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Added on the 24/05/2020 10:26:16 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
One of the main organisers of protests against tax hikes in Kenya, Boniface Mwangi, walks towards a Nairobi police station after being arrested by local police. Kenya's government on walked back plans to impose multiple tax hikes, the presidency said. IMAGES
Police zip tie and arrest protesters at a pro-Palestinian rally called on by an organisation "Jewish Voice for Peace" outside Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s Brooklyn home. Protesters were taken away by the police as they were shouting "Let Gaz live" and "Free Palestine". 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