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Oxford, Jun 9 (EFE/EPA).- Municipalities in England and Wales governed by the main opposition Labor Party will consider removing statues of historical figures involved in slavery and colonialism, the party said Tuesday.The move follows an incident Sunday in the southwestern port city of Bristol, where Black Lives Matter protesters pulled down a statue of slave trader Edward Colston and dumped it into the harbor.The United Kingdom is among the many countries around the world that have seen demonstrations in solidarity with the mass mobilization in the United States sparked by the May 25 death of African American George Floyd at the hands of police. (Camera: WILL OLIVER). SHOT LIST: BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTERS GATHER IN FRONT OF OXFORD UNIVERSITY'S ORIEL COLLEGE IN OXFORD, UNITED KINGDOM, TO DEMAND THE REMOVAL OF A MONUMENT TO COLONIALIST CECIL RHODES.
London, Dec 3 (EFE) .- (Camera: Judith Mora) 'Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850). Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and founder of the London Metropolitan Police (Scotland Yard) profited from the slave trade. ' In light of the Black Lives Matter movement, the British Parliament now sets out to tell the whole story of its most illustrious members with a dark past.FOOTAGE OF STATUES RELATED TO SLAVERY IN LONDON (ROBERT PEEL, WILLIAM GLADSTONE). SOUNDBITES OF PAUL BOATENG, UK'S FIRST BLACK CABINET MINISTER.
Anthony Joshua and Francis Ngannou come face to face during the official weigh-in on the eve of their boxing clash in Saudi Arabia. IMAGES
Phnom Penh, Jan 14 (EFE/EPA).- A Cambodian court on Thursday began a mass trial of more than 60 people linked to the country's opposition party and critics of the government facing charges such as treason and incitement.Sixty-one defendants were summoned to appear in court Thursday out of around 120 people, mostly affiliated with the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), which was dissolved by the country's Supreme Court in 2017 in the run-up to the 2018 general election. The party was the only threat to the rule of strongman Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party (CPP), which went on to take all seats in parliament.(Camera: KITH SEREY)SHOT LIST: B ROLL OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT IN PHNOM PENH WHERE THE MASS TRIAL OF MORE THAN 60 PEOPLE LINKED TO THE COUNTRY'S OPPOSITION IS TAKING PLACE.
The UN's human rights chief urges countries to confront the legacy of slavery and colonialism and to make reparations. Addressing an urgent debate on racism and police brutality called at the UN Human Rights Council, Michelle Bachelet says countries "need to make amends for centuries of violence and discrimination, including through formal apologies, truth-telling processes and reparations in various forms." IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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