EVENT:Resisting police violence: Demanding justice and accountability for victims of systemic racism
Channel: ISHRGlobal
Date: 2022-06-24

When we think of police violence, the images that are conjured up are of Black men being targeted and tortured at the hands of law enforcement.
While these images are important, they tell only a part of the story. What are the harms that we are not seeing?  

How are those harms felt more broadly by communities that are impacted directly and those who witness its affects as the humdrum of terror running automatically in the background? And, how are human rights defenders using the United Nations as a tool to expose these violations and seek justice for victims? 

Watch the video recording of the event organised by the UN Anti-Racism Coalition with the participation of human rights defenders from Brazil, Colombia, Spain, United States and Nigeria.  

Speakers: 

- Ana Paula Oliveira, Bruna da Silva, Vanessa Francisco Sales, human rights defenders from Brazil 
- María Mercedes Manjarrez, human rights defender from Colombia  
- Esther Mamadou, human rights defender from Spain  
- Ejim Dike, human rights defender from Nigeria  
- Nassimbwa Hamidah, grassroots activist and community organiser from Uganda
- Adrienne Hood, human rights defender from the United States 

Moderator:
Iki Yos, Caribbean, afrodiasporic-transborder artist, performer, and anti-racist activist