US ‘deeply concerned’ over rising trend of detentions in China

[alp227]

Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The United States said Monday it is “deeply concerned” about the rising trend of disappearances and arrests of human rights activists in China after one of the country’s most famous artists was detained.

Ai Weiwei, 53, an avant-garde artist who helped design the futuristic Bird’s Nest stadium at the Beijing Olympics, has been missing since he was stopped Sunday while preparing to fly to Hong Kong. Police also raided his Beijing studio.

Dozens of Chinese lawyers and activists have vanished, been detained or held under house arrest since February when online calls for protests similar to the pro-democracy uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa started cropping up. At least three people have been indicted for subversion. No major public protests have taken place in China.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/us_deeply_concerned_over_rising_trend_of_detentions_in_china/2011/04/04/AFmrrWeC_story.html

[ixion]

1. And the US has no moral standing to be "concerned" about another country

given we're doing the same thing here.

[xchrom]

2. Ironic that. And down right amusing coming from a dem admin. Nt

[ooglymoogly]

3. The US should be "Deeply concerned" about its own

political prisoners, the largest in the world, and those it is torturing; before it sanctimoniously preaches to another country while it locks up the sick and elderly for trying to alleviate their pain from chemo and other distressing diseases on the pretext of a bogus and criminal drug war.

[pam4water]

4. We have more people per capita in prison in the USA than anyone country in the world. How about

the Us government does something on a problem we have direct control of?

[Bozita]

7. US has less than 5% of the world's population, yet it holds 25% of the prisoners

Just read it here at DU yesterday, but I can't remember which thread.

[defendandprotect]

15. K/R --- !!

[sarcasmo]

5. Pot meet kettle, we are the #1 jailer on the Planet.

[Blacksheep214]

10. Nailed it!

My thoughts exactly!

Does tsunami relief clear the slate of torture? We're not all bad but when we're bad, we're good at it!

I want my country back! The one I can be proud of!

[Liberal Veteran]

6. Oh, now that's rich! That's really rich!

[girl gone mad]

8. Cough, cough..

Bradley Manning.

[madrchsod]

9. us based companies sold the technology to spy on these people

we have no moral standing to criticize any other country in the world

[prairierose]

11. Not only do we have the largest prisoner population in the world...

don't we also have the only privatized prison system in the world?

This country has no business being "concerned" about what other countries are doing with prisoners.

[defendandprotect]

16. +1000% --

[JVS]

12. Deeply concerned enough to apply economic sanctions or deeply concerned enough to STFU?

[freshwest]

13. I can see the Chinese now...

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[defendandprotect]

14. Obama's Guantanamo ... and US's new Prison Industrial System ... what are numbers now???

Well over 2 million thanks to the BS of the Drug War!!!

[Mnemosyne]

17. They weren't very concerned when China stomped into Tibet in 1959. n/t

[FiveGoodMen]

18. What? Are they getting ahead of us?

[plumbob]

19. Really? Deeply concerned? "The Art of Distraction" by Look!

It's Hailey's comet!

Now what were you saying?