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The Guardian - UK
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Natricia Duncan and Anthony Lugg in Montego Bay

Caribbean leaders back Jamaica petition to King Charles for slavery reparations

A image of Jamaica's PM Andrew Holness.
Andrew Holness said it was a ‘watershed moment for the global movement for reparatory justice’. Photograph: Dante Carrer/Reuters

Caribbean leaders are backing Jamaica’s petition to King Charles on reparations as the region prepares to step up its pursuit of reparative justice for slavery, the prime minister, Andrew Holness, has said.

Speaking at this week’s leaders summit for the Caribbean Community (Caricom), a bloc of 20 member and associate member states, Holness said Jamaica had secured “broad support” from the region for its petition to the king, the island’s head of state.

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