Stories about Protest from June, 2020
The future of protest in Uganda
There are parallels between police brutality in the US and Uganda, a country still haunted by the ghosts of its violent past.
For black and indigenous people in Central America, Black Lives Matter
"It's a racist, predatory and murderous system that they have been selling all over the planet as the best place on earth to live."
Despite COVID-19 restrictions, Spain’s extreme right supporters protested in Madrid
"Fascism is also a virus"
‘Born fi dead': The Caribbean looks at the George Floyd protests and sees itself
"This Minneapolis fight was Marcus Garvey’s fight; it was Martin’s fight; it was Malcolm’s fight; it was Marley’s fight. It’s a Caribbean fight and it’s a global fight."
‘To speak of George Floyd, it is necessary to speak of my own failures’
"I think of. . . all the times I've bitten my tongue while my uncles raged on about the grotesquerie of blacks, their laziness, their ineptitude, their savagery."
Hongkongers strive to remember Tiananmen crackdown despite ban on candlelight vigil
The pretext for the ban this year is coronavirus, but an incoming national security law will likely make the three-decade-old vigil illegal.
As COVID-19 accelerates digital transformation, is the internet safe for women in the Middle East?
Women activists and journalists experience are particularly targeted online in attempts to intimidate, sow disinformation and discredit their work.