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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Donna Ferguson

UK politicians and campaigners call for reparative justice for African slave trade

Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy chairs the all-party group for reparations, which is hosting the conference. Photograph: House of Commons/PA

Politicians, campaigners and community groups are uniting for the first time to make “a very distinct and clear call for reparative justice” at an inaugural reparations conference this weekend.

The all-party parliamentary group for Afrikan reparations (APPG-AR), a group of cross-party MPs, is hosting its first reparations conference in Euston in north London to collectively agree on a common statement with stakeholders and grassroots campaigners that can be used by MPs to push forward a policy for reparative justice in the House of Commons.

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