Belgium Belgian police chief steps aside after custody death video emerges The video shows officers forcefully restricted Jozef Chovanec's movements in a cell at Charleroi airport, with one officer sitting on him for a long time. Another officer made an apparent Nazi salute during the incident. 20/08/2020
Germany German police investigated after pinning youth with knee Duesseldorf police said in a statement that a video of the incident is "being intensively analysed and evaluated with regard to how the police intervened." 17/08/2020
France Three French police officers charged over chokehold death Cedric Chouviat, 42, died after being pinned to the ground by arresting officers. Video footage of the arrest reveal he said "I'm suffocating" at least seven times. 17/07/2020
Germany Statue of Lenin calmly erected in West Germany The tiny Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany erected the first statue of Lenin ever on former West German territory. 20/06/2020
no comment Mourners demand justice at George Floyd's funeral "We are fighting wickedness in high places," said civil rights leader Al Sharpton in his eulogy at George Floyd's funeral. 10/06/2020
View Africa is enslaved in debt. Black lives should all matter, whether in Minneapolis or Mombasa ǀ View 08/06/2020
