电视视频显示，南非警察先是使用水枪，然后是震撼手榴弹和催泪弹，然后向罢工矿工齐射实弹，警察称一些矿工手持大刀和棍棒。可以看到躺在血泊中的尸体。这场暴乱开始于一周前，官方称这场3000工人组织的罢工为非法。这些人要求运营铂矿的公司增加工资，该公司是全世界第三大铂生产商，其生产的铂大多出自该矿。

Britain and Sweden have criticized Ecuador's decision to grant political asylum to the Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Mr Assange sought refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London two months ago to avoid extradition to Sweden where he's wanted for questioning over sex assault allegations. The British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Mr Assange would not be allowed safe passage to Ecuador.

厄瓜多尔决定向维基解密创始人朱利安?阿桑奇提供政治避难，英国和瑞典对此表示批评。两月前，阿桑奇向伦敦厄瓜多尔大使馆寻求避难，以逃避被引渡到的瑞典，瑞典目前正在通缉他，并希望就性侵指控对他进行审判。英国外长威廉?海格说不允许厄瓜多尔给阿桑奇提供安全通道。

"Under our law, with Mr Assange having exhausted all options of appeal, the British authorities are under a binding obligation to extradite him to Sweden. We must carry out that obligation, and of course we fully intend to do so. The Ecuadorian government's decision does not change that, and nor does it change the current circumstances in any way."