WASHINGTON (AP) ? The United States said Wednesday that the human rights situation in China is deteriorating and it is time for its authoritarian government to allow dissent.
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Michael Posner was speaking after an annual U.S.-China human rights dialogue that ended in Washington on Tuesday.
The closed-door dialogue is a chance to broach Beijing's treatment of democracy activists and religious and ethnic minorities, a perennial sore point in relations with Washington.
Posner, whose portfolio covers democracy, human rights and labor issues, said there is growing frustration among many Chinese people that they don't have the ability to express their differences with the government.
"Our message to the Chinese government is you've made progress on the economic front, this is the moment to open up the space to allow people to dissent, to question government actions and to do so without fear of retribution," he told reporters.
Posner said the U.S. raised with the Chinese several dozens of individual cases of those persecuted that include lawyers, bloggers, nongovernment group activists, journalists and religious leaders.
He declined to characterize China's responses. Their delegation was led by Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for International Organizations and Conferences Chen Xu.
China's embassy in Washington did not respond to an email seeking comment on the dialogue.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/us-says-human-rights-deteriorating-china-152146683.html
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