U.S. human rights violations – through comics

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On March 24, China's State Council Information Officereleased its "Report on Human Rights Violations in the United States in 2020,"recordingAmerica's wanton violations of human rights and blatant disregard of international law.

The report notes that thehaphazard and incompetent response of the U.S. to the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a humanitarian disaster. With less than five percent of the world's population, it had nearly 20 percent of the worldwide COVID-19 death toll by the end of February.

Although it cannot provide adequate protection for its own citizens, it's still touting itself as a global human rights defender and interfering in other countries'internal affairs.

Big talker, little doer. /CGTN

When COVID-19 hit China in early 2020, the Chinese government acted swiftly and contained its spread effectively. In sharp contrast, the U.S. government downplayed the risk and even claimed the deadly virus was a "hoax."

Test no virus, report no virus, there is no virus. /CGTN

Fooling the nation in the "national interest." /CGTN

The information released by the Trump administration concerning the virus was erratic, characterized by rampant anti-mask and anti-vaccine rhetoric, conspiracy theories and rumors. Then President Donald Trump even raised the ridiculous idea of injecting disinfectant to kill the virus.

Get a disinfectant injection? No way! /CGTN

Some netizens commented on the situation with humor and satire:

The pandemic shows that science has been overwhelmed by politics in the U.S. And what is left for scientists to do is to debunk rumors after certain politicians made preposterous claims. This has become an "anti-pandemic spectacle" in the country.

Scientists scramble to pick up Trump's mess. /CGTN

The report also notes that the pandemic led to massive unemployment and that vulnerable groups suffered the biggest collateral damage due to the government's inept response to the pandemic.

U.S. exports the virus through "show-no-mercy" deportations. /CGTN

Ethnic minorities in the U.S.suffered from systemic racial discrimination and live in appalling conditions. African-Americans were three times more likely than whites to be infected with the virus, twice as likely to die, and three times more likely to be killed by police.

America is not a racist country! /CGTN

According to the report,one in four young Asians might becomethe target of racial bullying. Racial hate crimes against Asians also remained high.

In the eyes of a hate crime suspect... /CGTN

TheU.S. democracy in disorderhas triggered political chaos and further torn apart American society. The report points out that people's confidence in U.S. democracy has fallen to a 20-year low.

Can Biden fix the divided states of America? /CGTN

The riots at Capitol Hill triggered by the U.S. presidential election shocked people worldwide, including Americans themselves.

Will America save itself? /CGTN

This reminds many netizens of the riots in Hong Kong in 2019:

The U.S. Capitolriots are similar to the mob attack on the Legislative Council in China's Hong Kong Special AdministrativeRegion in 2019. They have proventhatU.S. human rights and freedom have turnedout to be a matter of location.

Democracy or terrorism? Location matters. /CGTN

The U.S. is bent on adopting "double standards" on human rights and democracy, but it's quite single-minded in thepursuit of unilateralism. The Trump administration brazenly withdrew from important international organizations and treaties such as the WHOand the Paris Agreement, blatantly breaking international rules and laws.

The great American free fall. /CGTN

Apart from withdrawal from international organizations and treaties, the U.S. has also been "quite productive" in taking unilateral sanctions.

Be careful where you swing, Uncle Sam! /CGTN

A forced marriage. /CGTN

No to U.S. hegemonism. /CGTN

Our cartoons only show the tip of the iceberg of the mess concerning human rights and democracy in the U.S. Even so, it seems that the United States has not given up the idea of exporting democracy to the rest of the world. But it is already in deficit. A word of advice: Just give up exporting democracy and save some for yourself!

U.S. democracy deficit. /CGTN

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