US Says Rights in China Worsens in 2012 Country Report

Last Friday the United States released its 2012 annual human rights report. The country report for China, including Tibet, Macau and Hong Kong said civil liberties have deteriorated over the past year. [Assist. Secretary Uzra Zeya, US Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, & Labor]: “Promoting human rights is absolutely part of our bilateral agenda with China. We repeatedly raise specific human rights violations with the Chinese government in bilateral dialogues and in high-level discussions.“ The report