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By Paul Lashmar Reader in Journalism, City, University of London“Reparations have been paid for other wrongs and obviously far more quickly, far more speedily than reparations for what I conside
Some UK families whose wealth largely derives from the transatlantic slave trade have agreed to pay reparations.
On International Human Rights Day in 2021, The Gleaner, celebrating 70 years of publishing in the UK, held an e-conversation in which the main question to be considered by the six panellists was, “Should Jamaica become a republic?” I was one of the...
Sunday, August 27, 2023 - A United Nations judge says the UK is likely to owe more than £18tn in reparations for its historic role in transatlantic slave trade. A report co-authored by the judge, Patrick Robinson, says the UK should pay $24tn (£18.8tn) for its slavery involvement in 14 different countries. According to Robinson, the…
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 …