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‘Roma Lives Matter’: Protests Erupt in Teplice
"Rise up Roma!" chanted a crowd of around 500 as they rallied in Teplice, a small city in the north of the Czech Republic, on Saturday in memory of Stanislav Tomas. A week earlier the 46-year-old died in an incident that activists compare to the murder of George Floyd by police in the US.
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US ex-cop sentenced to over 22 years for George Floyd murder
Former policeman Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison on June 25 for the murder of African American George Floyd, the killing that sparked America's biggest demonstrations for racial justice in decades.
‘Czech Floyd’ Illustrates Struggles of Roma Lives Matter
The video has sparked anger among Roma organisations and comparisons with the death of George Floyd in the US. Michal Miko, head of Romanonet - a network of Czech Roma NGOs - condemned the incident as "the height of brutality".
US marks slavery’s end on new 'Juneteenth' national holiday
With marches, music and speeches, Americans on June 19 celebrated "Juneteenth," the newly declared national holiday that marks the end of slavery and which comes a year after George Floyd's murder sparked anti-racism protests.
'The Night Watchman,' Malcolm X biography win arts Pulitzers
Stories of race, racism and colonialism in the U.S. swept the Pulitzer Prizes for the arts, from Louise Erdrich's novel "The Night Watchman" to a Malcolm X biography co-written by the late Les Payne to Katori Hall's play "The Hot Wing King."
Teen who recorded Floyd’s arrest, death wins Pulitzer nod
The teenager who pulled out her cellphone and began recording when she saw George Floyd being pinned to the ground by a Minneapolis police officer was given a special citation by the Pulitzer Prizes on June 11 for her video that helped to launch a global movement to protest racial injustice.
Biden decries 'horrific' Tulsa massacre in emotional speech
An emotional President Joe Biden marked the 100th anniversary of the massacre that destroyed a thriving Black community in Tulsa, declaring on June 1 that he had "come to fill the silence" about one of the nation's darkest, and long suppressed, moments of racial violence.
New Dutch exhibition takes unflinching look at slavery
The delicacy of one of the first objects in new exhibition at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum belies its brutality. At the end of a thin iron rod are the artistically interwoven letters GWC, used to brand the initials of a Dutch trading company into the skin of enslaved workers.
US announces probe into Minneapolis police
The U.S. Justice Department announced on April 21 an investigation into the Minneapolis police, a day after a white former officer was convicted of murdering George Floyd, signaling the Biden administration's intention to use federal powers to clean up systemic police abuse.
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Guilty verdict for George Floyd’s killer brings relief, calls for wider justice
Americans anxiously awaiting a verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin reacted with jubilation and relief on Tuesday after a jury found the former Minneapolis police officer guilty of murdering George Floyd during an arrest last May.