UN Report: Human Rights Violations On The Rise In America

America has one of the worst human rights records in the world today. In a recent United Nations [UN] review released this Monday, the UN offered a scathing review and cited America’s police violence and racism as examples.

However, the list also included maltreatment of children, breaches in privacy, ?secret jails, and voter suppression.

The UN review reveals what many here in this country already know: Washington has a multitude of shortcomings and is guilty of human rights violations.

U.S. police involvement in criminal abuse and racism dominated the conversation. Police abuses included sexual harassment, rape, and overcrowded jails. The eavesdropping on American citizens was also noted.

“I’m not surprised that the world’s eyes are focused on police issues in the U.S.,” said Alba Morales, who investigates the U.S. criminal justice system at Human Rights Watch.
“There is an international spotlight that’s been shown [on the issues], in large part due to the events in Ferguson and the disproportionate police response to even peaceful protesters,” she said.

Anticipating the comments to come, James Cadogan — a senior counselor to the U.S. assistant attorney genera –?told delegates gathered in Geneva:

“The tragic deaths of Freddie Gray in Baltimore, Michael Brown in Missouri, Eric Garner in New York, Tamir Rice in Ohio and Walter Scott in South Carolina have renewed a long-standing and critical national debate about the even-handed administration of justice. These events challenge us to do better and to work harder for progress ? through both dialog and action.” [See Source]

America’s Human Rights Violations Stretch Across the Globe

The UN review only detailed some of the most dramatic aspects of human rights violations in America. In fairness, most even-minded Americans knew of these human right violations and the review did not come as a surprise. It’s less known violations that raise this writer’s eyebrows. Like the Utah Data Center.

The center constitutes a small town and is devoted entirely to gathering information on American citizens. This information gathering goal is to get information on what virtually everyone is doing all the time through their electronic activities. People who find themselves on this NSA affiliated projects radar in terms of human rights violations regarding privacy are?unconscionable.

It has become evident to the everyday citizen that our legal system cannot be depended upon to protect us. There has been this making up the law as we go along and abuses in the “Extraordinary Rendition” doctrine in which the American government has acted outside the law.

What is ?Rendition?

Extraordinary rendition or irregular rendition is the government sponsored kidnapping and extrajudicial transfer of a person from one country to another. The United States and the United Kingdom are known to have “renditioned” prisoners to nations known to practice torture, called torture by proxy.

In the United States, the first well-known rendition case was that of an airline hijacker abducted in Italy and brought to the U.S. for trial, authorized by President Ronald Reagan. President Bill Clinton authorized extraordinary rendition to nations known to practice torture. During the administration of President George W. Bush, hundreds of so-called “illegal combatants” (often never charged with any crime) were “renditioned” to other countries for torture by proxy, and to U.S. controlled sites for a torture program called enhanced interrogation. Extraordinary rendition continued with reduced frequency in the Obama administration: those abducted have been interrogated and subsequently taken to the US for trial.

In the case of the United Kingdom, the government of Prime Minister Tony Blair sent prisoners to be tortured in Saudi Arabia and Libya.

Extraordinary rendition remains a clear violation of international law and due process. In July 2014, the European Court of Human Rights condemned the government of Poland for participating in CIA extraordinary rendition, ordering Poland to pay restitution to men who had been abducted, taken to a CIA black site in Poland, and tortured. Overall, 54 countries are known to have been involved with US extraordinary renditions. [See Source]

To combat these human rights violations, we as Americans need to form groups to raise the awareness to this rising problem in America. We must band together to defend ourselves from these human rights violations.?We The People just cannot depend on the “rule of law” to protect us any longer.

The behavior of our government through two administrations has been counter to our Constitution and have resulted in mass human rights violations here at home and abroad.?The UN review, however, did give the Obama administration high marks for taking active steps to break this cycle of human rights violations as noted in the following.

  • Promoting same-sex marriage
  • Fighting discrimination against transgender children in school
  • Executive action on illegal immigration
  • Helping illegal alien children who cross the border
  • Protecting privacy rights against government surveillance
  • Trying to close the Guant?namo Bay prison for terror detainees
  • Revoking ?torture? memos for interrogating terrorists
  • Passing Obamacare
  • Expanding food stamps
  • Regulating ?carbon pollution? to fight climate change

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