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Thousands took to the streets across Australia on Saturday, as did hundreds in Tokyo and Seoul to support US protests against police brutality, while demonstrations were expected around Europe later in the day.
The rolling, global protests reflect rising anger over police treatment of ethnic minorities, sparked by the May 25 killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis after a police officer detaining him knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes as fellow officers stood by.
Demonstrations in Asia Pacific, however, were limited by social-distancing curbs aiming at stopping the coronavirus pandemic.
In the United States on Friday, prominent Democratic politicians adopted the slogans of the protests and announced reforms to curb police abuses, as tensions remained high in major cities after days of largely peaceful protests that saw sporadic violence.
Read more here. (Bangkok Post)
The rolling, global protests reflect rising anger over police treatment of ethnic minorities, sparked by the May 25 killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis after a police officer detaining him knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes as fellow officers stood by.
Demonstrations in Asia Pacific, however, were limited by social-distancing curbs aiming at stopping the coronavirus pandemic.
In the United States on Friday, prominent Democratic politicians adopted the slogans of the protests and announced reforms to curb police abuses, as tensions remained high in major cities after days of largely peaceful protests that saw sporadic violence.
Read more here. (Bangkok Post)
