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Friends and family of Nicolas Guerrero lit candles near the spot where he was killed during a protest
Police
Families seek justice for youth killed while protesting last year
Hands hold a round white cloth circle with George Floyd's face in the middle that reads, "Justice 4 all stolen lives"
Race
Report: UN rights chief Bachelet calls for states to ‘stop denying and start dismantling racism’
Protesters block a road in downtown Cali using ropes and burning wood. One of them uses a home made shield that says “Cali Resists" 
Police
‘Police have to realize that they also make mistakes’: Colombian protesters demand reform, empathy
An arm with an orange band with black letters spelling out "Police"
Police
‘Our phones are our only weapon’: French citizens demand police reform to address racism
Police officers carry heavy, black guns.
Police
A year after George Floyd’s murder, New Zealand reckons with its own police reform
Residents walk near a doorway scared with bullet holes after a police raid against alleged drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 6, 2021. 
Police
‘This is a war scene’: Rio residents grieve, protest against deadly police raid
Police at night lining the street with police cars in the background with their lights on
Police
Report: Police treatment of African Americans in the US amounts to crimes against humanity
African American Mayor Mike Elliott poses in a dark gray suit
Justice
Brooklyn Center mayor on Chauvin trial: Black people can no longer tolerate ‘a state of terror’
Riot police detain a man during clashes in the northern city of Thessaloniki, Greece, March 11, 2021.
Technology
Greek police roll out new ‘smart’ devices that recognize faces and fingerprints
A Black American man wears glasses and a blue suit jacket and speaks via video with a blue background
Global Politics
International lawyers and activists organize independent inquiry into US police violence
A demonstrator reacts during a protest against racism after João Alberto Silveira Freitas was beaten to death by security guards at a Carrefour supermarket in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Nov. 23, 2020.
Black man’s death by security guards in Brazil sparks outrage, protests
A man is shown in a white shirt and wearing a backpack with his arms raised.
Protest
Nigeria protesters break curfew amid gunfire, chaos in Lagos
A man reacts with his hand raised amid a large crowd protesting restrictions due to COVID-19.
COVID-19
Roma persecution intensifies during the coronavirus pandemic in Europe
Medical students walk past a Cuban flag as they check door to door for people with symptoms amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in downtown Havana, Cuba, May 12, 2020.
COVID-19
As Cuba battles coronavirus, activists see an opening to protest police brutality
A woman and a man hold signs and candles lit up in the dark outside
Protest
How violent protests in South Korea became a thing of the past
People hold posters as they take part in a demonstration against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, at the Emancipation park in Kingston, Jamaica, June 6, 2020.
Violence
Amid global protests, Jamaicans confront their own problems with policing 
A hand holds a transgender flag
LGBTQ
This trans woman sparked Kuwait’s biggest LGBTQ movement in history
Chief Allan Adam of Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation exits the passenger seat of a truck before his violent arrest by Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers, in a still from police dashcam video obtained during legal discovery, in Fort McMurray, Al
Human rights
Video of police beating Indigenous chief fuels ongoing anti-racism protests in Canada
Visitors look at a memorial at the site of the arrest of George Floyd, who died while in police custody, in Minneapolis, June 14, 2020.
COVID-19
Why many in public health support anti-racism protests — with some precautions amid coronavirus
Paul Whelan is shown standing in a glass enclosed box wearing a sweater with two men standing out side of the glass wearing balaclavas.
Top of The World
Russia, Philippines hand down controversial convictions; Beijing lockdowns return; New Zealand sports fans return to stadiums
A Seattle police officer wears a "mourning band" for fallen officers over his badge, obscuring the badge number, as Seattle police guard the department headquarters downtown during a rally and march calling for a defunding of Seattle police, in Seattle, W
Justice
US may be violating international law in its response to protesters, UN expert says
President Trump holds up a Bible.
US politics
Never before have threats to US democracy been so grave, says political scientist
Smoke in front of the White House as riot police stand with a protester in the foreground.
Protest
Former CIA analyst sees parallels between Trump protest response and social unrest abroad
A man sits under a graffiti depicting African American man George Floyd, who was killed by a police officer in Minneapolis, in Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya.
Protest
Police killing of George Floyd strikes a chord in Kenya
People wearing protective face masks hold up signs during a protest
Protest
Concerns of structural racism ‘deeply existential,’ UN special rapporteur says
A crowd of people with the camera focused on a woman in a face mask
Top of The World
COVID-19 deaths rise in Brazil; Iceland quashes virus; World leaders respond to systemic racism
Men in police uniform kneel on an urban street.
Conflict & Justice
No. 1 rule for police: Defend human rights, says Ukraine’s former police chief
Plumes of smoke rise into the sky over buildings.
Top of The World
As protests against police brutality continue, Twitter sanctions Trump tweet ‘glorifying violence’
A student leans over a candle at a memorial with lots of photos and paintings
Protest
How one protester’s death by Colombian riot police polarized the movement
A demonstrator holds a sign reading "Black Lives Matter" in a dark photograph taken in low light.
Conflict & Justice
The death of a black man in Brazil parallels Eric Garner, sparking BLM protests
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton
Global Politics
In Nigeria, many stayed up late for the drama, not the content of the US presidential debate
laquan mcdonald protests
Justice
Journalist: Black activists need black-only spaces. Here’s why we should respect that.
laquan mcdonald
Justice
Breaking the blue wall of silence: A quest for police transparency
Baltimore city firefighters walk past a West Baltimore residence that was set ablaze after the funeral of Freddie Gray on April 28, 2015.
Justice
As Baltimore burns, community leaders condemn violence but urge reform
Cartoon posted to NyanHline's Brainwave Facebook page which is devoted to expressions of protest over the violence directed at Burmese students carrying out a 400-mile march from Mandalay to Yangon. The peacock is an image that goes back to the 1988 prote
Conflict
Students in Myanmar document government thugs through cartoons
A demonstrator sits in front of a street fire during a demonstration following the grand jury decision in the Ferguson, Missouri shooting of Michael Brown, in Oakland, California on November 25, 2014.
Justice
Just like in Ferguson, police shootings in South Africa prove nothing is ‘post-racial’ just yet
A pro-democracy protester faces a police cordon as demonstrators continue to block an area outside of the government headquarters building in Hong Kong.
Global Politics
Protesters in Hong Kong denounce police tactics after beating is caught on video
A police officer patrols the street as a little girl watches from her doorstep in the Tivoli Gardens neighborhood of Kingston, Jamaica, on May 27, 2010.
Justice
As Ferguson unfolds, a death in Jamaica resurrects the island’s history of police brutality
Conflict & Justice
Thousands mourn a Turkish teenager who was on his way to buy a loaf of bread
Conflict & Justice
Thousands mourn a Turkish teenager who was on his way to buy a loaf of bread
Conflict & Justice
The Libya Effect in Bahrain
Conflict & Justice
Nicholas Kristof Reports on Police Attacking Bahrani Protesters
Top of the Hour: Crackdown in Bahrain, Morning Headlines
Conflict & Justice
Update from Bahrain