[Opinion] United States' double standards on human rights?

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On August 12, 2025, The Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation issued a statement expressing deep disappointment with the U.S. Department of States’ "2024 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices" released on the same day. The statement pointed out that the report is biased, lacks factual basis, and is riddled with inaccuracies. It further noted that the United States, having withdrawn from the United Nations Human Rights Council and with its own well-documented human rights issues—including its treatment of refugees and due process violations by agencies such as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)—has no right to unilaterally assess the human rights situations of other countries.

According to a report by African News Network, international relations analyst Zimkhita Nene believes the "2024 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices" are entirely hypocritical. Movements in the United States such as "Black Lives Matter" and "Say Their Names" have exposed the existence of institutionalized violence specifically targeting people of color within the country.

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And with the murder of George Floyd in 2020, the prison labor in Minnesota, the US corporations' use of "blood minerals" from DRC, the recent detention of South Korean workers by the U.S. authorities, I don't know why the United States had the guts to lecture on other countries what human rights are.