State-run China Central Television (CCTV) on Sunday aired a documentary outlining the US practice of leaving many of its own problems unsolved while interfering in other countries' internal affairs, thus establishing a double standard on human rights-related issues.

The 45-minute TV program drew upon extensive media reports from both inside and outside the US and on interviews with human rights experts from China, the US, France, Canada, Russia and Switzerland to reveal how the US infringes on American people's human rights in all walks of life.

In 2015, more than 560,000 people across the US were homeless, 25 percent of whom were minors; the state of Florida's primary women's prison - Lowell Correctional Institution, where 2,696 convicts are held - is rampant with corruption, torture of prisoners, and sexual abuse; hundreds of thousands of women are subject to sexual harassment and sexual assault, and many women are subjected to discrimination at work, the documentary explained, citing media reports.

According to the documentary, one-quarter of teenagers aged 15 and above who succumb to injuries in the US die in shooting incidents, while the Federal Bureau of Investigation forces Internet companies to provide clients' information without court approval.

The program showed that the US has a double standard on practically every human rights-related issue, which is revealed both by its invasion of citizens' privacy through online surveillance and civilian deaths caused by its drone attacks in Pakistan, Yemen and other foreign countries.

The US has been quite condescending toward other countries, believing that it has the best system and human rights record, and as a result, it tends to find fault with other countries, Ji Hong, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said in the program.
Newspaper headline: CCTV documentary shows US infringes on citizens’ rights