media reported that at the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council held recently, my delegation took the initiative to attack the US military, saying that the long-standing arbitrary detention problem in the United States is very serious. China is highly concerned about this and urged it to face up to its shortcomings and stop all violations of human rights as soon as possible.
According to data released by the website of my country's delegation to United Nations , in 2021, the number of illegal immigrants detained in the United States exceeded 1.7 million, of which more than 80% of the immigrants were detained in detention facilities with extremely poor environments, and there were at least 40,000 children among these people.
Not only that, in the past 11 months, the United States has arrested more than 2 million immigrants on the US-Mexico border in the south alone, the number hits a new high, which shows that in terms of arresting illegal immigrants, Biden is even better than Trump .
It is worth mentioning that China not only criticizes the United States for its human rights violations, but also makes sharp criticisms of the double standards of international organizations. For example, in recent decades, the US government has often locked some people in the infamous Guantanamo Prison without going through normal trial procedures, but it has rarely been criticized.
My delegation bluntly stated that the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention of the Human Rights Council has long been focusing on developing countries , but has turned a blind eye to the serious problems that continue to exist in the United States. This practice is not conducive to promoting the progress of human rights cause.
Therefore, China urges the working group on arbitrary detention to look at the problem objectively and impartially, fully respect the judicial sovereignty of all countries, do not politicize human rights issues, and do not become a tool for Western countries to fight against differences and suppress dissidents.
In fact, for a long time in the past, the Human Rights Council has been completely controlled by Western countries led by the United States. These developed countries that claim to be "human rights defenders" often stand on moral high ground, point fingers at the human rights of other countries, and often use the excuse of "protecting human rights" to openly interfere in other countries' internal affairs.
If any country dares to refuse, they will immediately use sanctions. During this period, the Human Rights Council has played a lot of "accomplices". In the eyes of the West, the so-called " universal value " is unquestionable and must be obeyed unconditionally, otherwise it will be a counter-tone with the "international community".
So under the influence of this unhealthy trend, the Human Rights Council gradually became the exclusive "trial court" of the West. For example, after the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Russia was even directly suspended from membership.
Nowadays, China chooses to take the initiative at the Human Rights Council to hedge against the negative energy that permeates the UN system. The United States often uses the attitude of a "teacher" and uses itself as its own standards to rate the human rights situation in various countries condescendingly. China is one of the biggest victims.
The United States has taken the so-called "evidence" compiled based on fake news, accusing our country of "forced labor" and then issued laws to prohibit the import of goods from specific regions. But to this day, they have not provided evidence to support their views.
However, there is an old saying in China that iron must be strong. When the United States is busy attacking the human rights situation in other countries, it ignores that it is the largest "human rights depression" in the world. It has a lot of dark history. If you want to be a "human rights judge", how can you convince the public?
Take the above arbitrary detention as an example. Every year, a large number of illegal immigrants are detained in the United States, and their lives are completely unprotected, and lynching is abused. The situation of human trafficking is extremely serious. The Biden administration is either unclear about these things, but it turns a blind eye to them. Even after being exposed many times, it is still indifferent.
In addition, the United States has the largest number of confirmed cases and deaths in the world of new crown , but Biden claimed that "the new crown has ended", which clearly means that it is to completely lie down. But just the day before he announced the news, more than 400 people in the United States still died from the new crown.
The right to life is the greatest human right, but the above phenomenon reflects that the human rights situation in the United States has fallen into a systematic decay. If you only stare at others without considering yourself, you will be backfired sooner or later. At that time, the bitter fruit will still be tasted by Washington politicians themselves.
