List of George Floyd protests outside the United States

International George Floyd protests
International George Floyd protests
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	Protest at Dam Square in Amsterdam, 1 June 2020
	Map of protests around the world with over 100 participants (click for a dynamic version of the map)

George Floyd, an African American man, was murdered on 25 May 2020 during a police arrest. Protests 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,^[1] opposed police brutality,^[2] questioned the arming of police,^[3]^[4] and expressed solidarity with their counterparts in the United States.^[5] Prominent local issues included the 2016 death of Adama Traoré near Paris while in police custody (for whom roughly 20,000 people protested at various times) and the high rate of death amongst incarcerated Indigenous Australians.

Protests took place in over 60 countries and on all seven continents. The protests took place during the COVID-19 pandemic, during which gathering in crowds was strongly advised against in some parts of the world, and outright banned in others.

^ For example: "Els joves clamen contra el racisme". Nacional. Diari d'Andorra. 7 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020. Un centenar de persones han assistit a la manifestació contra el racisme que s'ha celebrat avui a la Plaça del Consell General.
^ For example: Hasson, Nir; Shpigel, Noa (3 June 2020). "Hundreds March in Israel, West Bank for Palestinian, Black American Police Brutality Victims". Israel News. Haaretz. haaretz.com. Retrieved 15 June 2020. Hundreds of people protested on Tuesday in several cities across Israel and the West Bank against police brutality, following last week's killing of Eyad Hallaq by Israeli police, with four activists detained in Jerusalem. [...] The organizers of the Free Jerusalem movement link Hallaq's death with that of George Floyd [...].
^ "Thousands of NZers march for Black Lives Matter". New Zealand. RNZ News. Radio New Zealand. 14 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020. Emilie Rakete, from People Against Prisons Aotearoa and the Arms Down movement, also spoke about armed police and said the 'truth is that we live on a graveyard in Aotearoa', with police laying down the bodies.
^ "Black Lives Matter marches: Thousands of Kiwis peacefully protest against racism". Stuff. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020. The Green Party said 'state-based discrimination' was not constrained to American borders.
'We must acknowledge that here in New Zealand, at every single step of the justice system, Māori face increased discrimination', justice spokeswoman Golriz Ghahraman said. [...] Ghahraman urged people to speak out against the Armed Response Team, when consultation on the trial was made public.
Auckland protest organisers said the trial resulted in three Māori or Pasifika people being shot and killed by police in the past few months and that there was a problem with 'militarisation' of the New Zealand police.
^ For example: Lo, Barnaby (4 June 2020). "Protest against "urgent" anti-terror bill in Philippines gets a boost from Taylor Swift". CBS News. CBS NewsInteractive Inc. Retrieved 15 June 2020. At one point during the march, Filipino protesters "took a knee" to show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and the wider pushback against police brutality.

[1] For example: "Els joves clamen contra el racisme". Nacional. Diari d'Andorra. 7 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020. Un centenar de persones han assistit a la manifestació contra el racisme que s'ha celebrat avui a la Plaça del Consell General.

[2] For example: Hasson, Nir; Shpigel, Noa (3 June 2020). "Hundreds March in Israel, West Bank for Palestinian, Black American Police Brutality Victims". Israel News. Haaretz. haaretz.com. Retrieved 15 June 2020. Hundreds of people protested on Tuesday in several cities across Israel and the West Bank against police brutality, following last week's killing of Eyad Hallaq by Israeli police, with four activists detained in Jerusalem. [...] The organizers of the Free Jerusalem movement link Hallaq's death with that of George Floyd [...].

[3] "Thousands of NZers march for Black Lives Matter". New Zealand. RNZ News. Radio New Zealand. 14 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020. Emilie Rakete, from People Against Prisons Aotearoa and the Arms Down movement, also spoke about armed police and said the 'truth is that we live on a graveyard in Aotearoa', with police laying down the bodies.

[4] "Black Lives Matter marches: Thousands of Kiwis peacefully protest against racism". Stuff. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020. The Green Party said 'state-based discrimination' was not constrained to American borders.
'We must acknowledge that here in New Zealand, at every single step of the justice system, Māori face increased discrimination', justice spokeswoman Golriz Ghahraman said. [...] Ghahraman urged people to speak out against the Armed Response Team, when consultation on the trial was made public.
Auckland protest organisers said the trial resulted in three Māori or Pasifika people being shot and killed by police in the past few months and that there was a problem with 'militarisation' of the New Zealand police.

[5] For example: Lo, Barnaby (4 June 2020). "Protest against "urgent" anti-terror bill in Philippines gets a boost from Taylor Swift". CBS News. CBS NewsInteractive Inc. Retrieved 15 June 2020. At one point during the march, Filipino protesters "took a knee" to show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and the wider pushback against police brutality.

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