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122,000 modern slavery victims in UK, says human rights organisation

The UK is ranked at number 145 worldwide, out of a total of 160 countries, for prevalence of modern slavery.

The Independent UK

Forrest group Walk Free warns of slavery threat in Australia's solar panel supply chains

Australia imports more than $25 billion in goods that may have used modern slavery, and for the first time solar panels are one of the most valuable, according to a human rights group funded by Andrew Forrest.

ABC News

Records of French slaves inscribed on U.N. world heritage register

Several hundred documents and items giving the details of victims of slavery in France’s colonial empire is being added to UNESCO’s “Memory of the World” register

The Independent UK

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More than 40,000 people trapped in modern slavery in Australia

Moe Turaga never expected to end up enslaved in a rural Australian town when he left Fiji as a teenage boy to earn a living for his family.

The New Daily

More than 40,000 modern slaves trapped in Australia

At least 50 million people are trapped as modern slaves in exploitative work or marriage conditions across the world, with about 40,000 in Australia alone.

AAP

Why descendants of France’s slaves are still fighting for their memory

On 23 May, France marks a national day for the victims of colonial slavery. Descendants of people enslaved by the French empire fought to establish the event 25 years ago, and today they’re still fighting for a national memorial in their ancestors’ honour.

Radio France Internationale

George Skelton: Newsom and California lawmakers need to say where they stand on reparations for slavery

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Legislature will soon receive a sweeping set of recommended reparations for African Americans whose ancestors suffered economically from slavery and racial discrimination. Then what?

Los Angeles Times

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UK crime agency to pursue up to 100 lawyers accused of helping traffickers

Exclusive: Solicitors believed to be assisting criminal gangs who abuse modern slavery laws to gain asylum

The Guardian - UK

Let’s teach children about slavery properly by connecting it to our present

When treated purely as historical fact, the slave trade can be dismissed as an evil of the past – the reality is very different says English teacher and writer Lola Okolosie

The Guardian - UK

Rep. Cori Bush introduces bill on reparations for Black Americans

The bill, Reparations NOW, calls for $14 trillion to Black Americans as compensation for slavery and Jim Crow.

WEKU

Symbols of the Confederacy are slowly coming down from US military bases: 3 essential reads

Without much fanfare, a federal panel is removing the names of Confederate generals from U.S. military bases and replacing them with names that exemplify modern-day values and patriotism.

The Conversation

Black Californians hope state reparations don't become another broken promise

California’s first-in-the-nation Black reparations task force is nearing the end of its historic work with a hefty list of recommendations for lawmakers to consider turning into action

The Independent UK

Canada's Modern Slavery Act is the start — not the end — of efforts to address the issue in supply chains

On May 3, Canada passed legislation aimed at addressing modern slavery — a term that typically encompasses forced labour, bonded labour and child labour — in supply chains.

The Conversation

Anti-slavery helpline has busiest year ever as sex trafficking and forced labour reports hit record high

More than 6,500 potential victims of modern slavery victims were identified in 2022

The Independent UK

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Concerns over care sector amid UK rise in potential victims of modern slavery

Charity says number of potential victims identified via helpline more than doubled last year

Daily Mirror

Disabled man breaks silence after cheating wife and carer lover jailed for enslaving him

Tom Somerset-How, 40, was held effectively as a slave in his own home by wife Sarah Somerset-How, 49, and carer George Webb, 50, for years, with the pair having an affair

Daily Mirror

Disabled man's wife and his carer guilty of slavery as pair had affair behind his back

Sarah Somerset-How, 49, and George Webb, 50, have been convicted of holding a person in slavery or servitude after Tom Somerset-How, who has cerebral palsy, raised the alarm

The Guardian - UK

Wife and care worker found guilty of enslaving disabled husband in Chichester

Sarah Somerset-How and George Webb charged under modern slavery laws for treating her partner ‘like property’

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'My fiancee wants to teach kids meat eating is 'wrong' - but I don't agree'

A man has taken to social media to share how his wife wants to raise their future children on a vegetarian diet because as she believes eating meat is as bad a slavery

The Guardian - UK

Campaigners urge king to do more to acknowledge UK’s slavery role

Charles should adopt specific measures to build understanding of the legacy of enslavement, say activists and academics

Daily Mirror

Caribbean nation tells King Charles to 'nudge' Rishi Sunak to pay slavery reparations

The Prime Minister of Caribbean nation St Vincent and the Grenadines suggested British politicians would not 'permit' the King to apologise for the wrongs of slavery

WEKU

Leaders from Japan and South Korea vow better ties following summit

Japan's prime minister expressed sympathy toward Koreans forced into industrial slavery during Japan's colonial rule as the leaders from the two countries vowed to strengthen cooperation.

The Guardian - US

The Rediscovery of America: why Native history is American history

Historian Ned Blackhawk’s new book stresses the importance of telling US history with a wider and more inclusive lens

The Guardian - UK

A delayed reckoning: King Charles and the future of the Commonwealth

The new monarch has an opportunity – though not much time – to show leadership on issues such as slavery reparations and the climate crisis, but will he be moved to act?

ABC News

King Charles faces crisis of relevance as coronation shines light on royal family's colonial past

The coronation is done and dusted, but the spectacle has reignited debates about slavery, colonial legacies and republicanism.

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