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THOUSANDS took to the streets of Paris on Saturday as they marked the fourth anniversary of the death of Adama Traore, a black man who was killed in police custody.
His death in July 2016 sparked protests against police brutality and racial injustice in France, where at least 101 police-related deaths are currently under investigation.
His sister Assa Traore said: “My brother withstood the weight of those three gendarmes for nine minutes. Today we are insisting, we are asking that the facts be recategorised as voluntary homicide.
A society that grows accustomed to ‘undesirable’ people also grows accustomed to undesirable deaths. Minneapolis serves as a wake-up call, including for our own refugee policies, writes MARC VANDEPITTE
A November 15 protest in Mexico – driven by a right-wing social-media operation – has been miscast as a mass uprising against President Sheinbaum. In reality, the march was small, elite-backed and part of a wider attempt to sow unrest, argues DAVID RABY
