07

Apr

Slavery tribunal? Africa and Caribbean unite on reparations

By Catarina Demony Support is building among Africa and Caribbean nations for the creation of an international tribunal on atrocities dating to the transatlantic trade of enslaved people, with the…

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19

Jul

EU says slavery inflicted ‘untold suffering’, hints at reparations

By Catarina Demony and Belén Carreño The European Union (EU) said that Europe's slave-trading past inflicted "untold suffering" on millions of people and hinted at the need for reparations for…

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02

Jul

Dutch King apologises for Netherlands’ historic role in slavery

Dutch King Willem-Alexander on Saturday apologised for the Netherlands' historic involvement in slavery and the effects that it still has today. The king was speaking at a ceremony marking the…

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07

Apr

King Charles backs research into monarchy’s slave links

By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - King Charles has given his support to research that will examine the British monarchy's links to slavery, Buckingham Palace said, after a newspaper report…

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12

Sep

Modern slavery on the rise as crises fuel poverty – U.N. report

GENEVA, Sept 12 (Reuters) - The number of people forced to work or in a marriage against their will has surged in recent years to around 50 million on any…

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08

Jul

On this day…

In 1099 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on, in what was the First Crusade. In 1497 Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama departs…

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03

Apr

The Guardian – Modern Slavery

It's 2018 and gone are the days of the slavery as presented to us in the cinema from the Egyptian times of Moses or America. Yet slavery is still around…

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