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Record high modern slavery referrals ‘shows shocking scale’ of issue in UK

Greater London was the area where exploitation in the UK was most commonly said to have occurred

Evening Standard

‘I don’t want my sons in fatigues’ – Jess Phillips defends aid cuts

The minister was asked about the Government’s decision to cut overseas aid to fund a boost to defence spending.

The Independent UK

‘Let’s dig into the archives and tell the truth’: interrogating Yale’s connections to slavery

Pulitzer prize winner David Blight follows his biography of Frederick Douglass with a deep dive into his university’s dark past

The Guardian - US

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Brooklyn’s fraught history with slavery is examined in a new exhibit

With 10 archival files, Trace/s upends simplistic narratives about New York’s history with enslavement

The Guardian - US

‘People cry, get angry’: remembering the enslaved in Ghana’s remarkable sculpture park

Kwame Akoto-Bamfo started by shaping one clay head in 2009. Now thousands are displayed at the Nykyinkyim Museum, each representing an African who was lost to slavery

The Guardian - UK

UK risks becoming dumping ground for goods from exploited workers, MPs say

Committee says firms should be required to say how they will tackle modern slavery in supply chains

The Guardian - UK

Homeless Britons say cost of addiction is forcing them into modern slavery – so why are they not being recognised as victims?

All names have been changed to protect the identities of interviewees.

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What’s a constitutional crisis? Here’s how Trump’s recent moves are challenging the Constitution’s separation of powers

In a short few weeks, President Donald Trump has upended many core parts and functions of the U.S. government. He dismantled the U.S. Agency for International Development and fired thousands of government employees. He has also fired several inspectors general and board members of independent agencies.

The Conversation

Who were Margaret Morgan and Edward Prigg?

Margaret Morgan was born into slavery in Maryland and had been living with her husband and their children in the free state of Pennsylvania for five years when hired slavecatchers led by Edward Prigg seized them one night in 1837

The Independent UK

Law school project finds slavery citations still being used today

Students at Michigan State University's law school have found that slavery is still baked into American jurisprudence

The Independent UK

Pastor with ties to Pete Hegseth claimed slavery promoted ‘affection between the races’ in South

Pastor Douglas Wilson, of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches, made the statements in his 1996 book Southern Slavery: As It Was

The Independent UK

Some of Australia’s largest companies are failing to ‘know and show’ their respect for human rights

In our complex, interconnected world, there are risks of human rights violations throughout global supply chains. Examples include not only modern slavery and child labour, but also gender discrimination and violations of land, food and water rights.

The Conversation

Caribbean leaders vow to maintain pursuit of slavery reparations

Countries meeting at Caricom summit not seeking ‘handout’ but ‘appropriate apology’ and compensation

The Guardian - US

Gil Won-ok, survivor of Japan’s wartime military sexual slavery, dies at 96

Gil was a vocal critic of Japan’s refusal to take legal responsibility for wartime atrocities

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The Guardian - UK

Thanks to Trump, it is now in Europe’s self-interest to compensate Africa for slavery

As the US rips up its rules-based order and threatens sovereign nations, this is the time to make allies. Reparations might help, says Liliane Umubyeyi of the African Futures Lab

Latin Times

Democrat Introduces Bill for Slavery Reparations As Trump Continues Crackdown Against DEI Efforts

Rep. Ayanna Pressley has reintroduced H.R. 40, a bill to study reparations for slavery, amid President Trump's dismantling of DEI initiatives.

The Independent UK

Rescued from virtual slavery in Myanmar's online scam centers, 260 foreigners are being repatriated

Thailand's army says some 260 people believed to have been trafficked and trapped into working in online scam centers are to be repatriated after they were rescued from Myanmar

The Guardian - UK

UK shipping firm used enslaved workers in Caribbean after abolition, study finds

Postal Museum says research featured in new exhibition shows how global postal service was ‘tool of empire’

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The Conversation

Modern slavery and climate change: how extreme weather fuels forced labour and unwanted marriages

Weather-induced disasters that are the result of climate change are increasingly affecting societies. One area that hasn’t been explored much yet is how extreme weather events are creating conditions for a rise in modern slavery.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Dennis Schröder got dealt twice after comparing being traded to ‘modern slavery’

That's not the best way to say it, but Dennis Schroder has a point.

The Guardian - UK

Crawley Town accused of breaking Modern Slavery Act by former employee

Crawley Town have been accused of breaking the Modern Slavery Act by a former employee

Louder

"They would literally laugh in my face": From Haitian voodoo to slavery, sex and school shootings, Lower is the album Benjamin Booker's old label didn't want him to make

Benjamin Booker is back with a compelling, experimental new album, and enjoying pulling the strings on his own label

Sports Illustrated

Warriors' Dennis Schroder Says NBA Trade Deadline Is 'Modern Slavery'

Schröder had an extremely negative reaction to the Luka Doncic trade.

The Guardian - UK

Labour facing defeat in vote to ban green energy investments tied to Uyghur exploitation

Exclusive: cross-party backing likely for amendment to GB Energy bill aiming to block solar panels made by forced labour

The Independent UK

Labour accused of rank hypocrisy over plans to detain child migrants and ditch slavery protections

Yvette Cooper is pressing ahead with plans her party previously opposed as campaigners warn measures will only increase trafficking

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