TV presenter Yevgeny Popov criticized the us human rights organization Human Rights Watch for the difference in assessment of the situation with human rights in Russia and the United States.
In his telegram channel, the journalist has noticed that on the website of non-governmental organizations there is no news about the riots in the United States, however, published "treatises about Russia".
"On the website nepolzhivye Human Rights Watch exactly zero news about the pogroms in the United States. Even in the Racial Discrimination. But about Russia treatises. That freaks, her God", — said Popov.
In Minneapolis and several other cities in the United States after the death of the African-American George Floyd from the hands of the police riots took place. In the Internet appeared the footage, which shows that the police put the handcuffs Floyd, knocked him down and piled on top of him, the three of us, and one of them stepped on his knee on the neck. Floyd on video several times said that he could not breathe, and then fades. He died in intensive care. After the riots, fired four police officers and one of them was accused of murder by negligence. In Minneapolis and neighbouring St. Paul at the weekend imposed a curfew.
