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   III. Human Rights in Name, Hegemonism In Reality
 II. Confusing Right and Wrong and Calling Protection An "Abuse" of Human Rights
 I. Distorting Facts to Deceive the World Public Opinion
 III. Distorting Freedom and Vilifying China
 II. Cooking Up Charges by Hook or by Crook
 I. Playing the Same Old Trick by Repeating Fabrications
 V. Wantonly violating human rights of other countries
 IV. Rights and interests of women and children violated
 III. Serious problems of racial discrimination
 II. Infringement on citizens' economic and social rights
 I. Civil, political rights endangered
 VI. Waging War Frequently and Rampantly Infringing Upon Human Rights of Other Countries
 V. Racial Discrimination Prevails, Minorities Ill-Treated
 IV. Gender Discrimination & Ill-treatment of Children
 III. Widening Gap Between Rich and Poor and Deteriorating Situation of Worker's Economic and Social Rights
 II. Rampant Violence and Arbitrary Judicial System Are Jeopardizing the freedom and lives of US citizens
 I. American Democracy - a Myth, Political Rights Infringed
 VI. Wantonly Infringing upon Human Rights of Other Countries
 V. Deep-Rooted Racial Discrimination
 IV. Worrying Conditions for Women and Children
 III. Plight of the Poor, Hungry and Homeless
 II. Serious Rights Violations by Law Enforcement Departments
 I. Lack of Safeguard for Life, Freedom and Personal Safety
 VIII. Double Standards in International Field of Human Rights
 VII. Blunt Violations of Human Rights in Other Countries
 VI. Deep-rooted Racial Discrimination
 V. Women and Children are in Worrisome Situation
 IV. Poverty, Hunger and Homelessness
 III. Money-driven Democracy
 II. Serious Human Rights Violation by Law Enforcement Officials
 I. Ineffective Protection of Life and Security of Person
 Foreword
 VI. On Infringement upon Human Rights of Other Nations
 V. On Conditions of Women, Children and Elderly People
 IV. On Racial Discrimination  
 III. On Living Conditions of US Laborers  
 II. On Political Rights and Freedom  
 I. On Life, Freedom and Personal Safety
 Foreword
 VI. On the Infringement of Human Rights of Foreign Nationals
 V. On The Rights of Women and Children
 IV. On Racial Discrimination
 III. On Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
 II. On Political Rights and Freedom
 I. On Life, Liberty and Security of Person
 Foreword
 VII. On the United States' Violation of Human Rights in Other Countries
 VI. On Rights of Women and Children
 V. On Racial Discrimination
 IV. On Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
 III. On Political Rights and Freedom
 II. On Infringements upon Human Rights by Law Enforcement and Judicial Organs
 I. On Life and Security of Person
 VII. On the United States' Violation of Human Rights in Other Countries
 VI. On the Rights of Women, Children, the Elderly and the Disabled
 V. On Racial Discrimination
 IV. On Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
 III. On Civil and Political Rights
 II. On Human Rights Violations by Law Enforcement and Judicial Departments
 I. On Life, Property and Security of Person
 Foreword

 
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V. On The Rights of Women and Children
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The situation of American women and children was disturbing. The rates of women and children physically or sexually victimized were high. According to FBI Crime Statistics, in 2003 the United States witnessed 93,233 cases of raping. Virtually 63.2 in every 100,000 women fell victims. The statistics also showed that every two minutes one woman was sexually assaulted and every six minutesone woman was raped.

The number of women abused and treated at First Aid Centers exceeded one million every year. More than 1,500 women in the United States were killed every year by their husbands, lovers or roommates (The Milenio, Mexico, Sept. 26, 2004). Nearly 78 percentof American women were physically victimized at least once in their lifetime. And 79 percent of the women were sexually abused at least once. A survey released in November 2004 by the US National Institute of Justice showed by the time they concluded four years of college education, 88 percent of the women had experiences of physical or sexual victimization and 64 percent of them experienced both. In the past decade, charges handled by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against sexual harassment on women surged 22 percent (The Sun, Jul. 16, 2004).

Sex crimes in the US military were on the rise. According to the Washington Post (Jun. 3, 2004), from 1999 to 2002 the number of lawsuits against sexual crimes in the US army that were formally filed grew from 658 to 783, up 19 percent. And the numberof rape cases went up from 356 to 445, up 25 percent. The number of such cases rose equally 5 percent between 2002 and 2003. The British Guardian reported on Oct. 25, 2004 that by the end of September 2004 the Miles Foundation had dealt with 242 cases filedbetween September 2002 and August 2003 about US woman soldiers being raped or sexually harassed in Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain or Afghanistan. In addition, there were 431 cases of US women soldiers being sexually harassed at other military bases.

Women's labor and social rights were violated. According to TheSun newspaper (Jul. 16, 2004), the charges handled by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on sexual discrimination againstwomen grew 12 percent in the past decade. In 2004 two cases drew wide attention. They were a bias class lawsuit involving 1.6 million women employees at Wal-Mart and another case involving 340women staffers of Morgan Stanley (New York Times, Jul. 13, 2004).

Moreover, every year over 4.5 million kids in the United Stateswere molested in kindergartens and schools, which amounted to one in every ten (AP, Jul. 14, 2004).

Violent crimes occurred frequently. Studies show nearly 20 percent of US juveniles lived in families that possessed guns. In Washington D.C. 24 people younger than 18 were killed in 2004, twice as many as in 2003 (The Washington Post, Jan. 1, 2005). In Baltimore, 29 juveniles were killed from Jan. 1 to Sept. 27 in 2004. In 2003 35 were killed (The Washington Post, Sept. 28, 2004).

 

A report released by the US Justice Department on November 29, 2004 said about 9 percent of school kids aged 9 to 12 admitted being threatened with injury or having suffered an injury from a weapon while at school in 2003.

More and more schoolers were reluctant to go to school because of security concerns. Child abuses and neglects were widely reported in the United States. The Sun newspaper reported on May 18, 2004 that in 2002, a total of 900,000 children in the United States were abused, of whom nearly 1,400 died.

Every year, 1.98 out of every 100,000 American children were killed by their parents or guardians. In Maryland, the rate was ashigh as 2.4 per 100,000. (Md Child Abuse Deaths Exceed National Average, The Sun, May 18, 2004). The Houston Chronicle newspaper reported on Oct. 2, 2004 that in Texas, each staff of local government departments responsible for protecting children's rights handled 50 child abuse cases every month.

Two thirds of juvenile detention facilities in the United States lock up mentally ill youth; every day, about 2,000 youth were incarcerated simply because community mental health services were unavailable. In 33 states, juvenile detention centers held youth with mental illness without any specific charges against them (http://demonstrats.reform.house.gov/Documents/200408171941-41051.pdf).

The USA Today reported on July 8, 2004 that between Jan. 1 and June 30 of 2003, 15,000 youth detained in US youth detention centers were awaiting mental health services, while children at the age of 10 or younger were locked up in 117 youth detention centers. The detention centers totally ignored human rights and personal safety with excessive use of drugs and force, and failed to take care of inmates with mental problems in a proper way. Theyeven locked up prisoners in cages. There were reports about scandals involving correctional authorities in California, where two juvenile inmates hanged themselves after they were badly beaten by jail police (San Jose Mercury News and Singtao Daily, March 18, 2004).  

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