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Many other pensioners — tired and frustrated by delays to vet them and reinstate their pensions — protested outside the offices of the auditor general. this retired nurse was involved in the protest and is still angry at how the pensioners were treated. they are treated as beggars on the streets for their own civil rights. following the filming of this investigation, thejournalist�*s mother, margaret, began receiving her pension efficaciously to still has not been paid and has no idea when...

And some of the other political slogans, or is it something thats leading to substantial action? far from substantial action. these symbols, likewise, pulling down statues in the uk, they have no impact on the issues you face in your everyday life. blm was politcised in the us as a strategy to remove president trump, and was pushed around the world by the media. but the direct answer to blessings question, we must not allow our emotions to dictate our responses and conscious thinking. we should ...

Thank you. ok, thanks. lets go now to singapore to carma elliott for her question. carma, what do you want to ask our two panellists? thank you, zeinab. i would to ask the panelists - how and why is black lives matter relevant to our global community, for example in southeast asia, . as we now start to see asian hate attacks? i is black lives matter a us/uk issue? duwayne brooks, how would you answer that? well, as i said, black is deemed anyone with non—white skin, but the slogan, which is a ...

To be killed by the police, so your answer. black communities are hyper policed, despite the fact that if you look at drug use or other kind of issues, we are using and engaging in different behaviours the same as our fellow counterparts, yet because we are black, because of the colour of our skin, we see that black people are highly policed, our neighbourhoods. were only 14% of the population. the fact we also see that black people are incarcerated at 40% of the prison population rate versus th...

Delivering perfection, but no longer on the plate. im back on the stoves and im cooking. when you become a chef, thats what you want to do. you want to cook food and you want people to enjoy your food. jamies quit hisjob as head chef at a fancy hotel chain and started his own takeaway business. and hes not going back. a year ago was kind of a bit of a moment for you to reassess life and work out what you wanted to do. it was, yeah. i think its been a push for some people who were stuck in the in...

Well, we have no evidence of that — wheres the evidence? because those are political decisions. so, you know, wheres the evidence that blm made that happen? i havent seen any evidence of that. whats the evidence, then, opal? what evidence are you looking for? i think when you look at... there you go. there is your answer. ..there are millions of people in the street that you want to discount, everyday people. thats really disingenuous. thats really discouraging that people... theres your answe...

During that time, black people continue to be killed by police. so, i believe that we have a long way to go, but its not going to happen unless we join hands together and ensure that we have democracies that are healthy and work for all of us. are you optimistic? iam. im starting to see that more people are kind of removingi this shroud of white supremacy or at least attempting to havej a better understanding| of the realities of black and brown — people around the world. i think also, once we...

Important and something weve seen throughout history. dr martin luther king, gandhi, so many others engaged in civil disobedience. they have written books about it and talked about it over the years, so we are following in a similar tradition that we see around the world. its not a big deal, but its also important methodology because often times, issues were concerned about go without redress. they dont get attention, until we muster up the courage and gather our conscience and say enough is eno...

Kind of sentiments, but the reality is substantively, peoples lives have changed. people have found their courage, they have gotten jobs, access to programmes, different policy changes at local, national levels. where? chicago, new york, california. give me an example. weve elected people in office. you know exactly what weve done here, but also in other parts of the world. i dont think its a small thing for people to go to the streets to take action, to call out their governments. we have to ha...

Convenience for politicians to hide behind the symbols- that they have rightly given. whilst avoiding - the real questions and the real change that were looking for, so that is the | real focus of my question. very quick response. while the other caller is mentioning and trying to point fingers as us instead of looking at the leaders of our nations and the leaders of localjurisdictions, hes looking at everyday people trying to discredit their work. thats very disappointing and disturbing. pointi...