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The family told the BBC: "At the moment we are solely focused on Guyana."

Irfaan Ali also demands posthumous charges for crimes against humanity for traders and enslavers

Britain’s industrial revolution was built on slavery: both black labour and intellectual property.

A United Nations (UN) judge says the United Kingdom is likely to owe more than £18tn in reparations for its historic role in transatlantic slavery. A report co-authored by the judge, Patrick Robinson, says the UK should pay $24tn for its slavery involvement in 14 countries. But Robinson said the sum was an “underestimation” of the damage caused by the slave trade. He said he was amazed some countries responsible …

Patrick Robinson claimed that countries behind the centuries of atrocities were obliged to pay and accused politicians like Rishi Sunak of burying their heads in the sand.

UK cannot ignore calls for slavery reparations, says leading UN judge🇺🇳🇺🇳🇺🇳 Exclusive: Patrick Robinson says reparation for transatlantic slavery ‘is...

A report led by the judge, Patrick Robinson, says the UK should pay £18.8tn for its role in slavery.

On Wednesday, London’s city government marked the UN’s Day for Remembering the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Abolition. Judge Patrick Robinson from the International Court of Justice gave the keynote address and called for reparations. It follows a report by the Brattle Group that puts into numbers how much the UK owes for its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The

Exclusive: Patrick Robinson says reparation for transatlantic slavery ‘is required by history and is required by law’

News comes in the week when the family of a former British prime minister apologised for owning stolen Africans.