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Care workers and others fleeing UK modern slavery win visa reprieve

Home Office concedes skilled workers abused by sponsors can change employer and complete visa term

The Guardian - UK

After a reckoning and the toppling, what is replacing Britain’s symbols of empire?

In this month’s newsletter: communities are reshaping how empire is remembered in public life. Plus, holding royalty to account in Jamaica and repairing centuries of harm in California

The Guardian - UK

UN committee presents legal case for broad slavery reparations

Countries are "legally obliged" to provide broad reparations for harms resulting from both direct and indirect involvement in the transatlantic African slave trade, a United Nations committee has said. This comes amid a fresh interpretation of a global accord, published on Monday.

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UN racial discrimination committee presents legal case for broad slavery reparations

The document, which was approved last week but only published on Monday, is expected to provide a powerful new tool supporting reparations claims.

Euronews

In 1832, a New York merchant built a house with a hidden 2-foot-wide passage; researchers now link it to the Underground Railroad

For decades, visitors to Manhattan's Merchant's House Museum walked past a built-in chest of drawers without knowing the full significance of the narrow passage concealed behind it. After two years of research, historians concluded that the passage was likely used as a hiding place for people escaping slavery. The passage…

The Times of India

Florida aims to drop some school vaccine requirements – including several backed by Trump

Last year, Florida’s surgeon general said he hoped to end vaccine mandates in the state – equating them to a form of ‘slavery’

The Independent UK

British corporation continued trafficking of enslaved Africans to Guyana 40 years after abolition

Letter written in 1847 to Sandbach, Tinne and Company’s Liverpool office reveals it engaged in practice after receiving taxpayer-funded compensation, book says

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In 1831, Thornton and Lucie Blackburn escaped slavery in Kentucky and fled to Canada; 154 years later, archaeologists uncovered their lost home

On a summer day in 1831, Thornton and Lucie Blackburn left Louisville with little certainty about what awaited them. They were enslaved, newly married and facing the possibility that Lucie could be sold away from her husband. Their escape began on a steamboat and took them through Cincinnati and into…

The Times of India

More Than A Century Apart, Two Scandals Show The Same Thing: Exposure Isn’t The Same As Accountability

A century ago, the term white slavery gripped the public imagination and sparked a moral panic that shaped laws, movements, and the way society talked about women. Unfortunately, it never fully left. Right now, for reasons that are worth examining carefully, it is back at the center of a global…

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George Square statue to be left without sword due to 'slavery links'

A George Square statue of an Army General who upheld slavery will be left without a sword.

The National (Scotland)

How slavery reparations could help make yearning to return to Africa a reality

Right for people of African descent to return to continent is key pillar of global push for reparatory justice from colonisers

The Guardian - UK

Al Fayed survivors call for PM to intervene after losing faith in Met Police

Survivors’ group No One Above has urged the Government to act to ‘deliver justice’ to victims of the billionaire Harrods owner.

Evening Standard

Mohamed al-Fayed abuse victims call for Burnham to intervene after ‘losing faith’ in Met Police probe

An advocacy group for survivors of Al-Fayed called No One Above has urged the government to act, saying the Met has ‘failed to keep survivors safe’

The Independent UK

Met Police accused of failing in legal duty to Al Fayed trafficking victims

Survivors have said the Metropolitan Police did not offer them a referral to the National Referral Mechanism when they came forward.

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Blackbox review – a legendary escape from slavery is told with magic tricks

The story of Henry ‘Box’ Brown, who succeeded in mailing himself out of bondage, is recounted rather than fully dramatised

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s ‘pioneer’ colonists profited from slavery. That truth must be acknowledged

The veil is slowly being lifted on the forced or coerced migration – ‘blackbirding’ – of Pacific Islanders for labour

The Times of India

In 1870, a former slave and Union soldier staked a homestead in Nebraska; drought and grasshoppers cost him the claim, but he eventually owned more than 2,000 acres

Escaping the bonds of slavery, Robert Ball Anderson became a proud soldier in the Union Army. Despite facing significant obstacles in farming caused by severe weather and pests, he dedicated himself to saving money through various jobs, including cooking for railroads. His efforts culminated in owning more than two thousand…

International Business Times UK

MAGA Supporters Claim America Was Greatest Then Admit Their Favourite Eras Had Slavery and Segregation

MAGA supporters struggle to pinpoint America's 'greatest' era, often citing periods marked by slavery, segregation, and gender inequality.

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Radio France Internationale

Ghana backs Jamaica's petition to push UK for slavery reparations

Jamaica and Ghana, both former British colonies subjected to the transatlantic slave trade, are presenting a united front in the drive for reparatory justice. As Kingston prepares to lodge a formal petition with King Charles III seeking to advance its claim for reparations from the United Kingdom, Ghana's president says…

The Guardian - AU

Sydney’s sugar rush: how the colony’s most powerful profited from Australia’s slave trade

Australia likes to think its history is untainted by slavery but a new book traces how a who’s who in the NSW capital profited from the capture and sale of ‘blackbirded’ Pacific Islanders

AAP

Australia's elephant in the room: modern-day slavery

Slavery watchdogs have questioned how many law breaches it will take before Australia responds to evidence laying bare injustices faced by migrant workers.

The Independent UK

At least five Mohamed al-Fayed survivors confirmed as human trafficking victims

The survivors have received conclusive grounds decisions from the National Referral Mechanism (NRM)

Evening Standard

Five Mohamed Al Fayed survivors confirmed as modern slavery victims

All five received conclusive grounds decisions from the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) that they are victims of modern slavery

The National (Scotland)

Landmark slavery exhibition to make international debut in Scotland

A MAJOR exhibition exploring the history of slavery and racial injustice is set to make its first appearance outside the United States when it opens…

Radio France Internationale

How slavery money built the Élysée, France’s presidential residence

What would become the Élysée Palace, the official residence of the French president, was built three centuries ago with a fortune amassed in the slave trade. As France grapples with its legacy of slavery, calls are mounting for the country to acknowledge this and other traces of the past.

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