China condemns drone attacks in Pakistan

17 Apr, 2016

China in its report on the United States human rights record also touched drone attacks in Pakistan and termed it violation of the basic norms. The reports said, the United States still brazenly and brutally violated human rights in other countries, treating citizens from other countries like dirt. Air strikes launched by the United States in Iraq and Syria killed thousands of civilians.
The United States also conducted drone attacks in Pakistan and Yemen indiscriminately, causing hundreds of civilian deaths. The report released by China's State Council Information Office stated that a total of 13,136 people were killed and 26,493 injured in 51,675 gun violence incidents in 2015, due to out-of-control gun use. American police shot dead 965 people last year, and there was excessive use of violence by the police, too.
Its prison system was plagued by corruption and severely violated inmates' human rights. Women in Lowell Correctional Institution, the nation's largest women's prison, were forced to barter for basic necessities and protection with their bodies. Moreover, race relations in the US were at their worst in nearly two decades, with 61percent of Americans characterizing race relations in the country as "bad." The United States also is guilty of human rights violations outside its borders. Air strikes launched by the United States in Iraq and Syria killed thousands of civilians, and drone attacks launched by the U.S. in Pakistan and Yemen indiscriminately caused hundreds of civilian deaths in 2015.

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