China News Agency, United Nations, June 5th-On June 5, dozens of UN human rights experts jointly voiced their concerns about the recent serious racism in the United States.

  More than 20 experts, including the United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, jointly called on the United States to immediately conduct an independent investigation into all incidents of excessive use of force by the police to correct systemic racism and racial prejudice in the country’s judicial system. They pointed out that, including the death of George Freud, there has been a series of murders of African Americans in the United States recently. These incidents are all characterized by lynching and death, involving impunity, brutal trampling of life, and Issues such as racist behavior in public places.

  The New York Times reported that as the wave of demonstrations triggered by Freud’s death continued, more police violence was made public. Police use of force against peaceful demonstrators has occurred in many places such as New York and Florida. A lawyer posted a video on social media, made from more than 300 police violent clips.

  UN human rights experts say that the problem of racism in the US police system stems from the era of slavery in American history. Through the violence against African Americans in history, in order to protect slave owners' "property", racial tumors have been harmed to this day. The experts reiterated the conclusions of the African Working Group of Experts on African Descent in their 2016 US National Report that the reported police killing of unarmed African-Americans is only the “tip of the iceberg” and that racial prejudice is prevalent in the judicial system.

  Experts also expressed concern about the recent ongoing demonstrations, pointing out that the US government threatened to use violent means to control the demonstrations. However, in the recent demonstrations against the new corona virus restrictions by white people, the federal government and officials called for gentle treatment of them, even He expressed support. The two attitudes are in stark contrast.

  More than 40 UN human rights experts also issued a statement on the day, pointing out that the recent wave of demonstrations was a protest against systemic racism in the United States. Systemic racism led the authorities to acquiesce in racial violence to a certain extent, resulting in impunity. The statement said that the US President has repeatedly responded to demonstrations by escalating military force and other statements. The possibility of suppressing demonstrations by military means is deeply worrying.

  The statement said that in accordance with the requirements of international human rights law, historical and current racism must be corrected to compensate the victims. Other countries and the international community should also take this opportunity to examine and correct racist problems in their national and international systems. (Finish)