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Jamaican delegates arrive in London with slavery reparations petition

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The Independent UK · Sep 6

Jamaican government to bring slavery reparations petition to King Charles

The petition marks the first time a Commonwealth state has used this legal route ‘for the cause of reparatory justice’

The Independent UK · Sep 6

Jamaican politician: Why not seek reparations if UK paid slave debt until 2015?

Olivia Grange said past payments raised the question of why Jamaica should not now seek a remedy.

Evening Standard · Sep 6

Care workers and others fleeing UK modern slavery win visa reprieve

Home Office concedes skilled workers abused by sponsors can change employer and complete visa term

The Guardian - UK · Sep 3

After a reckoning and the toppling, what is replacing Britain’s symbols of empire?

In this month’s newsletter: communities are reshaping how empire is remembered in public life. Plus, holding royalty to account in Jamaica and repairing centuries of harm in California

The Guardian - UK · Sep 1

UN committee presents legal case for broad slavery reparations

Countries are "legally obliged" to provide broad reparations for harms resulting from both direct and indirect involvement in the transatlantic African slave trade, a United Nations committee has said. This comes amid a fresh interpretation of a global accord, published on Monday.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 31

UN racial discrimination committee presents legal case for broad slavery reparations

The document, which was approved last week but only published on Monday, is expected to provide a powerful new tool supporting reparations claims.

Euronews · Aug 31

In 1832, a New York merchant built a house with a hidden 2-foot-wide passage; researchers now link it to the Underground Railroad

For decades, visitors to Manhattan's Merchant's House Museum walked past a built-in chest of drawers without knowing the full significance of the narrow passage concealed behind it. After two years of research, historians concluded that the passage was likely used as a hiding place for people escaping slavery. The passage…

The Times of India · Aug 29

Florida aims to drop some school vaccine requirements – including several backed by Trump

Last year, Florida’s surgeon general said he hoped to end vaccine mandates in the state – equating them to a form of ‘slavery’

The Independent UK · Aug 25

British corporation continued trafficking of enslaved Africans to Guyana 40 years after abolition

Letter written in 1847 to Sandbach, Tinne and Company’s Liverpool office reveals it engaged in practice after receiving taxpayer-funded compensation, book says

The Guardian - UK · Aug 23