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Demonstrators hold up lighted signs spelling out “Black Lives Matter” during a protest in Boston, Massachusetts, November 25, 2014. Hundreds of protesters marched through Boston one day after Missouri police officer Darren Wilson was not charged for the fatal August shooting of the unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES – Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW) – RTR4FM1E

Black Lives Matter Describes Israel as “Apartheid State”

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 12, 2016 | Middle East

Tel Aviv – The U.S.-based Black Lives Matter movement has called Israel an “apartheid state” and said it is joining the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign over acts of “genocide against the Palestinian people”. Black Lives Matter and The Movement...

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Angry Demonstrations Continue for a Fifth Day in Several US States

by Heba El Koudsy | Jul 12, 2016 | World

Demonstrations and protests in several US states continue for the fifth day in a row. Demonstrators are protesting against the killing of two black men in Louisiana and Minnesota at the hands of the police. These killings led to reprisal shootings against police...

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Obama: U.S. is not Divided…Dallas Sniper Doesn’t Represent African-Americans

by Heba El Koudsy | Jul 10, 2016 | World

Washington – President Barack Obama had rejected the violence in Dallas, Texas following the sniper incident that killed policemen. Obama spoke to the press at the NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland. He was expected to visit Spain for four days and meet with Spanish King...

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Dallas police detain a driver after several police officers were shot Thursday evening in downtown Dallas. Snipers shot police officers — killing several — during a peaceful protest, the city’s police chief said at a news conference.
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War on Police in Dallas, U.S.

by Heba El Koudsy | Jul 9, 2016 | World

Washington-Five police officers were killed and seven wounded in a hail of gunfire during a protest on Thursday against the shooting of African-American men by police. Dallas police on Friday identified the suspect, who they killed in the early hours of Friday...