Russia, China blast US for human rights
Amid protests, Russia, China urge US to stop lecturing about human rights. ● New violent protests triggered by a grand jury decision not to indict a police officer who killed a black teenager in Ferguson have prompted Russia and China to criticize the US for human rights issues and racial discrimination in the country. Russian Foreign Ministry's human rights envoy Konstantin Dolgov said on Tuesday the protests in Ferguson and other US cities showed serious challenges to the American society and its stability. "Racial discrimination, racial and ethnic tensions are major challenges to the American democracy, to stability and integrity of the American society," the Russian envoy said. "We may only hope that US authorities seriously deal with those issues and other serious challenges in the human rights field in their own country and stop what they have been doing all along recently — playing an aggressive mentor lecturing other countries about how to meet human rights standards," he added. When asked about the violence over the case in the US, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said the case is an internal US affair but no country is perfect regarding human rights. "We can learn from each other in this area," she said.
PressTV: UN rights chief blasts US on race || The UN rights chief warned that there is a deep lack of confidence in the fairness of the justice system in the United States, and urged the authorities to thoroughly examine how “race-related issues are affecting law enforcement and the administration of justice, both at the federal and state levels.” To many protesters, Brown’s death is symbolic of broader racial injustice in America.