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Raisethefist.com: US voices concern about China rights
US voices concern about China rights
by anonymous Wed Jul 25 19:44:15 PDT 2012
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THE US says the human rights situation in China is deteriorating and it is time for its government to allow dissent.
Assistant Secretary of State Michael Posner said the US message to the Chinese government was to follow economic progress with human-rights progress.
He was speaking on Wednesday after an annual US-China human rights meeting.
The closed-door meeting that ended in Washington on Tuesday is a chance to broach Beijing's treatment of democracy activists and religious and ethnic minorities, a perennial sore point in relations with Washington.
Posner, whose portfolio covers democracy, human rights and labour issues, said there was growing frustration among many Chinese people who could not express their differences with the government.
Posner said: "Our message to the Chinese government is you've made progress on the economic front, this is the moment to open up the space to allow people to dissent, to question government actions and to do so without fear of retribution."
He said the US raised dozens of persecution cases involving lawyers, bloggers, activists, journalists and religious leaders.
He declined to share China's responses, but said the visiting delegation had questioned America's own human rights record, asking about discrimination and prison conditions.
The Chinese delegation was led by Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for International Organisations and Conferences Chen Xu. China's embassy in Washington did not respond to an email seeking comment on the meeting.
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