Rights group urges U.S. to protect protesters after two are shot dead while demanding justice for Jacob Blake

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Simon Ateba is Chief White House Correspondent for Today News Africa. Simon covers President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, the U.S. government, the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other financial and international institutions in Washington D.C. and New York City.

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Amnesty International on Wednesday called on the United States to end gun violence and protect the rights of protesters, after two demonstrators were shot dead and another injured in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday night, while demanding justice for Jacob Blake, an unarmed black man shot at least seven times in the back at the weekend.