Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- June 8, 2020

Stedroy Cabey

Reuters: Voices from the streets; why protesters are marching the world over

(Reuters) - Protesters around the world have taken to the streets in response to events in the United States, where the death in police custody of black man George Floyd has sparked a wave of anti-racism demonstrations.

Reuters interviewed five people in five countries about why they had taken to the streets in recent days and what they hoped to achieve. Here is what they said:

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- June 8, 2020

George Floyd death: Why US protests are so powerful this time -- Helier Cheung, BBC News

2020: Worse Than 1968? -- Niall Ferguson, Bloomberg

Egypt still backing Libyan strongman Haftar, for now: analysts -- AFP

Why the Qatar blockade matters -- Khalid Fahad Al-Khater, Al Jazeera

Can Indian media report freely about the COVID-19 crisis? -- Murali Krishnan, DW

Has COVID-19 Changed How China’s Leaders Approach National Security? -- China File

Are we underestimating how many people are resistant to Covid-19? -- Laura Spinney, The Guardian

The world after Covid: What should tomorrow look like? -- France 24

Hong Kong security law: What does China really intend? -- Dang Yuan, DW

China and Japan’s island dispute -- William Choong, The Interpreter

Trauma lingers from DR Congo's 'Six-Day War,' 20 years on -- AFP

Repression in Mozambique Is Stoking an Islamist Insurgency, Risking Wider Unrest -- Hilary Matfess and Alexander Noyes, WPR

Olof Palme: Who killed Sweden's prime minister? -- Toby Luckhurst BBC News

US crusade against ‘Putin’s pipeline’ intensifies -- America Hernandez, Politico