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Antonio gutteres has expressed great concern over rising Political Tension in myanmar. The armed forces are contesting the results of the election last november, which was overwhelmingly won by the Ruling National League at 10 00, Sophie Raworth will be here with a full round up of the days news. First do black lives matter in brazil . In the first half of 2020, more people were killed by the police in Rio Dejaniero state than in the whole of america. 75 were black brazilians, many of whom were just teenagers. We must give a strong warning that this programme contains Graphic Violence and very distressing images, from the outset. Sirens wail. They chant. The police stand accused of inflicting brutal ....
now, her sister was a local politician and anti racism activist, murdered five years ago. so, has that personal tragedy given her unstoppable political motivation? anielle franco, in brasilia, welcome to hardtalk. it s my pleasure to be here, and thanks for the invitation. well, it is great to have you on the show. let me ask you when president lula offered you this very high profile position in his government of minister of racial equality, did you have to think hard before accepting it? well, yes, because it s a position where we have to attend 58% of the population and we have a majority of black population in brazil. but even though we have that number, we have a lot of emergencies and problems and issues that we need to take care very carefully. even though i voted for lula since my first election, i was very happy but, at the same time, i had a conversation with my parents first just because, you know, my mum and my daddy had just lost another daughter in poli ....
position in his government of minister of racial equality, did you have to think hard before accepting it? well, yes, because it s a position where we have to attend 58% of the population and we have a majority of black population in brazil. but even though we have that number, we have a lot of emergencies and problems and issues that we need to take care very carefully. even though i voted for lula since my first election, i was very happy but, at the same time, i had a conversation with my parents first just because, you know, my mum and my daddy had just lost another daughter in politics five years ago and, of course, it would be important to talk to them but at the same time, it was a great opportunity. i was very honoured to be invited and i knew that we had a lot of work to do and as i am compromised to everything that i do, i accepted. yeah. the clear majority of brazilians who are living in poverty are black. when we look at the number of homicides every yea ....
activist murdered five years ago. so, has that personal tragedy given her unstoppable political motivation? anielle franco in brasilia, welcome to hardtalk. it s my pleasure to be here, and thanks for the invitation. well, it is great to have you on the show. let me ask you when president lula offered you this very high profile position in his government of minister of racial equality, did you have to think hard before accepting it? well, yes, because it s a position where we have to attend 58% of the population and we have a majority of black population in brazil. but even though we have that number, we have a lot of emergencies and problems and issues that we need to take care very carefully. even though i voted for lula since my first election, i was very happy but, at the same time, i had a conversation with my parents first just because, you know, my mum and my daddy had just lost another daughter in politics five years ago and, of course, it would be important ....
and thanks for the invitation. well, it is great to have you on the show. let me ask you when president lula offered you this very high profile position in his government of minister of racial equality, did you have to think hard before accepting it? well, yes, because it s a position where we have to attend 58% of the population and we have a majority of black population in brazil. but even though we have that number, we have a lot of emergencies and problems and issues that we need to take care very carefully. even though i voted for lula since my first election, i was very happy but, at the same time, i had a conversation with my parents first just because, you know, my mum and my daddy had just lost another daughter in politics five years ago and, of course, it would be important to talk to them but at the same time, it was a great opportunity. i was very honoured to be invited and i knew that we had a lot of work to do and as i am compromised to everything th ....