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Addressing an urgent debate on racism and police brutality called at the UN Human Rights Council, Michelle Bachelet criticises the "gratuitous brutality" on display in the killing of George Floyd in the United States, warning that it has "come to symbolise the systemic racism that harms millions of people of African descent". IMAGES
Several thousand demonstrators gather in Paris to protest against 'systemic racism' and 'police brutality', while around 30,000 people are expected in several French cities. The demonstrations have been led for over a month by the radical left and other organisations, and are being closely monitored by a large security force. IMAGES
Images show a police bus and Memorial supporters outside the Russian human rights organisation's office as police search the inside. Russian authorities have launched a criminal case against Oleg Orlov, the co-chair of the nobel prize-winning human rights organisation, for "discrediting" the army. The searches took place as President Vladimir Putin hosted Chinese leader Xi Jinping for talks. IMAGES
Peggy Hicks, director of Thematic Engagement at the UN Human Rights office, says that systemic racism against black people has to be dismantled, as she presents a UN report on racial justice and equality following the killing of George Floyd, in Geneva. SOUNDBITE
Protesters march against police brutality in Minneapolis, after the police officer charged with killing George Floyd, the African American whose death sparked a mass protest movement, was released from a Minnesota jail on Wednesday on a $1 million bail.
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