China report says US using human rights as ‘bargaining chip’ in deeply unequal society
Rights are ‘props for political theatre’ in unequal system bound to special interests where immigrants are ‘scapegoats’, annual report says
China has accused the United States of using human rights as a “bargaining chip” in its latest annual report on the issue.
The report released on Sunday criticised what it called the hypocrisy of the US political system, its unequal social welfare, widespread racism, and the politicisation of immigration, where immigrants become “scapegoats for political parties”.
The US had turned human rights into “props for political theatre” and “bargaining chips in power games”, it alleged.
The year 2024 was meant to be a defining moment for American citizens to exercise their political rights, the report stated, in an apparent reference to the US presidential elections.
“In reality, the year was fraught with political violence as politics was controlled by money, justice was hijacked by politics, and voters were disenfranchised by electoral rules.”
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