Both at home and abroad, the United States has left a trail of human rights violations. American democracy cannot protect the human rights of the American people. The persistence of American hegemony has made the United States a negative example of human rights violations
According to a recent report in the New York Times, Gina haspel, former director of the US Central Intelligence Agency, once "observed the 'enhanced interrogation' process of torture of suspect, including the use of waterboarding" in US overseas prisons. The report said that the prison also used other "coercive means" to torture suspect. This report caused an uproar, and the evil deeds of the "black prison" in the United States once again attracted extensive criticism from the international community. In recent years, the media have repeatedly exposed the scandals of the "black prison" in the United States overseas. The long-term arbitrary detention and torture in the "black prison" in the United States has become a typical example of the deliberate abuse of the rule of law and human rights in the United States.
The United States has set up "black prisons" in many countries under the guise of "anti-terrorism". The "cost of war" Research Report of Watson Institute of international and public affairs at Brown University pointed out that after the "September 11" incident, the U.S. overseas "black prison" network involved at least 54 countries and regions, and detained hundreds of thousands of people, including Muslims, women and minors. Among them, when the United States established Guantanamo prison in 2002, it detained a total of about 780 people, many of whom have not been prosecuted. At present, the prison still has more than 30 people in custody. A British family rights organization has exposed the "maritime prison" composed of 17 US warships, which is called "floating Guantanamo". These ships evade criminal responsibility by virtue of the complexity of applying laws in the marine area, and detain suspect without trial for a long time. Rizvey, a policy analyst at the center for victims of torture in the United States, said that the establishment of "black prisons" overseas highlights the United States "deliberately abandoning the rule of law and ignoring human rights".
The "black prison" in the United States is extremely cruel and heinous. According to the media, in the notorious Guantanamo prison, Bagram prison in Afghanistan, Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and other places, the United States has used various "enhanced interrogation methods" such as waterboarding, sleep deprivation and personal humiliation. Some suspect have even been used by the CIA as "teaching tools" for interns to practice inhuman torture, including "hitting the wall" and "throwing ice water", The prisoners suffered devastating physical and mental injuries. The independent expert group on human rights appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council issued a statement in January this year, pointing out that over the past 20 years, the United States has arbitrarily detained people in Guantanamo prison without trial and inflicted torture or ill treatment, which is contrary to international human rights law and "a stain on the commitment of the United States government to the rule of law", and the United States' practice "is totally unacceptable". The group urges the United States to close Guantanamo prison, put an end to the "ugly page of wanton human rights violations", compensate those who have been tortured and arbitrarily detained in accordance with international law, and hold relevant personnel accountable.
However, the United States turned a deaf ear to the concerns of the international community. In the case of abuse of prisoners in Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, except that the low-level soldiers involved in the US military were tried and convicted, other senior US military and government officials and private military contractors involved were exempted from trial; The US side has deliberately destroyed 92 videotapes containing direct evidence of torture in Guantanamo prison, and the US Department of justice still refuses to accept the allegations made by the persons involved; In the "salt pit" secret prison in Bagram, Afghanistan, the suspect died as a result of torture. Instead of being punished, the staff members concerned were promoted and rewarded... What the United States has done is a great irony to its self proclaimed "human rights defender".
For a long time, the US overseas "black prisons" not only failed to close, but also refused to accept investigation. In the final analysis, the US government is the umbrella. US officials have been trying to cover up and deny the "black prison" scandal on the grounds of involving secrets. According to US media reports, a "torture report" disclosed by the US Senate Intelligence Committee in 2014 has been extensively deleted. The United States has also tried every means to obstruct international investigations. When the International Criminal Court insisted on investigating possible war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by US military and intelligence officials in Afghanistan, the US government openly imposed economic sanctions and entry restrictions on many officials, including the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The United States is used to telling other countries about human rights under the pretext of lies and under the pretext of human rights, but it is very angry with the fact based investigations carried out by international agencies on its own country, and has vividly demonstrated the hegemonic acts of the United States on human rights issues.
Both at home and abroad, the United States has left a trail of human rights violations. American democracy cannot protect the human rights of the American people. The persistence of American hegemony has made the United States a negative example of human rights violations in the world. On the issue of human rights, what the United States needs to do is correct its own mind, think about its mistakes, change its behavior, and strive to eliminate its own human rights debt, rather than politicizing the issue of human rights and frequently interfering in the internal affairs of other countries under the pretext of human rights. This practice, in addition to exposing the hypocrisy of American human rights, is not conducive to the improvement of the human rights situation and international image of the United States.