List Of George Floyd Protests Outside The United States
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George Floyd, an
African American African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ens ...
man, was murdered on 25 May 2020 during a
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arrest.
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seeking justice for Floyd began in the United States the next day, with citizens of other countries soon following suit. Internationally, protesters demonstrated opposition to racism worldwide, opposed
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, questioned the arming of police, and expressed solidarity with their counterparts in the United States. Prominent local issues included the 2016
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near
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while in police custody (for whom roughly 20,000 people protested at various times) and the high rate of death amongst incarcerated
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. Protests took place in over 60 countries and on all seven continents. The protests took place during the
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, during which gathering in crowds was strongly advised against in some parts of the world, and outright banned in others.


Africa


Eastern Africa

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Nairobi Nairobi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper ha ...
: *** Dozens of people protested peacefully outside the
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on 2 June. Protesters also criticized Kenyan police over "
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s and use of unnecessary force when enforcing Covid-19 rules" and accused the embassy of implied approval of American police brutality by remaining silent during the protests in the states. *** About 200 marched against police brutality in Mathare. * **
Kampala Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and Ruba ...
: Twelve foreign nationals and three Ugandans were arrested in an anti-racism and anti-police brutality protest on 9 June.


Northern Africa

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Tunis ''Tounsi'' french: Tunisois , population_note = , population_urban = , population_metro = 2658816 , population_density_km2 = , timezone1 = CET , utc_offset1 ...
: About 200 people protested in front of the
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on 6 June 2020.


Southern Africa

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Cape Town Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest ...
: A group of South Africans protested outside
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to show solidarity with George Floyd and Collins Khosa, a resident of
Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Demo ...
who died after being allegedly assaulted by soldiers on 10 April 2020. **
Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Demo ...
: About 100 protesters closed a major thoroughfare on 8 June in front of the US Consulate General. They knelt in the street for
8 minutes 46 seconds 8 minutes 46 seconds (8:46) is a symbol of police brutality that originated from the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Derek Chauvin, a police officer, knelt on Floyd's neck, asphyxiating him. The ...
. The Economic Freedom Fighters said the South African government is not doing enough to stop brutality perpetrated by its own police and army. **
Pretoria Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the Executive (government), executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa. Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends ...
: People protested at the
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seeking justice for Floyd and Collins Khosa.


Western Africa

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Accra Accra (; tw, Nkran; dag, Ankara; gaa, Ga or ''Gaga'') is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , ...
: People protested peacefully while marching to the US Embassy on 1 June. * : **
Monrovia Monrovia () is the capital city of the West African country of Liberia. Founded in 1822, it is located on Cape Mesurado on the Atlantic coast and as of the 2008 census had 1,010,970 residents, home to 29% of Liberia’s total population. As th ...
: Dozens of people protested peacefully in front of the US Embassy on 28 May. * : ** Abuja: People protested outside the
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on 28 May, despite armed policemen stationed there. **
Lagos Lagos (Nigerian English: ; ) is the largest city in Nigeria and the List of cities in Africa by population, second most populous city in Africa, with a population of 15.4 million as of 2015 within the city proper. Lagos was the national ca ...
: The Black Lives Matter Movement in Nigeria protested in
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despite heavy rainfall. Critics were concerned instead about obtaining justice for 16-year-old Tina Ezekwe, who was suspected of being killed by
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officers, and 22-year-old microbiology student Uwaila Omozuwa, who was raped and killed at a church near
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. * : **
Dakar Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar metropolitan area is estimated at 3.94 million in 2 ...
: *** Students of
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protested peacefully, seeking justice for Floyd and an end to racism, particularly in the United States. *** Dozens of people protested to remember Floyd and denounce police brutality, taking a knee in solidarity.


Antarctica

* A group of workers at McMurdo Station in Antarctica stood in solidarity with protesters by holding signs saying "Black Lives Matter" while stationed during winter.


Asia


Central Asia

* : ** Almaty: Over 100 people participated in anti-government protests in Almaty. One group of protestors held a banner that read "I Can't Breathe". Dozens of people were detained by police. The protest in Almaty was one of many protests nationwide, with protests also occurring in
Nur-Sultan Astana, previously known as Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, Akmola, and most recently Nur-Sultan, is the capital city of Kazakhstan. The city lies on the banks of the Ishim River in the north-central part of Kazakhstan, within the Akmola Region, tho ...
,
Shymkent Shymkent (; Шымкент, Şymkent), known until 1993 as Chimkent ( uz, Çımkent, چىمكېنت; Yañalif: Çimkent ()); russian: Чимкент, translit=Chimkent (), is a city in Kazakhstan. It is near the border with Uzbekistan. It is one ...
, Semei, Aqtobe,
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, and
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. Nationwide, over 100 protestors were detained, despite a more liberal protest law coming into force that day. * : **
Bishkek Bishkek ( ky, Бишкек), ), formerly Pishpek and Frunze, is the capital and largest city of Kyrgyzstan. Bishkek is also the administrative centre of the Chüy Region. The region surrounds the city, although the city itself is not part of ...
: A rally was scheduled to be held in Gorky Park, but the organizers decided to cancel it for safety reasons and fear of provocations. A single protester who had seen the announcement for the planned protest went anyway and held a picket, holding a sign reading "authorities violence has no borders." Three police officers watched over the one-man protest.


Eastern Asia

* , Special Administrative Region: ** Dozens of people protested peacefully in front of the US Consulate General, despite heavy rainfall. * : ** Chatan: About 400 people held a vigil for George Floyd outside Chapel 1 on
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in
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. The vigil was held in solidarity against racism, both in the US and in the
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. Attendees observed
8 minutes 46 seconds 8 minutes 46 seconds (8:46) is a symbol of police brutality that originated from the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Derek Chauvin, a police officer, knelt on Floyd's neck, asphyxiating him. The ...
of silence. Some protestors also took a knee. **
Fukuoka is the sixth-largest city in Japan, the second-largest port city after Yokohama, and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since ancie ...
: About 200 people protested at . **
Kyoto Kyoto (; Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe. , the ci ...
: About 1000 people gathered near
Yasaka Shrine Kanpei-taisha , once called , is a Shinto shrine in the Gion District of Kyoto, Japan. Situated at the east end of Shijō-dōri (Fourth Avenue), the shrine includes several buildings, including gates, a main hall and a stage. The Yasaka shrine is ...
and observed
8 minutes 46 seconds 8 minutes 46 seconds (8:46) is a symbol of police brutality that originated from the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Derek Chauvin, a police officer, knelt on Floyd's neck, asphyxiating him. The ...
of silence before marching to . Attendees came from as far away as
Okinawa is a prefecture of Japan. Okinawa Prefecture is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan, has a population of 1,457,162 (as of 2 February 2020) and a geographic area of 2,281 km2 (880 sq mi). Naha is the capital and largest city ...
and
Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391. The gross domestic product (GDP) in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Urban Employment Area, was US$61.3 billion as of 2010. Kazumi Matsui h ...
. **
Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most pop ...
: About 300 people protested against racism downtown around the Sakae area in a demonstration organized by three high school students. **
Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2. ...
: On 7 June, nearly 1000 people participated in a demonstration organized in Osaka by the Kansai chapter of Black Lives Matter. **
Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...
: *** Around 200 people peacefully protested on 30 May against police brutality in light of the murder of Floyd and the beating by police of an ethnically Kurdish man living in Tokyo. *** Another protest followed on 6 June in
Shibuya Shibuya ( 渋谷 区 ''Shibuya-ku'') is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. As a major commercial and finance center, it houses two of the busiest railway stations in the world, Shinjuku Station (southern half) and Shibuya Station. As of April 1 ...
with over 500 participants. *** Someone claiming to be a member of Antifa threatened to bomb the immigration office and police station. *** On 14 June, thousands of people participated in a protest in Tokyo against police brutality and racism in the US and racism in Japan. * : **
Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 ...
: *** About a dozen people protested outside the
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against the murder of George Floyd as well as against
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. *** Dozens of people protested near the US Embassy to seek justice for Floyd and denounce police brutality. Protestors also called on the South Korean government to enact an anti-discrimination law. *** Around 150 people protested in
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on 6 June. ** The protesters, who also sang 'God Bless America,' gathered 4 June at Osan Air Base on South Korea's west coast. On 11 June, another demonstration was held at Camp Humphreys, about 60 miles south of the Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea. * : **
Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the n ...
: *** On 12 June, more than 100 people from the pro-Beijing
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protested in front of the
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, demonstrating against human rights violations in America, and calling on the United States government to respect ethnic minorities and release political prisoners. Because the organizer had not applied for a permit for the protest, about 150 police officers were also present. The crowd eventually dispersed peacefully. *** On 13 June, around 500 people congregated at
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to express their support of the international George Floyd protests. Participants sang songs in tribute to Floyd, and took a knee in solidarity.


South Asia

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Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...
: About 50 or 60 people of the
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and
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protested peacefully outside the American Center on 2 June. * : **
Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former cap ...
: On 5 June, members of the Pasban Democratic Party protested against the murder of Floyd while holding posters featuring his image. * : **
Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...
: On 9 June 2020, about 100 people gathered in front of the US embassy for a peaceful protest organized by the Frontline Socialist Party seeking justice for Floyd. The day before, the police had obtained a court injunction prohibiting the gathering. Violence was used by the police to disperse the crowd and arrest 53 protestors for violating quarantine measures, with police being seen "throwing at least one woman into an open truck". The use of police brutality to arrest people protesting peacefully against police brutality was heavily criticized by political parties, civil rights organizations, and trade unions, and some organizations made a joint statement pointing out that " assaulting protesters who abided by quarantine laws while not taking action when government supporters violated quarantine law, police have clearly demonstrated their readiness to violate rights guaranteed by the constitution according to the bidding of the ruling party". The US Embassy added that they had not asked the police to stop the protest.


Southeastern Asia

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have been protesting for decades against how the Indonesian government has treated them. The use of police brutality against Papuan students resulted in a serious series of protests in 2019. Seven Papuans arrested the previous year, known as the "Balikpapan Seven", were given "surprisingly light jail terms on treason charges" after the George Floyd protests began, possibly to avoid the unrest seen in American protests. Many drew parallels between the George Floyd protests and those of the Papuans, resulting in the trending of the hashtag #PapuanLivesMatter online and people in George Floyd protests outside of Indonesia also expressing solidarity with the Papuans. Protestors also likened George Floyd with Obby Kogoya, a Papuan student living in
Yogyakarta Yogyakarta (; jv, ꦔꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾꦏꦂꦠ ; pey, Jogjakarta) is the capital city of Special Region of Yogyakarta in Indonesia, in the south-central part of the island of Java. As the only Indonesian royal city still ruled by a monarchy, ...
whose head was stepped on by an Indonesia policeman while he was lying face down on the ground as the police held his dorm under siege to prevent a peaceful protest.
Journalists, both foreign and domestic, face heavy resistance from the Indonesian government when attempting to report events in Papua. **
Surabaya Surabaya ( jv, ꦱꦸꦫꦧꦪ or jv, ꦯꦹꦫꦨꦪ; ; ) is the capital city of the Provinces of Indonesia, Indonesian province of East Java and the List of Indonesian cities by population, second-largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta. L ...
: Papuan students protested. Students also called on the Indonesian government to free the Balikpapan Seven. * : **
Quezon City Quezon City (, ; fil, Lungsod Quezon ), also known as the City of Quezon and Q.C. (read in Filipino as Kyusi), is the most populous city in the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 2,960,048 people. It was fou ...
: On 4 June, hundreds of people protesting in the
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against the passing of the controversial Anti-Terrorism Bill in the
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took a knee in solidarity with
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and the fight against police brutality. **
Cebu City Cebu City, officially the City of Cebu ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Sugbo; fil, Lungsod ng Cebu; hil, Dakbanwa sang Sugbo), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines and capital of the Cebu Province. Acc ...
: On 3 June, Tug-ani (@upcebutugani) invited activists to attend a scheduled protest in front of the University of the Philippines Cebu entrance against the Anti-Terrorism Bill and to show solidarity with protesters in Hong Kong against the National Security Law and the Black Lives Matter movement. The protest occurred on the morning of 5 June in which activists took a knee in solidarity with BLM while chanting against the signing of the upcoming Anti-Terror bill. Police clad in anti-riot gear and a SWAT team were called in to disperse the protest as it was against the enacted quarantine and social distancing protocols. After protesters refused to comply, both uniformed and non-uniformed policemen stormed the campus which is clear violation of th
Sotto-Enrile Accord
Seven protesters and one bystander were arrested. On 8 June, a local court ordered the release of the individuals being detained. The following day on 9 June, the eight detainees were released without bail. * : **
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: Several
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in Bangkok who were protesting the suspected kidnapping of a Thai activist in
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also held signs stating "I can't breathe", reflecting George Floyd's death and the disappearances of Thai activists. **Online: On 7 June, approximately 300 Thais and foreigners in Thailand held a virtual protest on
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due to COVID-19 restrictions. Protesters wrote "I Can't Breathe" on their arms and observed silence for
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.


Western Asia

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: Around 25 people protested at the
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on 4 June. Some held papers listing names of Black Americans killed by police. * : **
Nicosia Nicosia ( ; el, Λευκωσία, Lefkosía ; tr, Lefkoşa ; hy, Նիկոսիա, romanized: ''Nikosia''; Cypriot Arabic: Nikusiya) is the largest city, capital, and seat of government of Cyprus. It is located near the centre of the Mesaor ...
: About 250 people peacefully protested outside the United States Embassy, denouncing "social and racial inequities" that victimized not only Floyd, but also "the poor and dispossesed irrespective of race, creed or color". Protesters took a knee and raised fists to show solidarity with American protestors. * : **
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: Several dozen people protested at the Rustaveli Metro Station against racism and police brutality. A few counterprotestors were also present, with one stating that he was protesting because "the
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protest was 'anti-white' and supported 'terrorism'". Two counterprotestors held a flag of the
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, the first modern republic of Georgia, and stated that they were protesting in support of US President Trump. * : ** Mashhad: A candlelight vigil was held for Floyd in Mellat Park. **
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: People protested outside the Swiss Embassy. * : **
Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
: On 30 May, over 150 people protested against the murder of Floyd and Iyad Halak, an unarmed autistic Palestinian student who was shot and killed by police in Jerusalem. **
Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...
: Over 200 people protested against the murder of Floyd and Iyad Halak outside police headquarters on 30 May. On 2 June, hundreds of people protested on a beach. On 6 June, another peaceful protest was held at
Rabin Square Rabin is a Hebrew surname. It originates from the Hebrew word ''rav'' meaning Rabbi, or from the name of the specific Rabbi Abin. The most well known bearer of the name was Yitzhak Rabin, prime minister of Israel and Nobel Peace prize Laureate. ...
. **
Haifa Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropol ...
: Hundreds marched in Haifa protesting police violence against Floyd, Halak, and Solomon Teka, an Ethiopian-Israeli shot by Israeli police in 2019, in an incident which had sparked protests by Israel's Ethiopian community. . * : **
Beirut Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...
: Dozens of people held a vigil for Floyd in front of the
American University of Beirut The American University of Beirut (AUB) ( ar, الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت) is a private, non-sectarian, and independent university chartered in New York with its campus in Beirut, Lebanon. AUB is governed by a private, aut ...
. Attendees also protested against the
kafala system The kafala system (also spelled "kefala system"; ar, نظام الكفالة, niẓām al-kafāla; meaning "sponsorship system") is a system used to monitor migrant laborers, working primarily in the construction and domestic sectors in Gulf ...
in Lebanon, in which
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are exploited by their employers, and their passports are often confiscated. Other instances of racism in Lebanon were also criticized, such as the actions of Lebanese singer
Tania Saleh Tania Saleh ( ar, تانيا صالح; born March 11, 1969) is a Lebanese singer-songwriter, present in the Arabic independent musical scene since 1990. Early life Tania Saleh is a Lebanese singer, songwriter and visual artist. She is consi ...
, who posted a picture of herself in blackface in what she claimed was solidarity with those demanding racial equality, even though she would not take it down after significant backlash, choosing instead to defend herself. **
Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...
: People protested in front of the
US Embassy The United States has the second most diplomatic missions of any country in the world after Mainland China, including 166 of the 193 member countries of the United Nations, as well as observer state Vatican City and non-member countries Kosovo a ...
against racism and the murder of Floyd. One organization invited the US government to end the violation of human rights. **
Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...
: About 50 people protested in
Kadıköy Kadıköy (), known in classical antiquity and during the Roman and Byzantine eras as Chalcedon ( gr, Χαλκηδών), is a large, populous, and cosmopolitan district in the Asian side of Istanbul, Turkey, on the northern shore of the Sea of ...
, on the Asian side of Istanbul, against police brutality, standing in solidarity with American protestors and carrying a poster of George Floyd. Police dispersed the group and detained at least 29 protestors.


Europe


Eastern Europe

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Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha ...
: Several hundred people protested peacefully on
Vitosha Boulevard Vitosha Boulevard ( bg, булевард „Витоша“, often called just , Vitoshka) is the main commercial street in the centre of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, which is abundant in posh stores, restaurants and bars. It extends from the ...
on 6 June, chanting "I can't breathe" and holding signs stating "Black Lives Matter". * : **
Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...
: Around 300 people gathered at the
Old Town Square Old Town Square ( cs, Staroměstské náměstí or colloquially ) is a historic square in the Old Town quarter of Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. It is located between Wenceslas Square and Charles Bridge. Buildings The square fe ...
on 6 June. Protesters then peacefully marched to the
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. About 4000 people had shown interest in the event before it was cancelled in order to comply with the restrictions due to the
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that allowed gatherings up to 500 people. After the cancellation,
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Jan Hamáček Jan Hamáček (born 4 November 1978) is a Czech politician who was leader of the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) from February 2018 until October 2021, and minister of the Interior from June 2018 to December 2021. He also served as the spe ...
stated that the limit did not apply to demonstrations. * : **
Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...
: Over a thousand people protested at the US Embassy on 7 June. On 16 June, the bust of
Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 Winston Churchill in the Second World War, dur ...
in the
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was vandalised with the words "Nazi" and "BLM". A couple hundred people held a protest against racism at the US Embassy on 20 June. Far-right groups, like the Sixty-Four Counties Youth Movement tried to disturb the event, but after police intervention, the situation didn't escalate. * : **
Gdańsk Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...
: About 200 people protested peacefully at
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on
Ulica Długa Ulica Długa (''The Long Lane'', german: Langgasse) in Gdańsk, Poland, is one of the most notable tourist attractions of the city. It leads from the Golden Gate (''Złota Brama'', ''Langgasser Tor'') to the Długi Targ (''Long Market''), and t ...
in solidarity with American protestors. **
Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...
: On 7 June, about a thousand people gathered to march in Floyd's memory and to protest racism and police brutality. The march commenced in front of the US Consulate General on Stolarska Street and ended at . **
Poznań Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint Joh ...
: Protestors dressed in black and marched quietly from to the US Consular Agency and then to Adam Mickiewicz Square, where some protestors laid on the ground, assuming the same position in which Floyd died. **
Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...
: Several hundred people gathered on
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in front of the
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to peacefully protest against the killing of Floyd, racism, and police brutality. Many dressed in black and chose to kneel. A spokesperson for the Varsovian police stated that the assembly was legal and prior notice had been given. * **
Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...
: On 6 June, over a dozen protesters assembled in University Square for a brief demonstration and reading of grievances condemning police brutality and inequality. The protest lasted only a few minutes and ended before police could arrive. * : **
Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
: Two people went to the
US Embassy The United States has the second most diplomatic missions of any country in the world after Mainland China, including 166 of the 193 member countries of the United Nations, as well as observer state Vatican City and non-member countries Kosovo a ...
to protest with a banner that sought justice for Floyd, demanded an end to fascism, and insulted the police. The two were detained by police shortly after they had set the banner up. * : **
Bratislava Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Slovakia. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, it is estimated to be more than 660,000 — approxim ...
: Around 100 people gathered on 1 June near the US Embassy at Hviezdoslav Square in peaceful protest, wearing face masks. * : **
Ternopil Ternópil ( uk, Тернопіль, Ternopil' ; pl, Tarnopol; yi, טאַרנאָפּל, Tarnopl, or ; he, טארנופול (טַרְנוֹפּוֹל), Tarnopol; german: Tarnopol) is a city in the west of Ukraine. Administratively, Ternopi ...
: A few students, many of them
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, held a peaceful anti-racism protest on .


Northern Europe

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Aalborg Aalborg (, , ) is Denmark's fourth largest town (behind Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Odense) with a population of 119,862 (1 July 2022) in the town proper and an urban population of 143,598 (1 July 2022). As of 1 July 2022, the Municipality of Aalb ...
: Around 500 people marched through the city in a peaceful protest on 9 June. **
Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwest ...
: Around 2,500 people gathered at the City Hall Square for a peaceful protest on 3 June. **
Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...
: Around 2,000 people gathered in front of the US Embassy for a peaceful protest on 31 May, followed by another with more than 15,000 people on 7 June. They happened during the COVID-19 pandemic where there are restrictions on the size of gatherings in Denmark, but demonstrations are explicitly exempt from these rules. The authorities recommended that everybody that had attended should request a test, which is free and easy in Denmark, and not dependent on one having symptoms. **
Odense Odense ( , , ) is the third largest city in Denmark (behind Copenhagen and Aarhus) and the largest city on the island of Funen. As of 1 January 2022, the city proper had a population of 180,863 while Odense Municipality had a population of 20 ...
: Around 300 people gathered for a peaceful protest on 10 June. * : **
Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...
: Around 500 people gathered in Tallinn for a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest on 10 June, despite the social distancing measures being set at maximum 100 people. * : **
Tórshavn Tórshavn (; lit. "Thor's harbour"), usually locally referred to as simply ''Havn'', is the capital and largest city of the Faroe Islands. It is located in the southern part on the east coast of Streymoy. To the northwest of the city lies the ...
: Hundreds of people gathered in the capital to protest against racism and police brutality on 9 June. One of the organizers stated that many from the Faroe Islands would not acknowledge the existence of racism on the islands. * : **
Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...
: Around 3,000 people gathered at Senate Square for a peaceful protest on 3 June. * : **
Saint Peter Port St. Peter Port (french: Saint-Pierre Port) is a town and one of the ten parishes on the island of Guernsey in the Channel Islands. It is the capital of the Bailiwick of Guernsey as well as the main port. The population in 2019 was 18,958. St. ...
: About a thousand people attended a peaceful rally on 20 June. Near the end they knelt for 8 minutes 46 seconds. There were no COVID-19 cases on the island at the time; the rally was originally scheduled for 13 June, but was rescheduled to be held on the day the island came out of lockdown. * : **
Ísafjörður Ísafjörður (pronounced , meaning ''ice fjord'', literally ''fjord of ices'') is a town in the northwest of Iceland. The oldest part of Ísafjörður with the town centre is located on a spit of sand, or ''eyri'', in Skutulsfjörður, a fjord ...
: About 100 people gathered at the centre of town for a solidarity meeting. People observed
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of silence before the meeting began. **
Reykjavík Reykjavík ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói bay. Its latitude is 64°08' N, making it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. With a po ...
: Between 3,500 and 5,000 people protested in Austurvöllur square on 3 June, in the largest gathering in Iceland since public gatherings were first banned due to the pandemic. The protestors also observed
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of silence. Protestors stated that although police brutality was not an issue in Iceland, racism still was. * : **
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: 4 June:
Cork City Council Cork City Council ( ga, Comhairle Cathrach Chorcaí) is the authority responsible for local government in the city of Cork in Ireland. As a city council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. Prior to the enactment of the 2001 Act, t ...
opened an online book of condolences for citizens to express their sympathies to the family of George Floyd. 5 June: Around 300 protesters marched from Kent Station down Patrick Street to Grand Parade. **
Dingle Dingle ( Irish: ''An Daingean'' or ''Daingean Uí Chúis'', meaning "fort of Ó Cúis") is a town in County Kerry, Ireland. The only town on the Dingle Peninsula, it sits on the Atlantic coast, about southwest of Tralee and northwest of Kill ...
: 8 June : About 150 people held a peaceful demonstration on Main Street Dingle lead by
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band
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. **
Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...
: 31 May: About 100 people held a peaceful demonstration outside the
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in Dublin. On 1 June, thousands of marchers gathered again in Dublin to continue protests. **
Galway Galway ( ; ga, Gaillimh, ) is a City status in Ireland, city in the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht, which is the county town of County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lo ...
: 6 June: Hundreds of protesters gathered in
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to support Black Lives Matter. Speakers at the event also called for Ireland to end its Direct Provision system. **
Kilkenny Kilkenny (). is a city in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region and in the province of Leinster. It is built on both banks of the River Nore. The 2016 census gave the total population of Kilkenny as 26,512. Kilken ...
: 3 June: Around 100 people took part in a vigil outside the
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in honor of George Floyd. 8 June: Over 150 people marched through the streets in an anti-racism rally to the Parade, where a silent vigil was held. **
Limerick Limerick ( ; ga, Luimneach ) is a western city in Ireland situated within County Limerick. It is in the province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region. With a population of 94,192 at the 2016 ...
: 6 June: More than 250 protesters met at Arthur Quay's Park to share their experiences about racism in Ireland even though the organizers officially moved the event online for
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reasons during the
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pandemic. **
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: 6 June: Hundreds of people marched from the Clock Tower to the
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in an anti-racism protest. * : **
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: 9 June: More than 1000 protesters marched on the seafront before taking a knee in silence for just under 9 minutes. At the time, there were no known active cases of coronavirus on the island. * : **
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: Around 1,000 people marched from the Cathedral square to the US embassy on 5 June. * : ** Bergen: A gathering consisting of a couple of hundred protestors took place in the city center of Bergen on 5 June. ** Kristiansand: Several hundred people met in the Kristiansand city center to protest police brutality on 5 June. ** Oslo: On 5 June, at least a thousand protestors marched from the Embassy of the United States, Oslo, US Embassy to the Storting, Norwegian Parliament where a larger gathering also took place. All in all, several thousand participants from at least three different protests were gathered at the most. The assistant director of the Norwegian Directorate for Health and Social Affairs expressed his concerns regarding the protest due to the elevated risk of
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infection. Nevertheless, the police stated in advance that both they and the population in general put freedom of speech at a high value, and that they therefore would not stop the protest. They also stated that they were not there to be an "infection control police", but rather to maintain peace and order amongst the protestors. ** Tromsø: Although the official protest in Tromsø was cancelled due to the COVID-19 infection risk, several hundred people were gathered in the city center on 5 June to show solidarity towards the victims of racism and police brutality in both the US, Norway and the rest of the world alike. * : ** Gothenburg: Around 3000 people gathered in Heden to protest against racism on 7 June. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the police shut the event down, so the protesters walked around the city instead. ** Malmö: Thousands of people gathered in Ribersborg to protest against racism on 4 June. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the police tried to shut the event down, but were unsuccessful. ** Örebro: More than 400 people gathered in Stortorget to protest against racism on 5 June. ** Stockholm: Thousands of people gathered in Sergels torg to protest against racism in solidarity with
Black Lives Matter Black Lives Matter (abbreviated BLM) is a decentralized political and social movement that seeks to highlight racism, discrimination, and racial inequality experienced by black people. Its primary concerns are incidents of police bruta ...
on 3 June. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden, coronavirus pandemic, the police shut the event down, so the protesters walked around the city instead. It got heated versus the police sometimes, as the cops used tear gas against the protesters. ** Umeå: Over 50 people demonstrated in the city center on 4 June. Over 300 gathered for a second protest in Broparken on 6 June. The police allowed the protest to proceed, but arrested two counter-protestors who tried to start a fight with the protestors. * : :: Starting on 28 May, protests arose in nearly all major cities across the United Kingdom, including Birmingham, Liverpool, London, Manchester and Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle. Many protests were organized by the
Black Lives Matter Black Lives Matter (abbreviated BLM) is a decentralized political and social movement that seeks to highlight racism, discrimination, and racial inequality experienced by black people. Its primary concerns are incidents of police bruta ...
and Unite Against Fascism, Stand Up to Racism movements. As well as providing solidarity to protests in the United States, many of the ongoing protests in the United Kingdom intended to highlight issues with racism faced from law enforcement in the United Kingdom and in daily life, as well as highlighting wider non-racial issues of police corruption and brutality. The UK city of Bristol made international headlines after protestors pulled down the statue of Edward Colston, a famous Bristolian slave owner. Health Secretary Matt Hancock urged people not to attend large gatherings, including protests, as COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom#Regulations and legislation, temporary regulations in response to the
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prohibited public gatherings of greater than 6 people.


Southern Europe

* : **Andorra la Vella: About a hundred demonstrators gathered in General Council (Andorra), General Council Square to protest against racism on 7 June. Protestors observed a minute of silence, and a manifesto denouncing the spread of racism was read. * : ** Zagreb: Some 400 people protested peacefully at Square of the Victims of Fascism, Victims of Fascism Square in Zagreb, on 9 June 2020. * ** Athens: 1 June: About 300 supporters of the Communist Party of Greece, Greek Communist Party's youth wing marched and demonstrated outside the Embassy of the United States, Athens, US Embassy in Athens. On 3 June, another demonstration was held with 3,000 protesters participating where they gathered at Syntagma Square and marched towards the US Embassy peacefully, while some demonstrators were throwing Molotov cocktails towards riot police during the march towards the US Embassy. ** Thessaloniki: 2 June: A group of protesters peacefully marched to the Consulate General of the United States, Thessaloniki, US Consulate in the center of the city to show solidarity with the protesters and victims of racism and police violence in the United States. Protesters also burned an American flag in front of the consulate. * : Starting on 28 May, protests arose in nearly all major cities across Italy, including Milan, Naples, Florence, Rome and Bari. Many protests were organized by the
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and many Italian associations. As well as providing solidarity to protests in the United States, many of the ongoing protests in Italy intend to highlight issues with racism faced from law enforcement in Italy and in daily life, as well as highlighting wider non-racial issues of police corruption and brutality. * : ** Pristina: People protested near the Embassy of the United States, Pristina, US Embassy, taking a knee and raising their fists. * : **Valletta/Floriana: About 300 people gathered in front of Parliament House (Malta), Parliament House in an anti-racism protest on 8 June. The protests showed solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and called for justice for the murder of Lassana Cisse, a racially motivated murder of an Ivorian man in Malta in 2019. The anti-racism protesters were confronted by a group of anti-immigration protesters. The anti-racism protestors took a knee and observed a minute of silence while the anti-immigration protestors booed. * : ** Podgorica: About 100 people peacefully protested in solidarity with the international George Floyd protests, marching through the city and taking a knee at Independence Square (Podgorica), Independence Square. Protestors also wished to highlight the racism present in their own country. *: **Coimbra: on 6 June, hundreds of people gathered in Praça da República to protest peacefully against the murder of George Floyd and for the Black Lives Matter movement. **Lisbon: on 6 June, about 10,000 people gathered in Alameda D. Afonso Henriques and marched down Avenida Almirante Reis in a peaceful manner, echoing chants to remember George Floyd as well as local victims of racism and police brutality, like Cláudia Simões and Kuku, ending the demonstration in Terreiro do Paço. It was organized by a platforme of organizations, from black and antiracism collectives, to antifascists, students, environmental, feminists organizations. **Porto: on 6 June, about 1000 people protested peacefully in Avenida dos Aliados against the murder of George Floyd and racism in Portugal and Brazil. * : ** Belgrade: Members of the Women in Black organization in Belgrade protested on Knez Mihailova Street at Republic Square (Belgrade), Republic Square. The group sought justice for Floyd and other victims of murders based on racism, as well as the end of the use of force by police against protestors. In addition, the organization requested that further militarization not be used against the protestors, and that criminalization of the Antifa (United States), Antifa protests and protestors be stopped. * : **Barcelona: Over 350 people protested outside the American Consulate General on 1 June. A second demonstration took place on 7 June, beginning at the Plaça Sant Jaume. **Bilbao: A demonstration on 7 June. **Canary Islands: Demonstration scheduled for 14 June. **Lleida: 600 people protested on 7 June in memory of George Floyd and to demand better conditions for farmworkers (mostly immigrants). **Madrid: On 7 June, hundreds of demonstrators surrounded the to protest the murder of George Floyd. The attendance exceeded the number of 200 authorized in advance by the (reportedly at least tenfold). The demonstration was organized by the ''Comunidad Negra, Africana y Afrodescendiente de España'' (CNAAE) and it also protested against the deaths in the southern border of Spain and the death of Mame Mbaye, a street vendor who died in Madrid in 2018 after a police raid. **Murcia: On 7 June, hundreds of people gathered near the Plaza de la Merced to honor George Floyd and denounce police brutality. **Palma de Mallorca: A demonstration on 7 June, with an estimated 800–1,000 protestors in attendance. **Salt, Girona, Salt: 500 people read a manifesto and marched to nearby Girona on 1 June, and 300 marched in a second protest on 7 June. **Sitges: A demonstration on 7 June. **Tarragona: More than 500 people demonstrated on June 7th. **Vilafranca del Penedès: More than 100 people demonstrated on June 7th. **Zaragoza: Around 200 people demonstrated on 2 June. * : **
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: About 20 people protested outside Trump Towers Istanbul in Şişli, on the European side of Istanbul, with about the same number of police officers in riot gear standing nearby. Protestors took a knee and raised their fists in solidarity.


Western Europe

* : **Vienna: About 50,000 mostly young demonstrators protested peacefully in a march to Karlsplatz on 4 June. * : :: People in Belgium protested to show solidarity with Americans and to demonstrate against issues with police or Racism in Europe, racism. Vigils and protests of up to thousands of participants took place nationwide. Around 10,000 demonstrators came to the protest in Brussels. * :
In 2016, Death of Adama Traoré, Adama Traoré, a 24-year-old Malian French man, died by asphyxiation while in police custody. In response, protestors in France had been seeking justice for him since 2016. When a police investigation exonerated the three police officers associated with his death in a report released at the end of May during the beginning of the George Floyd protests, protesters took to the streets in massive numbers, with roughly 20,000 demonstrators throughout France violating pandemic protocols to rally for him. Drawing parallels between Adama and Floyd, many protestors seeking justice for Adama also expressed solidarity with the American protestors seeking justice for Floyd, including Adama's sister. **Bordeaux: About 300 people protested in Parvis des Droits de l'Homme in front of the French National School for the Judiciary. ** Lille: About 2000 people protested against racism and police brutality, seeking justice for Death of Adama Traoré, Adama Traoré. Police used tear gas. ** Lyon: Hundreds of people protested against racism and police brutality, seeking justice for both Floyd and Death of Adama Traoré, Adama Traoré. Police used tear gas. **Marseille: Thousands marched in Marseille holding signs that read "Justice for all" and "No more murders" on 2 June. **Toulouse: 2000 people protested in Toulouse on 3 June at the Capitole de Toulouse, place du Capitole. **Montpellier: 5000 people in Montpellier attended the ''Je n’arrive plus à respirer'' ("I can't breathe") march one 3 June. **
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: About 20,000 people protested all throughout Paris to protest both the murder of Floyd and the 2016
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by French police. People protested outside the Embassy of the United States, Paris, US Embassy. On 2 June, thousands of protesters demonstrated in front of Tribunal de grande instance de Paris, the High Court of Paris at the Porte de Clichy in northwest Paris for Floyd and Adama. The protest was illegal due to coronavirus restrictions. Police used tear gas. Another protest occurred on 13 June. Some counter-protesters shouted Antisemitism, antisemitic insults. The far-right Identitarian movement, identitarian group Génération Identitaire unfurled from the top of a building a banner reading « Justice for victims of Reverse racism, anti-white racism. White Lives Matter.». The banner was teared up by residents of the building. On 30 June, a Confederate flag was noticed at a window facing the street of a police barracks, probably hung here in opposition to the Black Lives Matter movement. * : :: Over 100,000 people protested in over 40 cities and in all 16 states of Germany. Many people called on German law enforcement to address their racist practices and use of violence. Over the course of one particular day, 93 arrests were made that had been reported by the media. * : ** Luxembourg City: Over 1000 people protested peacefully in Limpertsberg in front of the Embassy of the United States, Luxembourg, US Embassy, despite rainfall. Protestors also took a knee during the demonstration, which was organized by anti-racism organization Lëtz Rise Up. A police spokesperson stated that pandemic restrictions had relaxed slightly during the past month, and that people were allowed to demonstrate. One officer expressed his surprise regarding how strongly protestors adhered to precautionary measures. * : :: People in the Netherlands protested to show solidarity with Americans and to demonstrate against issues with police or Racism in Europe, racism. Vigils and protests of up to thousands of participants took place nationwide. When asked to comment on the protests in the Netherlands, Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said that racism is not only an American issue and that racism in the Netherlands is a "systemic problem". * : **Basel: About 5000 people peacefully protested against racism and police brutality. The protest was unauthorized, but the police did not stop it. Thousands of masks were distributed. ** Bern: *** On 13 June 4000 people protested, many donning black clothes. Most of the protesters wore masks. *** Dozens of people protested in front of the train station. ** Geneva: *** A demonstration of 30 people on 31 May was broken up by police. *** An authorized demonstration on 9 June brought over 10,000 people to march from to . The protest was split into groups of about 300 to conform with pandemic regulations. Protestors took a knee and raised their fists in solidarity. ** Lausanne: Several thousand people protested against racism and police violence, despite a ban on groups with more than 300 people. ** Neuchâtel: About 500 people protested in two separate groups in order to conform to regulations restricting such events to 300 participants. ** Zürich: *** On 1 June, a demonstration was held with estimates ranging from several hundred to 2000 participants. *** On 13 June, well over 10,000 protesters marched peacefully through the inner city. Police initially tried to dissuade the protest, citing coronavirus-related health concerns, but ultimately permitted the march and oversaw its path.


Americas

* : **Buenos Aires: Dozens of people protested in solidarity with Americans against racism and police brutality. Protestors marched from the area around Palace of the Argentine National Congress, Congress to the Obelisco de Buenos Aires, Obelisco and the American Chamber of Commerce. Some protestors also wore masks of Floyd, Luciano Arruga, or Death of Santiago Maldonado, Santiago Maldonado. 2 June: Hundreds protested in solidarity with demonstrations in the United States in Buenos Aires. *: **Wildey, Barbados, Wildey: The Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF) prevented a protest from occurring outside the US Embassy under the pretext of a 10-person social gathering limit due to COVID-19 restrictions. *: **Hamilton, Bermuda, Hamilton: *** Dozens of people stood, knelt, and chanted in a peaceful 2-hour demonstration at the US Consulate General on 1 June against the murder of Floyd as well as the appointment as Consul (representative)#Consul general, Consul General of Leandro Rizzuto Jr., a controversial donor to Trump's election campaign whom the US Senate already declined to approve for an appointment to Barbados. *** On 7 June, about 7000 people gathered in Hamilton to stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. Protesters took a knee and also observed a minute of silence for Chavelle Dillon-Burgess, a young black mother who was first reported missing in April and is now suspected to have been murdered. The protest was believed to be the largest such gathering the community had ever seen. * : **Curitiba: Thousands of people protested against racism in front of the Federal University of Paraná on 1 June. ** Rio de Janeiro: Hundreds of people protested at the square in front of the Rio de Janeiro state government palace on 31 May. The protest also responded to the police killing of a local black teenager, 14-year-old João Pedro Pinto, who was shot in the back during a police operation in São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, São Gonçalo. Police dispersed the protestors with tear gas. ** São Paulo: About 3000 people protested against police brutality inflicted upon black Brazilians on 7 June. * : :: Canadians protested to show solidarity with Americans and to demonstrate against issues with police or racism in Canada. Vigils and protests of up to thousands took place in every province and territory of Canada. * : ** Bogotá: More than 100 people protested peacefully in front of the Embassy of the United States, Bogotá, US Embassy, denouncing the murder of Floyd and of Anderson Arboleda, a 24-year-old Afro-Colombians, Afro-Colombian from Puerto Tejada, Cauca, Puerto Tejada who was allegedly attacked by a police officer with a wooden mallet, suffering multiple blows to the head. Arboleda eventually died from his injuries days later. Protestors also requested the withdrawal of American troops from Colombian territory. The protest lasted for several hours. * : **San José, Costa Rica, San José: The Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica observed a minute of silence in memory of George Floyd. *: **Willemstad, Curaçao, Willemstad: A small group of people protested in the center of Willemsted. *: **A George Floyd protest in the Dominican Republic, demonstrations in solidarity with George Floyd protests, George Floyd took place in Santo Domingo on 9 June 2020. Activists set up a small altar for Floyd. During the demonstration, known local activists Ana Maria Belique and Maribel Nuñez were arrested. * : **Quito: 9 June: A march in solidarity with George Floyd was held. * : **Nuuk: A statue of Hans Egede was vandalized with the word "decolonize" spray painted on it on 21 June. *: **Pointe-à-Pitre, Point à Pitre: ***1 June: Several dozen protesters gathered in front of the :fr:Mémorial ACTe, Memorial ACTe. ***3 June: A protest took place in front of the city's mairie organised by Combat Ouvrier and Rebelle. According to the organizers over 600 people took part in the protest. ***6 June: A march organised by the non-profit organisation CoReCA to protest racism and called for the renaming of Saint-Françoi's Jules Ferry street to George Floyd, over a hundred people took part in this march at la Place de La Victoire (Victory Square). ***9 June: 300 mourners gathered in front of the mairie to mark George Floyd's funeral. *: **Kingston, Jamaica, Kingston: *** A small protest was held in front of the List of diplomatic missions of the United States, US Embassy on 4 June. Protesters denounced both the murder of George Floyd and the killing of Susan Bogle, a disabled woman of 44, who was killed by a soldier in Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica, August Town, St Andrew. Ambassador Donald Tapia came out to express solidarity with the protestors. *** On 6 June, several hundred people wore black in a peaceful protest outside the US Embassy to demand justice for both Floyd and the Jamaicans who have been killed by law enforcement. An additional protest was held at Emancipation Park (Kingston, Jamaica), Emancipation Park. * : **Guadalajara: Hundreds of protesters marched in downtown Guadalajara on 4 June to protest 5 May police beating death of Death of Giovanni López, Giovanni López, a 30-year-old man who had been arrested and killed for not wearing a face mask on 4 May in Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos, Jalisco. 26 people were arrested after protesters in downtown Guadalajara committed acts of vandalism and burned two police vehicles as well as setting a police officer on fire. Without offering any evidence, the state's right-wing governor Enrique Alfaro Ramírez blamed President Andrés Manuel López Obrador for the aggression against the police. Mexican police have a long history of brutality and abuse, particularly against indigenous peoples. Three police officers from Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos were arrested on 5 June for the murder of Giovanni López. **Mexico City: Large crowds gathered in Mexico City. Protesters waved placards with the words "No justice, no peace, No justice! No peace!", "I can't breathe" and "Black lives matter". Several hundred attended a vigil on 4 June. A demonstration in the upscale neighborhood Polanco, Mexico City 5 June turned violent as protesters threw stones and Molotov cocktails at the Embassy of the United States, Mexico City, US Embassy building and broke windows along Paseo de la Reforma; eleven people were injured, including six police officers and a teenage girl who was kicked by a police officer. **Tijuana: On 7 June 2020, more than 100 protesters marched throughout the city, from the police station to the border waving signs honoring George Floyd and calling attention to Giovanni López Ramírez who died in Jalisco police custody earlier in the year. Jaime Bonilla Valdez, Jaime Bonilla, the governor of Baja California, came out to greet them when they reached City Hall. There were also protests regarding the death of Oliver López, who died in the hands of police a short time before George Floyd. **Xalapa: Dozens of protesters gathered in Xalapa on 8 June to protest the 2 May arrest and death of Carlos Andrés Navarro Landa, 33. Navarro Landa was arrested for disorderly conduct and then died in police custody, officially from a heart attack but covered with bruises from a beating. *: ** Port of Spain: *** 3 June: A protest organized by the Movement for Social Justice was held outside the US Embassy. A small number of people held signs for a few minutes before police asked them to observe Social distancing, social-distancing protocols. *** 8 June: Hundreds protested in support of Black Lives Matter in Queen's Park Savannah. The police commissioner attempted to speak to the crowd but was booed away. Another altercation occurred when a police officer attempted to film the group. * :


Oceania

* : :: On 6 June, protests involving tens of thousands were held in cities across Australia. These showed solidarity with the George Floyd protests, but also highlighted issues of racism within Australia including Aboriginal deaths in custody. * : ** Suva: 18 people protested in front of the Embassy of the United States, Suva, US Embassy. Protestors laid flowers in front of the Embassy and stood for
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. Police were present to remind protestors of COVID-19 measures, and also removed the flowers shortly after they had been laid. * : :: The George Floyd protests sparked a strong response among New Zealanders, in particular among the indigenous Māori people who face structural discrimination in New Zealand, structural discrimination similarly to African Americans in the United States.


See also

*George Floyd protests *List of George Floyd protests in the United States *Murder of George Floyd


Notes


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External links


Map of George Floyd protests globally
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