China hits back on US rights record

BEIJING - China on Friday retorted the US criticism and distortions of its human rights situation by publishing a report of the US human rights record.

The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2011 was released by the Information Office of China's State Council, or cabinet, in response to the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2011 issued by the US State Department on May 24.

As in previous years, the reports are full of over-critical remarks on the human rights situation in nearly 200 countries and regions as well as distortions and accusations concerning the human rights cause in China.  However, the United States turned a blind eye to its own woeful human rights situation and kept silent about it, China's report said.