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China tells US to 'correct its ways' after torture report
The Straights Times ^ | 12/10/2014

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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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: California; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: california; china; cia; diannefeinstein; terrorism; torture; waterboarding
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To: rlmorel

Exactly.


21 posted on 12/10/2014 9:38:42 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (The only people in the world who fear Obama are American citizens.)
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To: SeekAndFind
One wonders what the Chinese would recommend...


22 posted on 12/10/2014 9:44:10 AM PST by Carry_Okie (Those who profess noblesse oblige regress to droit du seigneur.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Oh, man, we are so burned being scolded by a country that Shoots its dissidents!


23 posted on 12/10/2014 9:45:15 AM PST by CodeToad (Islam should be outlawed and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: CodeToad

We kill our enemies with drones too, heaven help us.

But by golly we are waterboard free!


24 posted on 12/10/2014 9:51:38 AM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: terycarl
it is dangerous to every freedom loving person on Earth and that is no exaggeration at all...FRIGHTENING

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.....

25 posted on 12/10/2014 9:53:19 AM PST by terycarl (common sense prevails over all)
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To: rdcbn
Now we have China lecturing us on torture?

Oh man, this gets better by the day.

26 posted on 12/10/2014 10:02:22 AM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin ( Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you,)
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To: SeekAndFind

What a joke


27 posted on 12/10/2014 10:02:26 AM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: SeekAndFind

yeah, and North Korea is a democracy with free speech and stuff....


28 posted on 12/10/2014 10:02:59 AM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: GeronL

29 posted on 12/10/2014 10:05:54 AM PST by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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Democrats elated.


30 posted on 12/10/2014 10:06:41 AM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Robert357

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.


31 posted on 12/10/2014 10:07:50 AM PST by edpc (Wilby 2016)
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To: F15Eagle

Snakes don’t wait 6 years to strike.


32 posted on 12/10/2014 10:14:38 AM PST by jmcenanly ("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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To: F15Eagle

Pity the Chinese can’t harvest her organs...


33 posted on 12/10/2014 10:18:48 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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To: SeekAndFind

China, FU and MYOB....


34 posted on 12/10/2014 11:08:56 AM PST by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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To: SeekAndFind

China lecturing the United States regarding torture.

LMAO

Tell that to the fifty million dead after the revolution comrads.


35 posted on 12/10/2014 11:13:19 AM PST by DoughtyOne (GOP. GOPe. GOPeGads! GOPeWWWWWWWWWWWWW...)
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To: Carry_Okie

Always does my heart good to see that photo.


36 posted on 12/10/2014 11:14:00 AM PST by DoughtyOne (GOP. GOPe. GOPeGads! GOPeWWWWWWWWWWWWW...)
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To: DoughtyOne
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.

37 posted on 12/10/2014 1:26:57 PM PST by Carry_Okie (Those who profess noblesse oblige regress to droit du seigneur.)
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To: Carry_Okie

Yes, I agree.


38 posted on 12/10/2014 3:24:36 PM PST by DoughtyOne (GOP. GOPe. GOPeGads! GOPeWWWWWWWWWWWWW...)
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To: Carry_Okie
"One wonders what the Chinese would recommend"

Tanks make a much bigger impression than torture alone.
39 posted on 12/10/2014 8:50:51 PM PST by clearcarbon
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To: ExCTCitizen

The United States resolutely condemns China for meddling in our own internal affairs... Ha ha.


40 posted on 12/11/2014 5:10:11 PM PST by kevin_in_so_cal
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