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DPRK says Ferguson protests expose human rights abuse in U.S.

(Xinhua)    21:02, November 28, 2014
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PYONGYANG, Nov. 28 -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Friday lashed out at the U.S. human rights record, saying the ongoing mass protests against racial discrimination exposed severe human rights abuse in the United States.

Protests have taken place in about 170 U.S. cities including Boston, Los Angeles and New York and at least 196 people have been arrested since a grand jury decided Monday not to indict white police officer Darren Wilson in the Aug. 9 shooting death of Michael Brown -- an 18-year-old African American.

"This is a clear proof of the real picture of the United States as tundra of human rights where extreme racial discrimination acts are openly practiced," a DPRK foreign ministry spokesman was quoted by the official KCNA news agency as saying.

The U.S. wrongful standards on human rights have provoked concerns all over the international community including its allies, the spokesman said.

He added it is ironic that the United States, despite being a human rights abuser itself, always gauges other countries' human rights records with its own problematic standards.

On Tuesday, Pyongyang held a mass rally of 100,000 soldiers and citizens on the Kim Il Sung Square in protest of a U.N. human rights resolution on the DPRK, which it claimed was part of a U.S.-led human rights "racket" aimed to bring down its social system.

(Editor:Du Mingming、Bianji)
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