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A statue of Elizabeth II was toppled in Winnipeg, Manitoba

 During protests on Canada Day, crowds in Winnipeg, Manitoba, pulled down statues as the country reflects on the residential school system

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An Indigenous Australian participates in a smoking ceremony in front of Sydney Town Hall during a protest against Aboriginal deaths in custody in Sydney, Australia on June 6, 2020. Many thousands have rallied in Sydney CBD to stop Aboriginal deaths in custody after an appeal court's last-minute decision to authorise the public gathering. Photo: AFP

 Things with a longer history tend to be more precious. However, this common sense doesn't seem to hold when it comes to the Indigenous peoples in Australia, the first peoples on the land.

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A woman embraces her daughter during a rally after the remains of 215 children were found at a residential school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 6, 2021. [Chris Helgren / REUTERS] (Reuters)

 For more than a century, Indigenous children were forcibly taken away from their families to residential schools created by the Canadian government and administered by churches.

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Lorelei Williams puts one of 215 pairs of children's shoes on the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery. Photo: VCG

 Canada is unqualified to criticize China. They have to reflect on their own misdeeds on human rights, Zhao Lijian, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, told a press conference on Wednesday, responding to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's remarks over topics of China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

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At least 600 graves found at Indigenous boarding school

   Cowessess First Nation announced the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves on the grounds of the former Marieval Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan, Canada and Indigenous leaders say they will find more at other sites.

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 China, on behalf of other countries including Russia, Belarus and Iran, called on Tuesday at the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council for an investigation into the discovery of the remains of 215 indigenous children in Canada at the site of a former boarding school

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