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BEIJING, March 12
(Xinhua) -- China's Information Office of the State Council published a
report titled "The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2009"
here Friday. Following is the full text:

The State Department of the United States released its Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2009 on March 11, 2010, posing as
"the world judge of human rights" again. As in previous years, the
reports are full of accusations of the human rights situation in more
than 190 countries and regions including China, but turn a blind eye to,
or dodge and even cover up rampant human rights abuses on its own
territory. The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2009 is
prepared to help people around the world understand the real situation
of human rights in the United States.

I. On Life, Property and Personal
Security

Widespread violent crimes in the United States posed threats
to the lives, properties and personal security of its people.

In 2008, U.S. residents experienced 4.9 million violent
crimes, 16.3 million property crimes and 137,000 personal thefts, and
the violent crime rate was 19.3 victimizations per 1,000 persons aged 12
or over, according to a report published by the U.S. Department of
Justice in September 2009 (Criminal Victimization 2008, U.S. De... >>>