The UN denounced the racism is endemic and structural, rampant in american society

"The voices which demand the end of racism endemic and structural, rampant in american society must be heard," said Michelle Bachelet.

The High Commissioner of the UN for Human rights denounced Wednesday the "structural racism" and"aggression unprecedented" against journalists in the United States, in the throes of a vast movement of protest against racism and police brutality.

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"The voices calling for the end of murders of African-Americans not armed need to be heard. Voices demanding the end of police violence need to be heard. And the voice, that require the end of racism endemic and structural, rampant in american society must be heard," said Michelle Bachelet in a press release.

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These statements came as thousands of protesters in the United States have defied the curfew to gather and protest in the wake of the death of George Floyd, an African-American tackled to the ground face against the ground up to be asphyxiation by a white policeman in Minneapolis.

"Correct, really inequality,"

Michelle Bachelet has called for a clear leadership and constructive to bring the country out of this crisis, in a critical apparent from the attitude of president Donald Trump, who has opted for intransigence, and not reconciliation, and threatened to appeal to the regular army to restore "law and order".

"especially during a crisis, a country needs its leaders condemn racism unequivocally, that they reflect on what led to the population to extreme anger, they listen and learn from the situation and take action to correct really inequality," stated Bachelet.

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The pandemic, and the protests triggered by the death of George Floyd and highlight the "racial discrimination endemic in the United States, had already said on Tuesday, Michelle Bachelet. The day before, the secretary-general of the united nations, Antonio Guterres, had estimated that "the authorities must show restraint in their handling of protesters in the United States," and that the police violence would have to be the subject of investigations in the United States as in any other country.

Date Of Update: 04 June 2020, 05:58