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New York: Independent UN human rights experts appealed on Friday for the new United States Government to adopt wide ranging reforms to end police violence and address systemic racism and racial discrimination. more
Human Rights Council calls on top UN rights official to take action on racist violence

New York : The UN’s top rights official, Michelle Bachelet, is to spearhead efforts to address systemic racism against people of African descent by law enforcement agencies, the Hum ...

Some 3,000 People Rally in Vienna in Solidarity With Floyd Protesters - Police

Vienna/Sputnik: Approximately 3,000 people have joined the Black Lives Matter (BLM) rally in front of the United States embassy in Austria’s Vienna on Friday, the local police told ...

Moving forward requires confronting slavery’s ‘racist legacy’: UN chief

New York : In his message for the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, observed on Wednesday, the UN Secretary-General called for ...

Much work needed to ‘target unacceptable levels’ of racism in Ecuador: UN experts

New York: Ecuador must implement and enforce laws and policies to protect the rights of Afro-Ecuadorians, the UN Working Group on People of African Descent said on Monday, calling for an ...

Promote tolerance, respect diversity, UN chief urges ahead of International Day against racial discrimination

New York:  People worldwide are being encouraged by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to think about how they can better promote tolerance, inclusion and respe ...

Racism in US casts ‘dark shadow’ over rights to free assembly, association – UN expert

New York, July 29 (Just Earth News): The United States is struggling to live up to its ideals in the area of racial, social and economic inequality, which is negatively affecting the exercis ...