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Jamaican delegates arrive in London with slavery reparations petition
Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleA Jamaican government delegation led by Culture Minister Olivia Grange has travelled to London to file a petition on slavery reparations with King Charles.The filing marks the first time a Commonwealth state has used this specific legal route “for the cause of reparatory justice”.The petition asks the King to refer legal questions to the Privy Council on whether enslavement broke laws and if Britain owes a legal duty of redress. Minister Grange noted that the British Treasury was paying off debt used to compensate slave owners until as recently as 2015. The delegation is also meeting with the British Museum to seek the repatriation of indigenous Taino cultural artefacts. In fullJamaican government to bring slavery reparations petition to King CharlesMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
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Jamaica to formally seek slavery reparations from Britain
The petition will ask Charles, as Jamaica's head of state, to refer three questions about transatlantic chattel slavery to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
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Jamaican delegates arrive in UK to hand slavery reparations petition to King Charles
Slavery’s legacy continues ‘to deprive our country and our people’, says minister, as group prepares to appeal to Jamaica’s head of state
