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UN rights chief slams ‘structural racism’ in US after protests

3 June 2020, 7:54 pm Edit

The UN rights chief decries Wednesday “structural racism” in the United States, and voices alarm at the “unprecedented assault” on journalists covering protests across the country after George Floyd’s death in custody.

“The voices calling for an end to the killings of unarmed African Americans need to be heard. The voices calling for an end to police violence need to be heard. And the voices calling for an end to the endemic and structural racism that blights US society need to be heard,” Michelle Bachelet says in a statement.

“What has been happening is an unprecedented assault on journalists,” she adds.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet listens during a meeting with Venezuela’s Education Minister Aristóbulo Istúriz, at the Foreign Ministry, in Caracas, Venezuela, June 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

— AFP

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