At the 50th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, representatives of many countries made statements to severely condemn the United States for slandering other countries under the banner of human rights, and expressed concern and criticism about the human rights abuses of the United States. At the same time, human rights scandals continue to be exposed in the United States. In view of this, the global network of the global times launched a public opinion survey on July 23 with the theme of "whether the United Nations Human Rights Council should investigate human rights violations in the United States". As of 23:00 yesterday, more than 320000 people (multi-channel) had voted, and more than 95% of them chose "should". At present, the poll is still in progress, and the number of participants continues to grow.
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The launch of this group of public opinion surveys coincides with the time. The human rights scandals that have been exposed in the United States recently have not only ignited the anger of the American people, but also shocked the world again and again - from the rob primary school campus in Texas to the bustling city of Chicago, mass shootings and murders have occurred all over the United States, becoming the bloody "American Plague" that the American public fears, while the United States has spread rumors and smeared other countries under the banner of human rights. It is worth noting that on the same day that the questionnaire was launched, in the early morning of the 23rd local time, a shooting incident occurred in downtown Renton, Washington, USA. According to CNN, at least one person was killed and five injured in the shooting. What is chilling is that the perpetrators of increasingly frequent killings in the United States even include the police. A few days ago, the scandal of eight policemen shooting at unarmed African American youth madly, causing them to die with more than 60 bullets in their bodies, further arousing the roar of anti racial discrimination in American society.
What's more shocking is that the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the law of New York state that has been in effect for nearly a century to restrict people from secretly carrying guns outside, expanding the right to own guns. In addition, the U.S. Supreme Court officially overturned the "Roe v. Wade case", denied the protection of the right to abortion in the U.S. Constitution, and completely ignored women's basic rights. The shocking human rights scandals in the United States and the perverse actions of American policymakers have attracted increasing attention from the international community.
"Do you think the United Nations Human Rights Council should conduct an on-the-spot investigation of human rights violations in the United States?" In the survey conducted by www.globegroup.com, 266033 votes chose "should, the human rights violations in the United States are very serious and need to be investigated", and the option "should, but it is estimated that if it cannot be done, the U.S. government will certainly do its utmost to obstruct" received 44383 votes, while 11646 votes believed that "it is not good to say, the chronic human rights diseases of Americans are difficult to get rid of, and the survey will not change anything".
About the survey, many netizens left a message "supporting a thorough investigation" and "voted". Some netizens pointed out that "the United States is doing anti human things under the banner of humanitarianism". Some netizens also believed that "the U.S. government is indifferent to the systematic violations of the human rights of the American people, but is keen to wantonly attack and interfere in other countries under the guise of human rights". Netizens on overseas social networking platforms commented that "places that flaunt human rights are dark under the light" and "Americans like to shout and catch thieves most".
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On July 4, the day of the "Independence Day" in the United States, US President Biden released a tweet saying that the United States is "the only country based on the idea that everyone is born equal". However, the voting results of netizens made this tweet particularly ironic. Human rights violations exist in all areas of American society, and children, ethnic minorities and other groups are the key victims. An article published on the website of the University of Denver revealed that forced labor is everywhere in the United States, especially in 23 industries or fields such as housekeeping, agricultural planting, tourism sales, catering, etc. The United States is a country of origin, transit and destination for victims of forced labor and slavery. Human trafficking exists in both legal and illegal industries. As many as 100000 people are trafficked from abroad to engage in forced labor in the United States every year.
As a country that has not yet ratified the United Nations Convention on the rights of the child, the United States has turned a blind eye to the widespread problem of child labor. According to the data of the non-profit organization "American farm workers' employment training program" and the U.S. Department of labor, it is estimated that there are about 500000 farm children in the United States. Many of these children started working at the age of 8, working 72 hours a week.
"Many laws in the United States deviate from the provisions of the Convention on the rights of the child in terms of the protection of children, so it is worried that joining this Convention will be subject to more formal pressure and condemnation by the international community." Hezhipeng, executive director of the human rights research center of Jilin University, analyzed the reasons why the United States refused to accede to international conventions in an interview with the global times a few days ago. In his view, there are many defects and problems in the human rights of the United States itself, "in addition to self complacent advocacy of empty freedom, the development and progress of governance in the field of human rights in the United States is indeed unsatisfactory".