By Catarina Demony, Reuters — LONDON, Sept 11 (Reuters) – All three candidates running to become the next secretary-general of the Commonwealth, a 56-nation club headed by Britain’s King Charles, said…
By Catarina Demony, Reuters — President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said late on Tuesday that Portugal was responsible for crimes committed during transatlantic slavery and the colonial era, and suggested…
Brazil has finally started hearing very public demands for reparations for its role in slavery. By Eléonore Hughes, AP — The executive manager for institutional relations at a Brazilian state…
By Sarah Pruitt, History — Though exact totals will never be known, the transatlantic slave trade is believed to have forcibly displaced some 12.5 million Africans between the 17th and 19th centuries;…
By Francis Kokutse , AP — Delegates at a reparations summit in Ghana agreed Thursday to establish a Global Reparation Fund to push for overdue compensation for millions of Africans enslaved…
Partnership between Glasgow University and University of the West Indies was established as part of a reparative justice programme. By Sally Weale, The Guardian — The world’s first master’s degree…
Researchers are at last revealing how slavery and the slave trade shaped the country’s institutions. By Constance Malleret, The Guardian — On 27 July 1825, a brig called Espadarte (Swordfish)…
The harm caused by transatlantic chattel slavery is vast, and its repercussions continue to resonate in the lives of the descendants of the enslaved. Scholars have long worked to document,…
UN secretary general says no country has comprehensively accounted for the past. By Aamna Mohdin, The Guardian — A UN report calling on countries to consider financial reparations for transatlantic…
Lloyd’s of London and Church of England also to be approached over role in past exploitation. By Donna Ferguson, The Guardian — Caribbean nations are preparing formal letters demanding that…
Patrick Robinson says reparation for transatlantic slavery ‘is required by history and is required by law’. By Aamna Mohdin, The Guardian — A leading judge at the international court of…
Originally published by The Guardian, June 17, 2020. Firms will make payments to benefit the BAME community and promote diversity. By Kevin Rawlinson — Two major British firms have pledged…