Worsening human rights situation in US revealed
China DailyA homeless man sleeps on a sidewalk near the City Hall during heavy rain in San Francisco as atmospheric river storms hit California, the United States, on Jan 11, 2023. The Report on Human Rights Violations in the United States in 2023, issued by the State Council Information Office, highlighted the worsening and increasingly polarized human rights situation in the US with facts and figures. Chronic human rights issues such as gun violence, partisan conflicts, police brutality and racial discrimination are prevalent in the US, the report said. Police brutality remains a significant human rights issue, with at least 1,247 deaths caused by police violence last year, the highest number since 2013, according to the report. The human rights issues in the US stem from political polarization that intensifies partisan fights and leads to political decay and the dysfunction of the governance system, said Sun Xihui, an associate researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences' National Institute of International Strategy.