Posted on 12/10/2014 9:15:11 AM PST by SeekAndFind
BEIJING (AFP) - China on Wednesday urged the United States to "correct its ways" after a damning US Senate report detailed use of torture by the CIA.
"China has consistently opposed torture," Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei told a regular briefing.
"We believe the US side should reflect upon itself, correct its ways and earnestly respect and abide by the rules of international conventions."
Rights groups say China's own justice system is riddled with abuses and that it is not uncommon for confessions to be extracted through torture.
Beijing says it attaches great importance to human rights and that it carries out detentions in accordance with the law.
In a report that has drawn international calls for criminal prosecution, the US Senate said that CIA torture of Al-Qaeda suspects was far more brutal than acknowledged and failed to produce useful intelligence.
China and the US regularly spar over human rights, with Washington expressing concern over the detention and jailing of prominent rights activists by China's communist authorities.
BEIJING (AFP) - China on Wednesday urged the United States to "correct its ways" after a damning US Senate report detailed use of torture by the CIA.
"China has consistently opposed torture," Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei told a regular briefing.
"We believe the US side should reflect upon itself, correct its ways and earnestly respect and abide by the rules of international conventions."
Rights groups say China's own justice system is riddled with abuses and that it is not uncommon for confessions to be extracted through torture.
Beijing says it attaches great importance to human rights and that it carries out detentions in accordance with the law.
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Exactly.
Oh, man, we are so burned being scolded by a country that Shoots its dissidents!
We kill our enemies with drones too, heaven help us.
But by golly we are waterboard free!
and .....unfortunately......we can toss John McCain on the heap of seemingly unaware boobs who are making up our national policies. It is so sad to see fairly intelligent people stoop to the level of the rosenbergs and benedict arnold in their dealings with the free people of the world.....very sad.....
Oh man, this gets better by the day.
What a joke
yeah, and North Korea is a democracy with free speech and stuff....
Democrats elated.
Which is why they oppose it. Torture would put stress on the person and possibly damage vital organs needed for the market and/or committee members.
Snakes don’t wait 6 years to strike.
Pity the Chinese can’t harvest her organs...
China, FU and MYOB....
China lecturing the United States regarding torture.
LMAO
Tell that to the fifty million dead after the revolution comrads.
Always does my heart good to see that photo.
Indeed. Lives, fortunes, and Sacred Honor are the price of liberty, to be paid in each and every generation.
Yes, I agree.
The United States resolutely condemns China for meddling in our own internal affairs... Ha ha.
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