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BEIJING Xavier Woods Cowboys Jersey , Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Gun violence is rampant in the U.S., according to the Human Rights Record of the United States in 2013 released by China on Friday.
The report was released by the Information Office of China's State Council, or the Cabinet, in response to the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2013 issued by the U.S. State Department on Thursday.
The report said, there are 11,000 Americans killed by gun violence every year.
It cited the Uniform Crime Reports Jourdan Lewis Cowboys Jersey , released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 2013, as saying firearms were used in 69.3 percent of the nation's murders, 41 percent of robberies, and 21.8 percent of aggravated assaults.
It added, every year, there is serious gun violence in the U.S.. It cited the Attorney General Eric Holder as saying the average number of mass shooting incidents has tripled in recent years. According to Justice Department figures on mass shootings Byron Jones Cowboys Jersey , 404 people were shot and 207 people were killed from 2009 to 2012.
According to a report published on the USA Today on December 16, 2013, 137 people died in 30 mass killings - four or more people killed, not including the killer - in 2013, the Human Rights Record said.
American citizens keep the world's largest number of privately owned guns. As of 2013, there were about 300 million guns in the U.S.. The U.S. government failed to take effective measures to control guns Maliek Collins Cowboys Jersey , according to the report.
Moreover, the report pointed out, the number of violent crimes has risen sharply.
The Human Rights Record cited the Uniform Crime Reports, as saying the U.S. registered 1,214,464 violent crimes in 2012 Jaylon Smith Cowboys Jersey , of which 14,827 are murders and non-negligent manslaughters, 84,376 forcible rapes, 354,522 robberies and 760 Chidobe Awuzie Cowboys Jersey ,739 aggravated assaults.
The report also quoted U.S. official statistics as saying the rate of violent victimization increased from 22.6 victimizations per 1,000 persons age 12 or older in 2011 to 26.1 in 2012.
BERLIN, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Homo, trans and bisexual Germans areincreasingly exposed to crimes on account of their sexualorientation, a report by the Federal Interior Ministry released onWednesday shows.
The official statement was a response to a query by Green partypolitician and LGBT rights activist Volker Beck. It revealed that130 politically-motivated crimes in the category of sexualorientation have been committed between January and the end of July2017. A total of 102 such crimes were recorded during the sameperiod last year.
Most crimes fell into the categories of violent assault,robbery Taco Charlton Cowboys Jersey , blackmail or hate speech. The official document describes35 of the 130 incidents as motivated by right-wing politicalideology. In one case "foreign ideology" and in four cases"religious ideology" are given as the probable cause. Authoritieswere unable to determine a motive for the remaining 90 cases.
Beck said that "alarm bells should be ringing" in light of a 30percent increase in crime against the LGBT community.
The German Association of Lesbians and Gays (LSVD) has called onfederal and regional governments to become more active on the sideof prevention, as well as prosecuting suspects more vigorously.
While Justice Minister Heiko Maas shied away from making anyconcrete announcements in response, he described the statistics as"shameful."
"Homophobia must not have any place in our society," Maassaid.
In June, the German Federal Parliament (Bundestag) approved thesame-sex marriage in an historic vote. Enditem
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Brazilian Odebrecht holding group is changing the names and logos of all its companies this month Sean Lee Cowboys Jersey , as part of a strategy to distance itself from the Petrobras corruption campaign, which revealed Odebrecht paid millions in bribes across the Americas.
According to the Folha de Sao Paulo daily on Monday, while the name of the holding group will not change, the name Odebrecht will be removed from all businesses such as "Odebrecht Oil and Gas" and "Odebrecht Real Estate Developments."
The red color of the Odebrecht brand and its traditional font will also be eliminated.
The first brand to undergo this change will be Braskem, the largest petrochemical company in Latin America. While Braskem will keep its name, it will lose the associated name of Odebrecht. This will also be the case of the Foz and Enseada brands.
Marcelo Lyra Terrance Williams Cowboys Jersey , vice-president and responsible of communications for Odebrecht, said the company is undergoing a process to recover its reputation and meeting demands from its clients and the public.
These changes go against a decision taken in 2013 by then president, Marcelo Odebrecht, who decided to unify the Odebrecht brand by using the name for all its businesses.
Marcelo Odebrecht, the former president of the company, was jailed for 19 years in 2016 for corruption.
However Cole Beasley Cowboys Jersey , this change is in line with a statement by the company last December, in which it accepted the blame for its crimes, and recognized having taken part in "improper practices."
Odebrecht is accused of paying bribes to public officials in exchange for government contracts in at least 13 Latin American and African countries.
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