South Africa: Punish Xenophobic Violence

Expand Stones and bricks are seen on a street on the outskirts of Johannesburg, Monday Sept. 2, 2019. Police had earlier fired rubber bullets as they struggled to stop looters who targeted businesses as unrest broke out in several spots in and around the city. © AP Photo (Johannesburg) – The South African police should take swift action to end xenophobic attacks targeting African foreign nationals. At least twelve people have been killed, thousands displaced, and businesses wantonly looted during the violence that began in late August 2019. Those responsible for previous waves of xenophobic…

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