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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.

The Independent UK

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 - UK

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 Guardian - AU

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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…

The Times of India

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.

International Business Times UK

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…

Radio France Internationale

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

The Guardian - AU

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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.

AAP

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)

The Independent UK

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

Evening Standard

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…

The National (Scotland)

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.

Radio France Internationale

If Trump really cares about forced labor, he should look at the US – rather than slap more tariffs on the world

Forced labor is a problem, especially in the US, where prisoners are coerced to work for pennies – or nothing at all

The Guardian - US

New Trump tariffs 'taking advantage of UK hypocrisy' on forced labour, expert says

AN expert has said that Donald Trump’s latest tariffs are “taking advantage of UK hypocrisy” on forced labour ...

The National (Scotland)

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The Conversation

The Gambia’s hidden history: how a tiny river basin influenced colonial trade and slavery

The Gambia is often portrayed as little more than a geographical oddity, a strip of land engulfed by its much larger neighbour Senegal. It was once the centre of Senegambia, administered by Britain between 1765 and 1779. But there is another way of looking at it which reveals its importance…

AAP

'Ludicrous' US levy slammed for free-trade deal breach

Australian businesses have reacted angrily to the Trump administration's higher tariffs on the nation's exports, as Canberra vows to push for their removal.

Bangkok Post

Inside Indonesia's slave island: 'I want my children to be free'

PARIS - Two hours from the tourist beaches of Bali, slavery is alive and well on the Indonesian island of Sumba, where people are still born into bondage.

The Guardian - UK

‘He became a sensation’: Manchester pays tribute to abolitionist Frederick Douglass

Annual lectures will discuss work of writer and campaigner who ‘revitalised the anti-slavery cause’ in Britain

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President’s House in Philadelphia exhibits on slavery replaced with alleged sanitized version, despite city protests: ‘Under the cover of darkness’

“This is part of our history, and it should be in place the way it was.”

The Independent UK

Trump team removes slavery display from George Washington’s Philadelphia home

Exhibition at President’s House, where the Founding Father’s family lived with nine slaves from 1790 to 1797, replaced after court battle by new installation that historians say whitewashes the subject

The Guardian - US

‘A first step to fascism’: critics denounce Trump administration replacing slavery exhibit at George Washington’s home

Replacement of panels with version that’s sympathetic to enslavers comes amid effort by Trump to dismantle diversity initiatives

The Conversation

Australian companies to face fines and criminal action if they fail to prevent modern slavery

Large companies with annual revenue over A$100 million could soon pay fines and face criminal charges for failing to prevent modern slavery, under a new federal government crackdown.

AAP

New anti-slavery laws raise 'red tape' concerns

Business groups are worried new measures proposed to push large companies to keep slavery out of their supply chains wont work and will add red tape.

The Independent UK

Trump administration replaces slavery exhibit at George Washington’s Philadelphia home

The exhibit was installed where the Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776

The Independent UK

Caribbean leaders press for slavery reparations, end of islands' territorial status

A group of Caribbean leaders has met with senior clergy from the Church of England as the push for slavery reparations intensifies

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