Thursday, April 14, 2011

"Human Rights" Debate from US and Chinese government

      On April 8, 2011, in Washington, DC Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State, remarked to the Press on the Release of the 2010 Country Reports on Human Rights Report.
     And on April 10, 2011, Chinese State Council gave a feedback as  The Human Rights Report of United State in 2010.
      It has 5 angles to discuss human rights in US:
           1.On Life, Property and Personal Security;
           2.On Civil and Political Rights;
           3. On Economic, Social and Cultural Rights;
           4.On Racial Discrimination;
           5.On the rights of women and children.

The full text translation is here:

Video:Secretary Clinton’s Remarks Upon Releasing The 2010 Human Rights Report

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      As part of our mission to update statecraft for the 21st century, today I’m also pleased to announce the launch of our new website, humanrights.gov. This site will offer one-stop shopping for information about global human rights from across the United States Government. It will pull together reports, statements, and current updates from around the world. It will be searchable and it will be safe. You won’t need to register to use it. We hope this will make it easier for citizens, scholars, NGOs, and international organizations to find the information they need to hold governments accountable.

      As we have said repeatedly, the United States welcomes the rise of a strong and prosperous China, and we look forward to our upcoming Strategic and Economic Dialogue with Beijing and to our continued cooperation to address common global challenges. However, we remain deeply concerned about reports that, since February, dozens of people, including public interest lawyers, writers, artists, intellectuals, and activists have been arbitrarily detained and arrested. Among them most recently was the prominent artist, Ai Weiwei, who was taken into custody just this past Sunday. Such detention is contrary to the rule of law, and we urge China to release all of those who have been detained for exercising their internationally recognized right to free expression and to respect the fundamental freedoms and human rights of all of the citizens of China.
                                                                                              ——From: US Department of State

 To see more:

Remarks to the Press on the Release of the 2010 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices

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