reparations
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Caribbean’s case for ‘reparative justice’ is righteous; will give our children ‘a better deal’ – President says at CARICOM International Youth Reparations Rally
Georgetown, Guyana – (May 20, 2016) President David Granger, this evening, voiced his support for Guyana and CARICOM Reparations Committees’ calls for reparations from Europe for the trans-Atlantic African slave trade, explaining that a holistic plan is needed so the Caribbean’s children “would have a better deal than we ourselves have had”. The President was at the time speaking at…
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International Youth Reparations Rally and Relay Launched
The Guyana Reparations Committee on Friday launched its leg of the International Youth Reparations Relay and Rally with an event at the Guyana Independence Park. Speakers at the launch included President of Guyana H. E. David Granger and Chairman, Guyana Reparations Committee, Mr. Eric Phillips. In his keynote address, President Granger said the call for Reparations was serious business and…
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Barbados PM writes Britain on reparation on behalf of CARICOM
The 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have sent a formal letter of complaint to Britain seeking reparation for slavery. The letter, which was written by Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, and sent to the British Foreign Office, calls on London to formally acknowledge the region’s demands for payment for the transatlantic slave trade. CARICOM has said it will not release…
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‘Address past head on’ – Sir Hilary on reparatory justice
Chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission and Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Sir Hilary Beckles says reparative justice was not about black people standing on the street corners expecting charities from white folks. He was delivering a keynote address at the Harvard Law School recently on reparatory justice for Caribbean countries that facilitated the slave trade. Sir Hilary…
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CELAC adopts CARICOM’s call for reparations
The Community of Latin and American States CELAC Parliamentary group has adopted the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) call for reparations for native genocide and the enslavement of African people in the Caribbean through the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. The call for its adoption came via a presentation from St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) Speaker of the House of Assembly Jomo Thomas…
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Reparations for Native Genocide And Slavery
Caribbean Movement for Reparatory Justice We are not beggars! We are not subservient! We do not want Charity and handouts! We want Justice! Reparatory Justice! Sir Hilary Beckles Reparations for the slave era is an issue that has increasingly resonated in recent years and CARICOM, at its highest level of decision making, has placed this issue on the front burner…
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Mere acknowledgement insufficient – PJ Patterson to British PM on Slavery
“You have refused to apologize. Yet your Government has apologized to everyone else for horrid crimes. Are we not worthy of an apology or less deserving? “Mere acknowledgment of the crime is insufficient. The international community and international law call for formal apologies when crimes against humanity are committed. The UN has deemed slave trading and slavery as crimes against…
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Sir Hilary writes open letter to British PM on reparations
The chairman of CARICOM’s Reparation Commission, Sir Hilary Beckles, has penned an open letter to British Prime Minister David Cameron pleading for him to respond to the calls for compensation by the British for the period of slavery in the region. According to Sir Hillary, otherwise, there could be the greatest political movement of this era. “It is not an…
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UNESCO conference explores reparations
Basseterre, St. Kitts – (SKNIS): A two-day conference hosted by the St. Kitts and Nevis UNESCO National Commission and forming part of the commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the Establishment of the UNESCO International Scientific Slave Route Project, has reopened the dialogue on the negro legacy, including the matter of reparations for the descendants of the enslaved. The conference was held under…
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Int’l reparations conference ends on high note
NEW YORK, USA (CMC) — An international conference on reparations has ended here with a call for Caribbean governments to proceed urgently with the recommendation that the slave-owning and slave-trading European nations be invited to attend an inter-governmental reparatory justice summit in 2015. In addition, delegates also agreed to organise two global reparations summits, the first in 2016 to be…
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