The top U.N. human rights body will hold an urgent debate on allegations of 'systemic racism, police brutality and violence against peaceful protests' in the United States on Wednesday, a statement said.
Delegates, wearing protective face masks, attend the resuming of a United Nations Human Rights Council session before an urgent debate on allegations of"systemic racism, police brutality and violence against peaceful protests" in the United States following the death of George Floyd druing the coronavirus disease outbreak in Geneva, Switzerland, June 15, 2020 Fabrice Coffrini/Pool via...
The decision by the U.N. Human Rights Council followed a request last week by Burkina Faso on behalf of African countries, it said in a statement on Monday. “The death of George Floyd is unfortunately not an isolated incident,” said the African group’s letter made public by the United Nations. “The numbers of previous cases of unarmed people of African descent who met the same fate because of uncontrolled police violence are legion,” the letter said.
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