The protests against the death of George Floyd have taken a decidedly international dimension this past week.
President Xi of China to meet with Hong Kong’s protesters to bring about a “happy and enlightened ending to the Hong Kong problem.”
Protesters kneel and react by a burning barricade during a demonstration Tuesday, June 2, 2020 in Paris.But Trump's envoy to the United Nations Kelly Craft rejected that, telling reporters Friday,"There is no moral equivalence between our free society, which works through tough problems like racism, and other societies, which do not allow anything to be discussed because they are authoritative regimes.
U.S. criticism of China and Iran focussed on support for anti-government protests throughout 2019, as well as criticism of those regimes' clampdowns on free assembly. People march through Parliament Square in central London, May 31, 2020, to protest against the recent killing of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis.With scenes of looting and police crackdowns taking place in the world’s most powerful democracy, what kind of impact does that have on how human rights organizations conduct their work around the world?
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