TheReportonHumanRightsViolationsintheUnitedStatesin2022:WantonViolationofOtherCountries'HumanRightsandTramplingonJustice_GuangmingOnlineTheReportonHumanRightsViolationsintheUnitedStatesin2022:WantonViolationofOtherCountries'HumanRightsandTramplingonJusticeChinaonMarch28,2023issuedareporttitled"TheReportonHumanRightsViolationsintheUnitedStatesin2022."Thereportconsistsofsixparts,including"DysfunctionalCivilRightsProtectionSystem","Hollowed-outAmerican-styleElectoralDemocracy","GrowingRacialDiscriminationandInequality","WorseningSubsistenceCrisisamongU.S.Underclass","HistoricRetrogressioninWomen'sandChildren'sRights",and"WantonViolationofOtherCountries'HumanRightsandTramplingonJustice."Herearethehighlightsofthesixthpart.--Overseasmilitaryoperationshavecausedhumanitariancatastrophes.OnDec.20,2022,non-profitU.S.mediaoutletCommonDreamspointedoutinanarticletitled"Warren,JacobsAccusePentagonofVastlyUndercountingCiviliansKilledbyUSMilitary"thataccordingtodatafromtheUK-basedmonitorgroupAirwars,U.S.airstrikesalonehavekilledasmanyas48,000civiliansinnearly100,000bombingsinAfghanistan,Iraq,Libya,Pakistan,Somalia,Syria,andYemensince2001.AccordingtodatareleasedbytheCostsofWarprojectatBrownUniversity,sincethe21stcentury,theU.S.governmentundertookwhatitlabeled"counterterrorism"activitiesin85countries,directlykillingatleast929,000peopleanddisplacing38millionpeople.AndtheU.S.militaryoperationsaroundtheworldhaveviolatedfreedomandhumanrightsofpeopleintheUnitedStatesandothercountries.AwomanandtwochildrenwerekilledinU.S.dronestrikesintheAl-HadbaareaofAl-Wadi,Yemen,onNov.30,2022."...theviolencethatcharacterizesthemodernUnitedStatesathomeandinitsconductoverseas--fromtheprevalsenceofgun--relateddeathstothecontroversiesoverpreemptivemilitaryactionanddronestrikes."--Provoking"proxywars"behindthescenes.Inordertopursueitsowninterests,theUnitedStateswastheonebehindthescenestoprovokewarsinothercountriesandregions.ColmQuinn,astaffwriteratForeignPolicy,publishedanarticleonJuly14,2022,sayingthatU.S.operationsarenolongerconfinedtotheMiddleEast,buthavebroadenedingeographicscope,onlymorecovertly.KatherineYonEbright,counselattheBrennanCenterforJustice'slibertyandnationalsecurityprogram,describeditas"lightfootprintwarfare."Underaprogramknownas127e,U.S.specialoperationforcesareauthorizedtotrainproxyforcestocarryoutU.S.missionsabroad.ForeignmilitantshaveaccesstoU.S.arming,training,andintelligencesupportandaredispatchedonU.S.-ledmissionsagainstU.S.enemiesandtowardU.S.objectives.From2017to2020,thePentagonlaunched23"proxywars"underthenameof127eintheMiddleEastandtheAsia-Pacificregion.AtleastadozencountrieshaveparticipatedintheoperationstargetingSyria,Yemen,Iraq,Tunisia,Cameroon,Libya,andothers.--Long-termarbitraryimpositionofunilateralsanctions.Inrecentyears,theunilateralsanctionsimposedbytheUnitedStatesonothercountrieshaveincreasedexponentially,whichhasgreatlyweakenedthecapacityandlevelofhumanrightsprotectionofthesanctionedcountries.BangladeshinewspaperTheDailyStarreportedonDec.28,2022thattheUnitedStates,themostprolificenforcerofunilateralsanctionsintheworld,currentlyhassanctionsinplaceagainstmorethan20countries,includingCubasince1962,Iransince1979,Syriasince2011andAfghanistaninrecentyears.Manyofthemareunabletoprovideessentialfoodandmedicinestotheirpopulations.TheWashingtonPostreportedonJune13,2022,thatnearlyhalfofallAfghansdonothaveenoughtoeat,andchildhoodmalnutritionisontherise.OnDec.20,2022,severalindependentexpertsoftheUNHumanRightsCouncilissuedajointstatementthattheU.S.sanctionsagainstIrancontributetoenvironmentalharminIran,preventallpeopleinIranfromfullyenjoyingtheirrightstohealthandlifeandviolateIranianpeople'srightstocleanenvironment.OnNov.10,2022,AlenaDouhan,UNSpecialRapporteuronthenegativeimpactoftheunilateralcoercivemeasuresontheenjoymentofhumanrights,statedthatunilateralsanctionshaveexacerbatedthesufferingoftheSyrianpeopleandconstituteagraveviolationofhumanrights.TheU.S.wantonimpositionofsanctionshastriggeredhumanrightscrisesinothercountries,whichhasbeenstronglycondemnedbytheinternationalcommunity.OnNov.3,2022,theUNGeneralAssemblyvotedforthe30thconsecutivetimetocondemntheAmericaneconomic,commercialandfinancialembargoofCubawith185outofthe193-memberGeneralAssemblysupportingthecondemnation.--Repeatedlyanddeliberatelyunderminingglobalclimategovernance.TheUnitedStatesistheworld'slargestemitterwiththemostgreenhousegasemissionsincumulativeterms,withitspercapitacarbonemissionsstayinghigh.ItrefusestoratifytheKyotoProtocol,oncearbitrarilywithdrewfromtheParisAgreement,anddelayedfulfillingitscommitmentsundertheGreenClimateFund.EvenafterreturningtotheParisAgreement,theUnitedStateshasnotyetturneditscommitmentsintoactions.Instead,ithasusedtheissueofclimatechangeasapartisantoolforpoliticalmanipulation.AccordingtoestimatesreleasedbytheU.S.economicresearchcompanyRhodiumGrouponJan.10,2023,theU.S.greenhousegasemissionsincreasedby1.3percentyear-on-yearin2022.ThecountrylackssincerityandeffectivenessinfulfillingtheobligationsundertheParisAgreement.TheCostsofWarProjectreleasedbyBrownUniversityfindsthattheU.S.DefenseDepartmentisoneoftheworld'stopgreenhousegasemitters.Post-9/11U.S.militaryactionsaroundtheglobehave"contributedsignificantly"toclimatechange.--Exclusiveimmigrationpoliciescreatetragedies.TheUnitedStatesarrestsmigrantsonalargescaleinitssouthernborderarea,creatingaseriousofhumanitariancrises.Nearly2.4millionmigrantswerearrestedattheU.S.borderin2022,anincreaseof37percentover2021andthehighestnumbereverrecorded.Migrants'righttolifeisseriouslythreatened.FoxNewsreportedonOct.22,2022that856migrantsdiedattheU.S.southernborderin2022,thehighestnumberonrecord.MexicoNewsDailyreportedonNov.16,2022thatTexasGovernorGregAbbottdeclaredan"invasion"ofmigrantsatU.S.-Mexicoborder,sayingthathewouldtakemeasuressuchasdispatchingtheNationalGuardtoexpelillegalimmigrantsanddeployinggunboatstosecurebordersecurity.CNNreportedonDec.16,2022thatU.S.immigrationpoliciesputmigrantsandasylumseekersatrisk,withthousandsabducted,sexuallyassaulted,orviolentlyattacked.Theimmigrationpolicyhasbeenseverelytornapartduetopoliticalpolarization.Migrantshavebeenreducedtoatoolofpartisandivide,facingextremexenophobiaandcrueltreatment.Thefarceof"dumping"migrantshasbeenstagedonalargescale.CNNreportedonDec.26,2022thatmorethan100migrants,includingchildren,weretransportedtoWashingtonD.C.andabandonedontheroadsideonChristmasEvein2022.Thetemperaturewasbelowfreezing,andsomemigrantsworeonlyT-shirtsinthefrigidweather.VolkerTürk,theUNHighCommissionerforHumanRights,criticizedtheU.S.government'sborderimmigrationpolicyasathreattothebasicrightsofasylumseekersandunderminesthefoundationofinternationalhumanrightsandrefugeelaw.--RefusingtocloseGuantanamoBaydetentioncamp.GuantanamoBaydetentioncamp,establishedin2002,oncehelduptoabout780people,mostofwhomweredetainedwithouttrialandweresubjectedtocruelandinhumantreatment.Thecampis"anuglychapterofunrelentinghumanrightsviolations"bytheUnitedStates.FionnualaNíAoláin,theUNSpecialRapporteuronthepromotionandprotectionofhumanrightsandfundamentalfreedomswhilecounteringterrorism,andotherindependentexpertsissuedajointstatementinJanuary2022,pointingoutthatthenotoriousGuantanamodetentionfacilityis"astainontheU.S.Government'scommitmenttotheruleoflaw."TheydemandedthattheU.S.governmentcloseitandprovideremedyandreparationforthoseegregiouslytorturedandarbitrarilydetained,andholdthosethatauthorizedandengagedintortureaccountableasrequiredbyinternationallaw.Editor:DisclaimerTheviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisarticlearethoseoftheauthor's,GMW.cnmakesnorepresentationsastoaccuracy,suitability,orvalidityofanyinformationonthissiteandwillnotbeliableforanyerrors,omissions,ordelaysinthisinformation.