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Added on the 24/05/2020 10:26:16 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
NYPD officers are seen arresting two people in Times Square in New York, during a protest calling for justice for Tyre Nichols, as the US city of Memphis releases distressing footage of the fatal police beating of the 29-year-old Black man. IMAGES
Images of candles and flowers at a makeshift memorial at Tobey Park, the skate park Tyre Nichols used to spend time and of the alleged intersection where the 29-year-old was arrested before the fatal assault by five police officers in Memphis, Tennessee. The southern US city braces itself for unrest as authorities prepare to release a video depicting the fatal assault. IMAGES
A crowd of demonstrators gathers in Istanbul to protest against the arrest of Sebnem Korur Fincanci, head of the Turkish Medical Association. The police forcefully disperse the protesters and journalists using their riot shields. Turkish police arrested Fincanci after she called for a probe into the army's alleged use of chemical weapons against Kurdish militants, prosecutors said. IMAGES
People In Russia's former imperial capital, Saint Petersburg, gather in the streets to protest against president Vladimir Putin's decree on a partial military mobilisation in the country, with Russian police arresting a few of the demonstrators. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said that Russia would initially mobilise some 300,000 reservists, after Putin warned in a televised address Russia would use all available military means in Ukraine. IMAGES
Police bundle protesters into armoured prison vans behind bars at a rally at Lekki tollgate commemorating a year since security forces shot at thousands of peaceful protesters gathered at the tollgate in Lagos, on October 20, 2020. IMAGES