
US criticised by UN for human rights failings on NSA, guns and drones
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Among the other issues that came under the committee’s withering gaze were:
· the proliferation of stand-your-ground gun laws
· enduring racial disparities in the justice system, including large numbers of black prisoners serving longer sentences than whites;
· mistreatment of mentally-ill and juvenile prisoners;
· segregation in schools;
· high levels of homelessness and criminalization of homeless people;
· racial profiling by police, including the mass surveillance of Muslim communities by the New York police department.
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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/13/us-un-human-rights-abuses-nsa-drones