ASMARA (Reuters) - Eritrea accused Washington on Saturday of hypocrisy over the release of the annual U.S. human rights report, saying in the wake of prison abuse scandals it had no moral grounds to criticize other nations.
The State Department report, which covered countries around the world, said Eritrea's record on human rights had worsened and the government continued to commit serious abuses.
"The U.S. administration has no legal or moral ground to point its fingers at other countries on human rights issues or to act as a self-appointed court," Information Minister Ali Abdu said on Saturday.
"As far as Eritrea is concerned, this is ridiculous ... and at a time when we are reading the gruesome reports from Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay," he told Reuters, referring to charges of human rights abuses committed in U.S.-run prisons.
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