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African states soften call for more scrutiny of racism in US

by Associated Press
| June 18, 2020 7:03 AM

GENEVA (AP) — African countries on Thursday backed off their call for the U.N.'s top human rights body to launch its most intense scrutiny on the hot-button issue of police brutality and systemic racism in the United States, after American officials led back-channel talks to air opposition to the idea, diplomats said.

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