Slavery

Harvard acknowledges slavery ties, sets up $100m reparations fund
Report by oldest US university lays out history of slavery on campus and its role in perpetuating racial oppression.
Published On 26 Apr 2022
Jamaicans call for reparations as British royal couple arrives
Jamaican leaders demand apology and slavery reparations as Prince William and Kate visit as part of Caribbean tour.
Published On 22 Mar 2022
UK college seeks permission to remove slavery-linked memorial
Cambridge University’s Jesus College wants to remove a plaque commemorating a slave-trade investor, Tobias Rustat.
Published On 2 Feb 2022
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Barbados cuts from the queen and readies its new republic
Barbados gained independence from Britain in 1966, but it has taken 55 years to cast off Queen Elizabeth.
Published On 6 Dec 2021

While slavery was abolished during colonial rule, local communities still place their descendants at society’s margins.

US officials determined there was credible evidence the ship, operated by a Chinese national, is using forced labour.

August 1 is now recognised across Canada as Emancipation Day, marking the end of slavery in the British Empire in 1834.

‘Labour abuse is baked into the supply-chain model championed by apparel giants,’ one labour rights researcher said.

The statue of US Confederate General Robert E Lee has been removed four years after it sparked deadly protests.

Annual report says pandemic, climate change impacted vulnerable, downgrades Malaysia to lowest tier.

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Some residents see the move to declare Juneteenth a holiday as tokenistic as others see a sign of hope.

Long drive to make Juneteenth a national holiday succeeds amid the US’s new reckoning with its history of racism.

The court ruled against Malians who said they were taken from their country as kids and forced to work on cocoa farms.

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