One day before the annual World Human Rights Day, a report detailing tortures and abuses conducted by U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) against prisoners in Guantanamo and Afghanistan has provoked strident criticisms worldside.
The U.S. government loves to decorate itself as a vehement watchdog of human rights on the world stage.
On too many occasions, U.S. troops, upholding their proud American flags, invaded countries which stood no chance against their cutting-edge weapons, just in order to shed "the light of civilization" to every corner of the world.
It does not even need a discerning eye to see through that camouflage and realize that hegemony, instead of defending human rights, is the U.S. operating code.
The Guantanamo Bay has become notorious for human rights violations since 2004, but neither former President George W. Bush nor President Barrack Obama has done anything to change the situation.
To simply look through the details of water boarding, deprivation of sleep and sexual abuses in the report can constitute a traumatizing experience.
Ben Emmerson, the special rapporteur on human rights of United Nation, said the report revealed a "clear policy orchestrated at a high level with Bush administration" and some U.S. high ranking officials should be brought to justice.
Although the U.S. government has always advocated the country as a diverse and equal society that can provide equal chances for people from different backgrounds, the truth is hardly so.
For one thing, the racial disparity still remains a major issue un-stabilizing the structure of American society.
Many barriers -- stereotypes, discriminatory housing practices, and institutional racism -- are still there, stripping African-Americans of decent opportunities enjoyed by the whites.
A revealing study by Institute on Assets and Social Policy found that even equal achievements, such as income gains, can yield unequal wealth rewards for whites and African-Americans. Black unemployment remains twice as high as white unemployment.
In addition to the racial disparities, the American people are also distinctly divided by their bank balances, as the poor get poorer, the rich richer.
The New York city council approved a real estate mogul in July to install a "poor door" in one of its mansions, so residents who live in pricey condos can enter the building through a flourish gate with a lobby in front, while renters of affordable apartments must use a separate side entrance.
Its democratic system, supposed to protect the human rights of its citizens, does not prevent rich people from using their influence over authorities to infringe on the rights of the poor people.
Even worse, it failed to prevent a white police officer from firing at least six bullets into an unarmed black boy in the street.
by Wang Shang
http://english.cntv.cn
11/12/14
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L'Amérique choquée par les tortures de la CIA...
ReplyDeleteLe rapport sur les tortures infligées par la CIA aux terroristes présumés, rendu public aux États-Unis, a provoqué un écho sans précédent aussi bien en Amérique qu'à l'étranger, écrit jeudi le quotidien Kommersant.
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"The president [Obama] has confidence both in this [US] justice system and in the way it was deployed in this particular situation [CIA officers investigation]," Earnest said Wednesday, when asked if Obama accepts DOJ conclusion that there are no prosecutable crimes committed by the CIA.
The US Department of Justice did their own investigation that concluded that no prosecutable crime had been committed by the CIA officers.
"There is a process in place that is administered by career professionals [DOJ prosecutors] that did what they were supposed to do. The president [Obama] believes firmly in their confidence and the system," Earnest said......................http://sputniknews.com/us/20141211/1015720074.html
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ReplyDeleteThe report on torture in CIA secret prisons is another proof that the US authorities have systematically violated human rights, Russia’s human rights ombudsman Konstantin Dolgov said on Thursday.
“This situation is in contradiction with the claims of the US is an ‘example of democracy.’ This is far away from reality,” Dolgov said in a statement published on the Russian Foreign Ministry’s website.
The diplomat said Moscow has studied the 528-page report by Senate Intelligence Committee, released on Tuesday, which detailed the CIA use of torture during the interrogation of terrorism suspects in the years following the 9/11 attacks on the US.
The content of the document, which is actually a summary of a classified 6,700-page report, is “shocking,” Dolgov said. “And it’s common knowledge, that this material has been already edited by the Barack Obama Administration.”.................http://itar-tass.com/en/russia/766342
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