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The UN's human rights chief urges countries to confront the legacy of slavery and colonialism and to make reparations. Addressing an urgent debate on racism and police brutality called at the UN Human Rights Council, Michelle Bachelet says countries "need to make amends for centuries of violence and discrimination, including through formal apologies, truth-telling processes and reparations in various forms." IMAGES
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
Anti-racist protesters gather outside Belfast City Hall in response to an anti-immigration demonstration, following ten days of racist and Islamophobic rioting across the UK. The two demonstrations, which are taking place in the same place, are divided by a heavy police presence. IMAGES
Anti-racist demonstrators march in Birmingham after rallying in front of a centre for migrants and refugees to oppose days of far-right violence that have UK police on high alert. Demonstrators hold a banner reading "Birmingham stand up to racism" as nightly riots, during which mosques and migrant targets have been attacked, have erupted across towns and cities in England and Northern Ireland since three children were murdered on July 29. IMAGES
People rally against racism in Birmingham, north-west of London, in response to reports of continued far-right demonstrations. Counter-protesters gather in the Jewellery Quarter, in front of a centre for migrants and refugees, while holding placards reading "Fascism is not welcome", "Oppose Tommy Robinson, stop fascism and the far-right", and "Refugees welcome here". IMAGES
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