By Denise J. Roberts, PhD and Gerry Hopkin, JD On May 25, 2020, people across America and the world were stunned as footage captured George Floyd pinned beneath three police officers, one of whom pressed his knee onto Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes. Despite calls for help from Floyd and startled onlookers, the officer […]
Joint reflexions by United Nations Senior African Officials (*) A desperate yearning for a long-departed mother. Reaching deep from the bowels of fragile humanity. Grasping for breath. Begging for mercy. The entire world heard the tragic cry. The family of nations saw his face pounded against the harsh tarmac. Unbearable pain in broad daylight. A […]
By Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary-General 09 June 2020 Today I received a message from a parent. Her nine-year-old son, Oscar, had been sitting in his living room during the Covid-19 lockdown, watching coverage of protests, sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis in the United States. He was perplexed and sat glued to his […]
Statement in response to today’s protest outside U.S. Embassy Grenada in L’Anse Aux Epines, by Principal Officer Karl Duckworth. “Guided by our founding principles of freedom and equality and our Constitutional charge to form a more perfect union, the United States supports free speech and peaceful assembly. We are committed to accountability and the elimination of […]
6th June, 2020– The Christian Youth Foundation recognizes the unfortunate death of George Floyd and subsequent #BlackLivesMatter protest by condemning all forms of racism in Trinidad and Tobago and the globe. We identify racism as sin and any Christian who engages in racial discrimination or harbours hatred against a racial or ethnic group must repent. The gospel calls […]
