UN rights body holds urgent debate on systemic racism, police brutality
The Human Right Council on Wednesday afternoon began an urgent debate on current racially inspired human rights violations, systemic racism, police brutality and violence against peaceful protests, in the follow-up to the killing of George Floyd in the United States.
Another police killing of a black man stokes US tension, debate
The fatal shooting of a black man by a white police officer, this time in Atlanta, Georgia, poured more fuel Sunday on a raging US debate over racism after another round of street protests and the resignation of the city's police chief.
Atlanta police chief steps down after officer's fatal shooting of African American man
Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields stepped down on Saturday after an officer fatally shot Rayshard Brooks, an African American, on Friday night in the US city in Georgia State.
British Museum's Black Lives Matter posts mocked by global netizens
The British Museum might not have expected its “Black Lives Matter” tweets to be greeted with derision by global netizens, who asked the museum to return the exhibits that the UK illegally took from other countries over the centuries.
Pompeo accusing China of using Floyd's death to produce propaganda is 'slander': Chinese FM
With the number of confirmed cases in the US surpassing 1.9 million and mas-sive protests triggered by the death of George Floyd raging across the country, it is very "sad" to see that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has a mouthful of lies and spreads slanders all day long, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Monday.
Memorial for George Floyd held in New York City
Thousands of New Yorkers gathered on Thursday for a memorial service to honor the life of George Floyd, whose death last week has sparked protests across the United States and beyond over police brutality and racism.
Independent autopsy finds George Floyd died of 'asphyxiation from sustained pressure'
An independent autopsy found that George Floyd died of "asphyxiation from sustained pressure", US media reported on Monday.
Unable to tolerate US double standards, Chinese netizens adopt Pelosi's phrase 'a beautiful sight' to describe US protests
Chinese netizens calling US nationwide protests "a beautiful sight to behold" is not encouraging riots and violence, but just mocking US double standards, as the country described the Hong Kong riots as "a beautiful sight" but aggressively cracked down on domestic anti-racism protests, analysts said.
Information China can draw from US' protests
The protests have reflected numerous issues in the US, but I would like to discuss the phenomenon from a different perspective, namely the valuable information China can draw from the US protests.
Minneapolis to dismantle police department as pressure against violent policing mounts
The Minneapolis City Council on Sunday voted to dismantle the city's police department, of which four former officers were charged over their involvement in the death of an unarmed black man that triggered widespread global protests.
Protesters march across US
Tens of thousands of peaceful protesters rallied for racial justice Saturday in cities across the United States following the death of George Floyd, as the movement triggered by his killing at police hands entered a second weekend.
DC mayor asks Trump to withdraw federal law enforcement, troops dealing with protests
Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Friday requested that President Donald Trump "withdraw all extraordinary federal law enforcement and military presence" in the nation's capital after the president sent in forces to tackle the protests related to the death of George Floyd.
POTUS' military reliance worrying
“Battlespace” was the word used by Defense Secretary Mark Esper to describe protest sites in the US.
PM orders investigation as Australian news crew assaulted by U.S. police during protest
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison called for an investigation as an Australian journalist and a cameraman were violently assaulted by U.S. police during a demonstration in Washington D.C.
Protests a blow to Trump, but may still beat Biden: analysts
While the anti-racism protests continue to spread in the US, polls for the 2020 presidential election has cast a shadow on President Donald Trump as he trails his presumptive opponent former vice president Joe Biden in more than 40 national polls.
Trump says unrest in Washington a 'total disgrace'
US President Donald Trump on Monday slammed protests in Washington in which some property and monuments have been vandalized.
US service industry giants condemn racism but critics say profiling persists
As racial justice protests have swept the US, leading retailers have taken to social media to proclaim their commitment to equality.
Chinese netizens call for solidarity against anti-Asian discrimination
Chinese netizens echoed protestors from Japan and South Korea who support the Black Lives Matter movement and called for solidarity to support racial equality, including Asians who have suffered discrimination amid the coronavirus.
Silence is 'complicity,' say many white protesters
As massive crowds take over streets across the United States in support of black lives, "white silence is violence" has become a recurring theme, a push to spread awareness that discrimination in a country built on racism extends far beyond police brutality.
Protests in Los Angeles continue after 2,500 in custody in five days
Authorities in Los Angeles have taken approximately 2,500 people into custody between Friday and Tuesday morning after a mix of peaceful protests and property destruction rocked the city.
US embroiled by civil unrest
US President Donald Trump vowed on Monday to order a military crackdown on the once-in-a-generation violent protests gripping the US, saying he was sending troops onto the streets of the capital and threatening to deploy soldiers to states unable to regain control.