venezuela has been passed on to the Venezuelan people and has had a serious negative impact on their enjoyment of human rights .
U.S. sanctions on Iran's oil sector have prevented Iran from importing enough medical supplies, affecting the Iranian people's right to life and health.
Reports reveal another torture scandal at Guantanamo Prison.
On February 23, 2021, the UN Human Rights Council's Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights while Countering Terrorism, the Special Rapporteur on Torture, and the Special Rapporteur on Arbitrary Executions issued a joint statement saying that many are still detained. Those in Guantanamo are old and frail, long deprived of their liberty and subjected to endless mental and physical torture.
The report also said that CBS News reported on October 29, 2021 that the United States still holds 39 people in Guantanamo prison.
Majid Khan, who was detained there, has publicly revealed for the first time his torture, including repeated beatings, waterboarding, forced enemas, sexual assault, and prolonged sleep deprivation.
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