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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
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III. Serious problems of racial discrimination
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Racial discrimination is the most serious social problem plaguing the United States. The US administration's handling of Chinese American scientist Wen Ho Lee's alleged spy case once again revealed that racial discrimination is prevalent in the United States.

Without any FBI evidence to prove Lee's alleged act of espionage, the US Department of Justice indicted Lee on charges of illegal use of classified information and other charges.

The report said a former FBI head had been involved in an act similar to Wen Ho Lee, but he was only prohibited further access to any classified documents.

However, Lee has been under surveillance by FBI agents for over one year and has been held in prison without bail.

People widely believe that Lee has been unfairly targeted because of his Chinese heritage.

The US bi-monthly Workers' World pointed out in its December 23 issue that a US survey conducted in October 1999, indicated that racial prejudice is deeply rooted in US culture: a fact that Americans either do not realize or do not willingly admit.

Racial discrimination is a nationwide phenomena in the United States. Though the number of African Americans stands at only 13 per cent of the total US population, the number of black prisoners accounts for 49 per cent of all US prison inmates.

The number of imprisoned black women is eight times higher than that of white women. An investigation released by a US medical treatment association in March showed that 15.3 per cent of the whites are under the poverty line, while 45.7 per cent of Hispanics and 42.5 per cent of blacks are poor.

A September report by a US immigration research centre indicated that the poverty rate of immigrants rose by 123 per cent between 1979 and 1997, and the population of poor immigrants grew from 2.7 million to 7.7 million.

Between 1989 and 1997, among the poor population, 3 million were immigrants, accounting for 75 per cent of the newly increased poor population in the country. A March 17 report by Efe showed that whites get an average 12.8 years of education in the United States, while blacks partake in 11.8 years and Hispanics 9.3 years on average.

Among whites in New York, at least three out of 10 people have college degrees, while less than 10 per cent of the Hispanics and blacks in the city have received a university education.

In the United States, the black, Hispanic and American Indian populations account for 24 per cent of the US total. But the number of doctors of these races only stands at 7 per cent of the country's total doctors. According to US statistics from 1996, the expected average life expectancy of a white male is 74 years, and 80 years for a white female, while the average for a African-American male and female are 66 and 74 years respectively.

The infant mortality rates for black and native Americans are much higher than whites as well.

The infant mortality rate of these infants are 2.0 and 1.5 times higher that than that of white infants.

The report also indicated that 38 per cent of Hispanics and 24 per cent of blacks in America do not have medical insurance, while only 14 per cent of whites have no medical insurance.

Black farmers are discriminated against in obtaining preferential loans, and the ethnic people are also discriminated against in receiving medical treatment for AIDS. Police brutality stemming from racial discrimination frequently occurs in the United States. A survey of the black and Hispanic residents by the New York Times on March 16, 1999 showed that 55 per cent of the Hispanics and 63 per cent of the blacks believed that police violence is on the rise. Some 67 per cent of Hispanics in the United States believed that the US police are biased in favour of whites.

The US police all too often suspect people of colour (black, Hispanics) are guilty of crime, even when little or no evidence is available to support their charges. According to a report from a human rights watch group released in San Francisco, California, in March of 1999, of the people killed or injured when shot by police, 75 per cent are minorities or from low-income districts.

US Attorney General Janet Reno has reported that in the past five years, the Justice Department has dealt with over 300 cases of police abuse of power. On February 5, 1999, four New York police officers opened fire on a 22-year-old black West African immigrant and killed him, shooting him 24 times, saying they mistook him for a suspect. The high-profile case has come to symbolize the violent behaviour of American police.

The New York Times reported on May 2, 1999, that black families, either rich or poor, are afraid of being mistaken as criminals and shot by police.

Race-related killings are also on the rise. Various white supremacy groups have formed throughout the country, based on the principle that all black, Jewish, and Asian people are inferior and are constantly arranging racially motivated acts of violence.

Statistics indicated that the number of such hate groups has increased from 474 in 1997 to 537 in 1998.

The US Department of Justice has announced that out of nearly 9,000 murder cases in 1998, over half are race-related.

The statistics released by the Department of Justice in 1999 showed that between 1992 and 1996, 124 of every 1,000 native Americans over 12 years old were victims of criminal acts. The figure is twice that for black children and 2.5 times more than the country's average.

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