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USA

America's legacy of inter-racial violence stripped bare

It has been 50 years since unarmed marchers from Selma, Alabama set out in defiance of repression in 1965, to demonstrate African-Americans’

18/06/2015

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Video shows Israeli soldiers beating unarmed Palestinian demonstrator

15/06/2015

USA

Pool party outcry: US police officer resigns

A US police officer has resigned after footage emerged of him wrestling a black teenager to the ground at a pool party in Texas.

10/06/2015

USA

McKinney: Viral video raises fresh questions about US police brutality

Racially-motivated violence, or unruly teens antagonising the authorities? Fresh questions are raised about racial bias in the US police force as a video emerges of an officer pushing a teenage girl t

09/06/2015

USA

US police officer suspended after pulling gun on a teenager

A Texas police officer has been suspended after a video surfaced on social media of him pushing a teenage girl to the ground and pulling a gun on

09/06/2015

Mexico

Violent clashes ahead of Mexico's mid-term elections

A day ahead of midterm elections in Mexico anti-Government protesters have violently clashed with police. The government has moved some 40,000

07/06/2015

Ukraine

Violence erupts at Kyiv gay pride march

Around 150 supporters of LGBT rights came under attack from far-right groups. Police arrested around 25 so-called "hooligans".

06/06/2015

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Police clash with Palestinian protesters amid Jerusalem light festival

04/06/2015

Portugal

Portuguese authorities investigate alleged police brutality against Benfica fan

Portuguese authorities have launched an official investigation after a video of alleged police brutality went viral. Jose Magalhaes says he had been

20/05/2015

Portugal

[Watch] Portuguese police beat football fan in front of his child

19/05/2015

Egypt

Security forces' sex attacks 'surge' in Egypt

19/05/2015

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Violent demonstrations persist in Burundi

19/05/2015

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Violent clashes in Burundi

13/05/2015

France

French ombudsman investigates video of police crackdown on migrants in Calais

An amateur video released by a migrants’ rights group shows a crackdown by police near the French port city of Calais. The rights’ group has

12/05/2015

World News

Ethnic tensions in FYR Macedonia are re-ignited after weekend of violence

Tensions within the former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia have been re-ignited by Saturday’s day-long gun battle between police and what the

11/05/2015

Republic of North Macedonia

22 killed in Macedonia gun battle

Eight police officers and 14 members of an armed group have been killed after a day-long gun battle in the former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia

10/05/2015

Republic of North Macedonia

Macedonia police strike against 'armed group' sparks instability fears

Macedonian police have launched an operation in the ethnically mixed northern town of Kumanovo against armed and uniformed men believed to be ethnic

09/05/2015

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Deadly anti-government demonstrations in Burundi

05/05/2015

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Anti-racism protest becomes violent in Tel Aviv

04/05/2015

USA

Six Baltimore officers charged in Freddie Gray police killing

Six Baltimore police officers have been arrested in connection with the death of a black man who suffered a fatal neck injury while riding in a

01/05/2015