BEIJING, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Racial discrimination in the United States sees no improvement, and non-whites do not enjoy equal political, economic and social rights, says a report on the U.S. human rights record issued on Sunday.
Ethnic Americans' rights to vote are limited, even some Asian-American voters were obstructed at voting stations during the presidential election in November 2012, says the report, titled "the Human Rights Record of the United States in 2012," which was released by China's State Council Information Office.
As of 2010, more than two million African-Americans were stripped of their right to vote, says the report, citing media reports.
Racial discrimination is rampant in the field of law enforcement and justice, as police were reported to tend to be more lenient to whites, it says, adding that ethnic Americans are discriminated against in the job market, and their economic well-being worsens as a result.
Religious discrimination is also rapidly on the rise, with an increase in insults and attacks against Muslims. In one case, a U.S. film director last year made a film that was insulting to the Prophet Muhammad and posted it online, which triggered waves of protests in the Muslim world.
Citing a latest poll released by American media, the report says 51 percent of Americans now express explicit anti-African-American attitudes, three percentage points higher than that in 2008.
Besides, the rights of illegal immigrants are violated. Deaths often occur in immigration detention centers.
Some United Nation human rights experts and South Florida Haitian rights advocates call for the U.S. to suspend all deportations to Haiti, as it may constitute human rights violation, and may place life threats to the Haitians, according to the report.
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