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Here is a round-up of global reactions to his death and the demonstrations that have convulsed the United States in the past week.The Pope decried racism over Floyd’s killing — along with “self-destructive and self-defeating” violent protests that followed across the US.He was not the only religious leader to speak out. Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also chimed in — with a more political message.
“What is happening in the United States is an echo of what is happening in France,” said Traore’s sister Assa at the marches, where police arrested 18 people Further protests have been called in Portugal’s capital Lisbon on Friday, Poland’s Warsaw on Saturday and several Spanish cities on Sunday.What started out as a campaign among music industry executive quickly swept across social media, with stars from Rihanna, Drake and Kylie Jenner posting a stark black square to their Instagram feeds on Tuesday with the hashtag #BlackOutTuesday.
Russia also said one of its journalists had been hurt in the protests, the foreign ministry demanding “urgent measures to prevent journalists from becoming targets of police impunity”.The UN rights chief slammed “structural racism” in the US and the “unprecedented assault” on journalists covering the protests in fresh comments Wednesday.
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