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Nigéria : agissez pour les ENFANTS victimes directes des atrocités du conflit !

Bonjour,

À l’occasion de la Journée de l’enfance au Nigeria, nous publions un rapport sur les crimes livrés contre les civils, et plus particulièrement contre les enfants depuis le début du conflit dans le nord-est du pays.

Cela fait plus de huit ans que la guerre entre Boko Haram et l’armée nigériane se poursuit, ayant entraîné la mort de dizaines de milliers de civils. Les enfants sont en première ligne des atrocités commises par les deux parties.

Tandis que Boko Haram perpétue les enlèvements d’enfants, le recrutement d’enfants soldats et les mariages forcés des filles, l’armée nigériane détient illégalement des centaines d’enfants dans des conditions inhumaines.

Les crimes commis par les deux parties ont entraîné des traumatismes généralisés, l’absence d’accès à l’éducation et le manque de protection contre la violence, l’exploitation et les abus répétés, mais les enfants n’ont souvent que peu d’accès à des soins psychosociaux.

Faites pression sur le gouvernement nigérian pour que des enquêtes indépendantes, impartiales et approfondies sur les violations du droit international soient menées, de façon à juger les auteurs présumés.

Les enfants doivent être protégés contre la brutalité du conflit au Nigeria ! Signez notre pétition !

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U.S : George FLOYD, his life mattered.

George Floyd was choked to death by Minneapolis police.

#JusticeforFloyd :

Demand the officers are

charged now !

TAKE ACTION!

Dear friend,

We write this message with a heavy heart because once again we are asking you to join us to demand justice for another slain Black person. Last week it was Breonna Taylor, the week before it was Ahmuad Arbery, and this week it’s George Floyd.

On Monday, May 25th, a grocery clerk thought George was writing a fake check and then called the police. Shortly after the police arrived, officers choked George as he and a crowd of people pleaded with them to stop. The entire murder was captured on camera and shared widely across social media.¹ The following day, after a national outcry erupted, the police chief announced that all four officers who were on the scene were fired from the force.²

And while this is a step in the right direction, it does not absolve the officers of their blatant crime and we’re demanding Mayor Jacob Frey and District Attorney Michael Freeman take further action to secure justice for George Floyd.

Mayor Frey must:

Block the from receiving their pensions;
Ban the officers from ever becoming police officers again; and
DA Freeman must immediately charge the officers with murdering George.

#JusticeforFloyd: Demand Mayor Frey and DA Freeman take action now to hold the officers accountable for murdering George.

George’s death at the hands of the MPD is eerily similar to Eric Garner’s. Both Black men uttered the same words as cops took their lives. Police violence, harassment, and assaults on Black people happen far too often. Just two months ago, officers in Louisville stormed Breonna Taylor’s home and murdered her in a botched investigation. And the names of Black people murdered for simply existing goes on and on.

But when we fight and hold powerful people to account, we win. After more than 43,000 Color Of Change members called for #JusticeforBre and more than 300,000 members #RanwithAhmaud, charges filed against Bre’s boyfriend were dropped and Ahmaud’s killers were charged with murder. And we can win justice for George, as well, if we keep up sustained pressure on Mayor Frey and DA Freeman to take action.

Stand with George’s family and demand that the officers are charged with murder.

Officers rarely, if ever, are held accountable for inflicting harm on Black people. Even after viral videos are released, they continue to earn paychecks, collect pensions, and walk free as the Black bodies they took from us are gone. This must end. They should not be rewarded for egregious misconduct. Derek Chauvin, George’s killer, and the Minneapolis Police Department have an ugly history of misconduct. Chauvin has been involved in at least three other incidents where he shot someone and has never been held accountable for any of them. And the MPD kills Black people at a rate 13x higher than white people - a larger racial disparity than almost anywhere else in the nation. It’s imperative we fight to hold these officers accountable and push this department to reform their practices. Will you stand with us in our fight for justice?

Until justice is real,

Scott, Rashad, Arisha, Erika, Malachi, Marybeth, Madison, Leonard, and the rest of the Color Of Change team.

References :

1. "Video shows Minneapolis cop with knee on neck of motionless, moaning man who later died." CBS News.

2. "4 Minneapolis Police Officers Fired Over George Floyd Death." Huffington Post.

3. "Police Accountability Tool." Mapping Police Violence.

Color Of Change is building a movement to elevate the voices of Black folks and our allies, and win real social and political change. Help keep our movement strong.