Black men still face the highest risk of being killed by police
Five years after Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson, Missouri, launched a national conversation about race and police brutality, black men
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Slain African American museum founder died of suffocation
The founder of Baton Rouge’s African American history museum who was slain in the city last week died of suffocation,
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Joy Morgan: Student midwife ‘seen crying before disappearance’
Joy Morgan, 20, from Hatfield in Hertfordshire, was last seen on 26 December at a church event in Ilford and
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‘The Number 1 Killer of All African-Americans’
According to US Census data, blacks make up only 13 percent of the population, yet more than 30 percent of
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Black Woman Screams ‘I’m Pregnant’ Before Being Shot & Killed by Police
A Baytown, Texas police officer shot and killed a woman while attempting to arrest her at an apartment complex late
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Amnesty calls for immediate investigation of football fan killed by police
“SARS is a police unit created to protect the people. Instead it has become a danger to society” – Director
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Tributes to rapper shot dead in Los Angeles
Artists including Drake, Rihanna and J Cole have paid tribute to Los Angeles rapper Nipsey Hussle, who has been shot
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Colombia Farc: Dissident leader Rodrigo Cadete killed in military operation
The Colombian military says it has killed one of the leaders of a faction of Farc rebels who have refused
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Murdered boy ‘had no affiliation with gangs’
Jayden Moodie, who was knocked off a moped and stabbed in east London, had a huge heart, his family says.
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Femicide in UK: 76% of women killed by men in 2017 knew their killer
Three-quarters of women killed by men in the UK in 2017 knew the perpetrator, according to a report on femicide.
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Nigerian military calls for Amnesty International ban
Nigeria’s army has called for the closure of Amnesty International’s operations in the country. In a report on Monday, the
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Family forgive tribe who killed American
The family of a US man reportedly killed by arrows fired by members of an endangered tribe in India’s Andaman
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Professor Green: Knife crime not just a black issue
Professor Green has said black youths as a whole are being “criminalised” over recent stabbings – and that in some
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Pittsburgh shooting: Victims of synagogue attack named
The names of the 11 people killed in Saturday’s attack on a synagogue in Pittsburgh have been released, with the
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Khashoggi death: Saudi Arabia says journalist was murdered
Saudi Arabia has blamed the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi on a “rogue operation”, giving a new account of an
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