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‘Hypocrites’: Bollywood actors slammed over George Floyd stand

Several Bollywood stars have been labelled "hypocrites" after speaking out against racism to lend support to global protests while promoting products in India designed to make people's skin lighter. The actors were also trolled and accused of "cowardice" for their refusal to call out the attacks on India's minorities, mainly Muslims, while protesting against the killing of George Floyd in the United States. A series of A-list Bollywood actresses, including […]

today8 June 2020

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Kathrada Foundation calls for probe into Collins Khoza’s death to be re-opened

The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation has called for thorough investigations to be conducted in cases where people have died in police custody, or shortly after being assaulted by law enforcement agents, and for the investigation into the death of Collins Khoza in Johannesburg to be reopened. Police officers or soldiers involved in brutal attacks must be held accountable if they are found to have violated basic human rights, the foundation said […]

today8 June 2020

International News

Keith Scott autopsy shows Charlotte police shot him 4 times

A black man shot dead by police in Charlotte, North Carolina last month sustained four wounds, two of which killed him immediately, a private autopsy reportedly shows. Police have neither released their own autopsy, nor charged the white officer involved. “The cause of death is two, penetrating, indeterminate range gunshot wounds to the back and abdomen,” Keith Lamont Scott’s family’s autopsy report read, according to the Washington Post. The forensic […]

today13 October 2016

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