China Assails U.S. ‘Arrogance’ in Report on Religious Freedom
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JULY 31, 2012, 12:12 AM
By MARK MCDONALD
HONG KONG The United States has issued its annual report on religious freedom around the world, taking particular aim at repression and crackdowns in China, North Korea and Myanmar. China shot back that the report was full of prejudice, arrogance and ignorance.
More than a billion people live under governments that systematically suppress religious freedom, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said in remarks summarizing the new report.
New technologies have given repressive governments additional tools for cracking down on religious expression, Mrs. Clinton said. Members of faith communities that have long been under pressure report that the pressure is rising.
In terms of religious freedom as a human right, she said, the world is sliding backwards.
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