Zhao Lijian talks about the release of the "Human Rights Report" by the United States: Demonizing the "Black Book" of Competitors and Extorting the "Ask List" of Other Countries

　　China News Service, Beijing, April 29 (Reporter Guo Chaokai) Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian hosted a regular press conference on April 29.

　　A reporter asked: We have noticed that the US State Department recently released the so-called "2021 Country Report on Human Rights", which Cuba, India, Iran, Turkey and many other countries have strongly opposed and publicly criticized.

The ASEAN Post said, "The United States needs to conduct self-reflection and solve its own human rights issues first, and should not point fingers at other countries' human rights." What is the spokesperson's comment on this?

　　Zhao Lijian: The so-called 2021 Country Human Rights Report of the United States makes irresponsible remarks about the human rights situation in 198 countries and regions around the world, but it misses itself.

It was left out on purpose.

It has criticized so many countries and will naturally be opposed by the international community.

　　Obviously, nearly 1 million Americans have died due to the new crown pneumonia epidemic, and an average of more than 120 people are killed by gun violence every day. Freud's "can't breathe" cries have not affected the mood of the United States to play "human rights teacher", and even stimulated This "human rights judge" had the urge to divert outside attention from its terrible human rights situation.

As Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Said Said said, "No one expects the US government, which is addicted to lying, to tell the truth. The US talks about human rights as 'tears of crocodiles'".

　　Unfounded accusations of human rights in other countries will not make their own human rights better, but will only expose their own hypocritical double standards.

The US fake human rights and true hegemony have long been seen through by the international community.

As Cuban Foreign Minister Rodriguez said, "The United States is using human rights as a tool in order to manipulate and intimidate countries that do not obey Washington's interests." The fundamental reason why the U.S. State Department has worked hard for the "Human Rights Report" for more than 40 years is that , regard this report as a "black book" to stigmatize and demonize competitors, and a "request list" to coerce and extort other countries.

In this regard, China will not agree, the vast majority of developing countries will not agree, and people with justice and conscience in the international community will not agree.

　　Human rights are by no means the preserve of a few countries, nor should they be used as a tool to pressure other countries and engage in political blackmail.

In order to safeguard its own hegemonic interests, the United States went against the trend of history and intensified its efforts to politicize human rights, which seriously hindered the healthy development of the world's human rights cause.

The US government should immediately stop making up the so-called country reports on human rights, and focus on facing up to and improving its own human rights situation.

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