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UK owes £20 trillion for role in slave trade, says UN judge

24 August 202318 December 2023Political Fiber0

The UK owes £20 trillion in reparations for its involvement in the slave trade, a United Nations judge has said. “Once a state has committed a wrongful act, it’s obliged to pay reparations,” judge Patrick Robinson told the BBC before his keynote speech at Unesco’s Day for Remembering the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Abolition at […]

Commonwealth leaders demand King apologises for ‘centuries of racism’ and cruelty

4 May 202314 January 2024Political Fiber0

Commonwealth countries are demanding a formal apology for the legacy of Britain’s “genocide and colonisation” from King Charles just days before his coronation. A letter signed by leaders and politicians of 12 Commonwealth countries to the King calls for reparations and the return of stolen artifacts and the human remains of indigenous people. The statement […]

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UK owes £20 trillion for role in slave trade, says UN judge

Commonwealth leaders demand King apologises for ‘centuries of racism’ and cruelty

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