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The Piano Lesson: Denzel Washington’s sons on taking post-slavery America play to big screen
The Washington brothers have been speaking to Symeon Brown.
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Commonwealth leaders call on UK to discuss slavery reparations
Commonwealth leaders gathering for their heads of government meeting in Samoa have called on the Prime Minister to begin discussions on compensation for Britain’s historic role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
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Church of England told to raise £1bn slavery reparations fund
When the Church of England was found to have profited off the slave trade, it promised to invest 100 million pounds in disadvantaged black communities.
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British boys more at risk of modern slavery than any other group in UK
British boys are more at risk of modern slavery than any other group in the UK.
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Police open investigation into allegations of trafficking and slavery following Channel 4 News report
Police in London have opened an investigation into allegations of trafficking and slavery following a Channel 4 News report on the escape and rescue of three Filipina women from domestic servitude.
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‘Shameful’ to see modern slavery perpetrated in London’s most affluent areas, says former anti-slavery commissioner
Dame Sarah Thornton was the UK’s Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner from 2019 until last year.
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St.Vincent and the Grenadines PM calls on Sunak to support slavery reparations and apologies
The prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves, was one of the commonwealth leaders who attended the Coronation.
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Department of Health forced to scrap how it sources medical gloves for NHS after supplier accused of modern slavery
The Department of Health has been forced to scrap the way it sources medical gloves for the NHS – after its buyers paid millions to a supplier accused of modern slavery. It follows a landmark legal case which challenged the government’s decision to include the Malaysian glove manufacturer Supermax as an approved NHS supplier, despite…
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Britain urged to pay slavery reparations to former colonies
The prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda has urged the Earl and Countess of Wessex to use their “diplomatic influence” to encourage Britain to pay slavery reparations to its former colonies.
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‘Figures recorded not true reflection of scale of problem’ – modern slavery lawyer Philippa Southwell
We were joined by Philippa Southwell, is a human trafficking and modern slavery lawyer and the Managing Director of Southwell and Partners, and Gary Anderson, a former police inspector who has worked in the Trident Unit of the Metropolitan Police.
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Majority of UK modern slavery victims are children, report says
Modern slavery often conjures up visions of people brought from abroad in the backs of lorries, the fastest-growing group of victims is British – the majority of them children.
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‘Most people have no idea of the human torture, terror and violence’ that maintained slavery – writer CeLillianne Green
We speak to the writer, poet and lawyer CeLillianne Green from her home in Washington DC and began by asking whether making Juneteenth a national holiday in the US would make a difference.
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Henry Dundas statue in Edinburgh targeted over slavery
As the urgency of the anti-racism movement forces cities up and down the country to expose the darker sides of their past, protests in Edinburgh have focused on the statue of Henry Dundas
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‘Treatment they were receiving from those controlling them was shocking,’ former Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, Kevin Hyland
Kevin Hyland was the UK’s first Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, leading efforts to tackle human trafficking, and Philippa Southwell is head of the human trafficking and modern slavery department at Birds Solicitors.
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Scotland’s national poet says Glasgow is leading the way on slavery reparation
In Glasgow this morning a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Universities of Glasgow and the West Indies. The move coincides with the International Day of Remembrance of the Slave Trade. A plaque to mark today’s signing was also unveiled and Scotland’s national poet Jackie Kay read a poem specially commissioned for the event.