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‘We need to tell people everything’: Portugal grapples with legacy of colonial past

European country with longest involvement in the slave trade is coming under pressure to give ‘a real sorry’ for its role

The Guardian - UK

Visa exploitation review urges tougher penalties and a ban on temporary migrants in sex work. Would this solve the problem?

Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil has railed against the exploitation of Australia’s migration system, saying it has been “used to perpetrate some of the worst crimes to humanity, sexual slavery and human trafficking”.

The Conversation

Migration system enabled worst crimes known to humanity

Human trafficking, organised crime and modern slavery have flourished thanks to weaknesses in Australia's immigration system.

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Paradise prison: How 107 Bangladeshis became enslaved on a Pacific island

Instead of legitimate jobs, 107 men from Bangladesh became slaves in Vanuatu working under the threat of harm, death.

Al Jazeera

Brazil bank’s past slavery ties to be investigated in unprecedented inquiry

Banco do Brasil, one of country’s biggest banks, under scrutiny as institutions called to account for role in trafficking of Africans

The Guardian - US

The G-20’s screen over ‘mazdoors’, their rights

The G-20 should have discussed investments in job creation, compliance with the promise of the fundamental principles and rights at work

The Hindu

Why separating fact from fiction is critical in teaching US slavery

Of all the debate over teaching U.S. slavery, it is one sentence of Florida’s revised academic standards that has provoked particular ire: “Instruction includes how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.”

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POLL: Should Scotland establish a Museum of Empire and Slavery?

SCOTTISH Liberal Democrat MSP Willie Rennie has called for greater recognition of the role Scotland played in the British Empire with the…

The National (Scotland)

Calls for a Museum of Empire and Slavery to recognise Glasgow’s imperialist past

Calls have been made for a Museum of Empire and Slavery to recognise Glasgow’s major role in British imperialism.

The National (Scotland)

Historic Texas island is frontline for preserving rights of Black voters

Galveston Island was a key site towards the end of US slavery but Republicans are testing what remains of the 1965 Voting Rights Act to draw a controversial redistricting map

The Guardian - US

Swing Low Sweet Chariot meaning and lyrics: Is the England rugby song linked to slavery?

England rugby’s official anthem, which holds very different connotations either side of the Atlantic, continues to be sung by fans at Twickenham and abroad

The Independent UK

Richard Madeley criticised for ‘vile’ treatment of Guyana president Irfaan Ali on GMB

‘GMB’ host Madeley grew increasingly infuriated while questioning Ali about slavery reparations

The Independent UK

Descendant of Viscount behind removal of slave trade plaque from statue

THE descendant of an 18th century politician who was accused of delaying the abolition of slavery has claimed responsibility for removing a plaque…

The National (Scotland)

Slavery, illusion and dead white men: Zadie Smith's The Fraud explodes the historical novel

Victorian England loved a juicy scandal and Zadie Smith situates The Fraud in one of the mid-19th century’s most toothsome cause célèbres: the Tichborne case.

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The Guardian - UK

UN report urges countries to consider financial reparations for transatlantic slavery

UN secretary general says no country has comprehensively accounted for the past

The Guardian - UK

A plaque on a statue can’t cover a cruel slave trader’s mass murder. My ancestors deserve better

Keeping a statue to William Beckford in London reeks of moral failure, says lecturer and broadcaster Robert Beckford

Evening Standard

Explanatory plaques fixed to London statues linked to slavery

City of London Corporation will fix plaques to statues of William Beckford and Sir John Cass

The Guardian - UK

Mandatory anti-slavery declarations risk becoming ‘box-ticking exercise’, say UK MPs

Exclusive: Criticism comes after it emerged ministers took assurances from one previously slavery-linked firm on trust

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India or Bharat: What’s behind the dispute over the country’s name?

A change to the Sanskrit name is backed by PM Modi’s BJP, which says the word ‘India’ is a symbol of colonial slavery.

The Guardian - US

US ‘university’ spreads climate lies and receives millions from rightwing donors

PragerU is not accredited but has become a key tool in pushing false claims to youngsters – and raked in $200m from 2018 to 2022

The Guardian - UK

Slavery, revolution and war: Baillie Gifford prize longlist highlights history

Tania Branigan’s Red Memory and Jeremy Eichler’s Time’s Echo are among the titles in the running for the £50,000 award

The Guardian - UK

Business is booming for human traffickers because they know they’ll get away with it

Worldwide, 50 million people are victims of modern slavery. We need to target those pulling the strings, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown

The Guardian - UK

David Harewood says portrait stands for ‘resilience of my people’ after Leeds unveiling

Portrait unveiled at country house once owned by plantation owner who enslaved actor’s relatives in 18th century

The Guardian - UK

Slavery reaches into the heart of Life in the UK

Letters: Britain should come clean about the ‘illustrious’ historical figures in its citizenship test, writes Arthur Cunha. And other readers reflect on an uncomfortable legacy

The National (Scotland)

Ex-Tory MP apologises for ancestral links to slavery after threat to sue academic

A FORMER Conservative MP has apologised “for the acts of my ancestors” after an academic named her as a descendant of a merchant with links to…

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