The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2004

The United States publishes an annual report on the status of human rights in various countries around the world. Not surprisingly though, it doesn't rate its own human rights record. In what is clearly intended to be retaliation for the US report's accusations of China's record, the Information Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China has issued a report on conditions in the US. This is a little like the pot calling the kettle black, but that doesn't automatically make the content less valid.