Thu Jul 26, 2012, 02:48 AM
alp227 (20,988 posts)
US: China human rights 'deteriorating'
Source: BBC
The US has called on China to address its ''deteriorating'' human rights situation following an annual dialogue. Cases involving activists, lawyers and bloggers were raised at the talks, Assistant Secretary of State Michael Posner told reporters at a briefing. Beijing said it was willing to continue talks ''on the basis of equality and mutual respect'', the official Xinhua news agency reported. The two-day, closed-door session took place in Washington. Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-18993615 The Chinese government then reads the news about Bradley Manning, the PATRIOT Act, Congress introducing SOPA/PIPA/CISPA/etc., and the militarization of the police, then says, "clean up your own house first, America".
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| Author | Time | Post | |
| alp227 | Jul 2012 | OP | |
| Mnemosyne | Jul 2012 | #1 | |
| Sherman A1 | Jul 2012 | #3 | |
| stockholmer | Jul 2012 | #8 | |
| Suji to Seoul | Jul 2012 | #2 | |
| 99th_Monkey | Jul 2012 | #4 | |
| woo me with science | Jul 2012 | #5 | |
| dipsydoodle | Jul 2012 | #6 | |
| hifiguy | Jul 2012 | #7 |
Response to alp227 (Original post)
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 03:08 AM
Mnemosyne (16,484 posts)
1. Thanks alp. The hypocrisy is unbearable. nt
Response to alp227 (Original post)
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 05:13 AM
Suji to Seoul (1,921 posts)
2. I live here in China. You couldn't be more accurate
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We lost the moral high ground. Good luck, America, trying to get it back.
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Response to alp227 (Original post)
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 05:27 AM
99th_Monkey (7,376 posts)
4. Not to mention OWS Zuccatti Park - naked oppression USA style.
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Response to alp227 (Original post)
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 05:35 AM
woo me with science (20,239 posts)
5. ...
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Last edited Thu Jul 26, 2012, 05:43 AM USA/ET - Edit history (2) U.S. falls 27 places in worldwide freedom of the press rankings
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/us-falls-27-places-in-worldwide-freedom-of-the-press-rankings/2012/01/25/gIQAFWZvQQ_blog.html Pentagon, CIA sued for lethal drone attacks on US citizens http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/07/drone-attacks-lawsuit/ The NSA is building a massive data center in Utah to read every email you'll ever send. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/4-high-tech-ways-federal-government-spying-private-153556125.html http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/ff_nsadatacenter/all/ |
Response to alp227 (Original post)
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 05:37 AM
dipsydoodle (33,155 posts)
6. Yes...........
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Response to alp227 (Original post)
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 12:07 PM
hifiguy (13,029 posts)
7. The country that imprisons more people than
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any other on earth and practices indefinite detention has no basis for criticizing any other nation's human rights record.
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