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Black Californians hope state reparations don't become another broken promise

California’s first-in-the-nation Black reparations task force is nearing the end of its historic work with a hefty list of recommendations for lawmakers to consider turning into action

The Independent UK

Canada's Modern Slavery Act is the start — not the end — of efforts to address the issue in supply chains

On May 3, Canada passed legislation aimed at addressing modern slavery — a term that typically encompasses forced labour, bonded labour and child labour — in supply chains.

The Conversation

Anti-slavery helpline has busiest year ever as sex trafficking and forced labour reports hit record high

More than 6,500 potential victims of modern slavery victims were identified in 2022

The Independent UK

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Concerns over care sector amid UK rise in potential victims of modern slavery

Charity says number of potential victims identified via helpline more than doubled last year

The Guardian - UK

Disabled man breaks silence after cheating wife and carer lover jailed for enslaving him

Tom Somerset-How, 40, was held effectively as a slave in his own home by wife Sarah Somerset-How, 49, and carer George Webb, 50, for years, with the pair having an affair

Daily Mirror

Disabled man's wife and his carer guilty of slavery as pair had affair behind his back

Sarah Somerset-How, 49, and George Webb, 50, have been convicted of holding a person in slavery or servitude after Tom Somerset-How, who has cerebral palsy, raised the alarm

Daily Mirror

Wife and care worker found guilty of enslaving disabled husband in Chichester

Sarah Somerset-How and George Webb charged under modern slavery laws for treating her partner ‘like property’

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'My fiancee wants to teach kids meat eating is 'wrong' - but I don't agree'

A man has taken to social media to share how his wife wants to raise their future children on a vegetarian diet because as she believes eating meat is as bad a slavery

Daily Mirror

Campaigners urge king to do more to acknowledge UK’s slavery role

Charles should adopt specific measures to build understanding of the legacy of enslavement, say activists and academics

The Guardian - UK

Caribbean nation tells King Charles to 'nudge' Rishi Sunak to pay slavery reparations

The Prime Minister of Caribbean nation St Vincent and the Grenadines suggested British politicians would not 'permit' the King to apologise for the wrongs of slavery

Daily Mirror

Leaders from Japan and South Korea vow better ties following summit

Japan's prime minister expressed sympathy toward Koreans forced into industrial slavery during Japan's colonial rule as the leaders from the two countries vowed to strengthen cooperation.

WEKU

The Rediscovery of America: why Native history is American history

Historian Ned Blackhawk’s new book stresses the importance of telling US history with a wider and more inclusive lens

The Guardian - US

A delayed reckoning: King Charles and the future of the Commonwealth

The new monarch has an opportunity – though not much time – to show leadership on issues such as slavery reparations and the climate crisis, but will he be moved to act?

The Guardian - UK

King Charles faces crisis of relevance as coronation shines light on royal family's colonial past

The coronation is done and dusted, but the spectacle has reignited debates about slavery, colonial legacies and republicanism.

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Lib Dems’ Ed Davey calls for national debate over UK’s slavery role

Davey says King Charles is ‘moving towards trying to look at this issue with greater subtlety’ than government

The Guardian - UK

The view from Jamaica: ‘I can’t stand the thought that the head of state is King Charles’

Anti-monarchist sentiment gathers pace after death of queen and refusal to apologise for role in slavery

The Independent UK

California reparations task force to vote on formal apology

California's reparations task force is expected to vote Saturday on recommendations for a formal apology for the state’s legacy of slavery and discrimination against Black people

The Guardian - UK

How the fall of Edward Colston’s statue revolutionised the way British history is told

The tearing down of memorials to colonialists like Colston forced us to ask questions about whose voices we remember, and whose stories we are told

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Met police investigate more organ trafficking cases in UK

Modern slavery team reveals further allegations of people being trafficked to London for body parts

The Independent UK

Warning over rise in multimillion-pound modern slavery

.More cases of organ harvesting are under investigation.

The Guardian - UK

Nigerian politician jailed for nine years in UK over organ trafficking plot

Judge says Ike Ekweremadu was ‘driving force’ in scheme to take kidney for his sick daughter from man brought to London

The Guardian - UK

Number of potential modern slavery victims in England and Wales hits record high

Latest figures show Albanian nationals account for almost a third of total, and British nationals a quarter

The Guardian - UK

‘Colonialism lingers’: Belize shrugs off coronation amid calls for reparations

Commonwealth country bearing scars of slavery may become first nation to remove Charles as head of state

The Guardian - UK

Belize likely to become republic, says PM as he criticises Rishi Sunak

Exclusive: Johnny Briceño attacks his UK counterpart’s refusal to apologise for atrocities of slavery

The Independent UK

Potential modern slavery victims at new high in first quarter of 2023

Albanian nationals were the most commonly referred nationality, followed by UK nationals and then Sudanese.

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