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Descendants of slaves in California could receive $200,000 in reparations

The panel estimates the state’s total payout for reparations to be nearly $570bn

The Independent UK

Will Smith begins road to redemption with Oscar-tipped slavery drama

Emancipation premiered to gushing reviews for the actor whose infamous slap left his reputation in tatters. Is the comeback on?

The Guardian - UK

Modern slavery blitz on London embassies

Exclusive: Law set to be tightened to safeguard rights of diplomats’ chefs, nannies and cleaners

Evening Standard

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After the Slap, can Will Smith’s ‘Emancipation’ get Oscar love?

LOS ANGELES — When Will Smith took the stage Wednesday night at Westwood’s Village Theatre to introduce his new slavery thriller “Emancipation,” the nearly full house cheered and took out their phones to capture the moment. The actor had just finished striding the premiere’s red carpet, flashing his thousand-megawatt smile…

Los Angeles Times

Review: 'Emancipation,' with Will Smith, struggles to do its real-life survival story justice

In March 1863, two months after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, a Black man known as Peter (other accounts name him as Gordon) escaped a Louisiana plantation, endured 10 days in alligator-infested marshes and found his way to Baton Rouge, where he received medical attention and soon enlisted…

Los Angeles Times

‘Emancipation’ a decent action film that could have been so much more

Will Smith sticks to Movie Star mode as a family man dodging hunters, bullets, a gator and a snake while fleeing slavery.

Chicago Sun-Times

Drug Dealers Are Now Being Charged With Human Trafficking

Plus: Chinese authorities contact protesters, smoking rates fall dramatically, and more…

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Evidence grows of forced labour and slavery in production of solar panels, wind turbines

A ‘certificate of origin’ scheme could counter concerns about renewables supply chains, says Clean Energy Council

The Guardian - AU

Send back all asylum seekers who are modern slavery ‘victims’, Tory MPs tell Rishi Sunak

David Davis says Home Office being ‘overly kindly’ – and ignoring ‘common sense’ solution

The Independent UK

More than 50 Tory MPs seek change to modern slavery laws to ease migrant crisis

Signatories including Sir Graham Brady, the chairman of the 1922 Committee of Tory backbenchers.

The Independent UK

Human trafficking in Glasgow as criminal gangs profit from slavery and sexual exploitation

Police figures show a rise in the number of reported cases in Scotland, with the Greater Glasgow area having the most instances recorded over the last three years.

Glasgow Live

It can be hard to distinguish the cultural claims of right and left. Just look at Qatar

Universal human rights or cultural imperialism? Divide clouds the debate over World Cup hosts

The Guardian - UK

Barbados plans to make Tory MP pay reparations for family’s slave past

Richard Drax reported to have visited Caribbean island for meeting on next steps, including plans for former sugar plantation

The Guardian - UK

Slavery's ghost haunts cotton gin factory's transformation

A construction project in Alabama demonstrates the difficulty of telling complicated U.S. history in 2022

The Independent UK

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Bristol Post

Bristol University could rename buildings like Wills, Fry and Goldney due to links with slave trade

They are named after prominent families with connections to slavery

Los Angeles Times

After Will Smith's Oscar slap, Antoine Fuqua worried 'Emancipation' might 'never be seen'

Antoine Fuqua thought the worst was behind him.

Evening Standard

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery 2023: What is the annual UN event?

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is observed annually on December 2

WEKU

Louisiana voters rejected an antislavery ballot measure. The reasons are complicated

Voters in four states — Vermont, Oregon, Alabama and Tennessee — approved antislavery ballot measures in the 2022 elections. The Louisiana amendment may have failed, in part, because of confusion.

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Al Jazeera

Australia’s modern slavery law not working, report says

Coalition of rights groups and academics calls on the government to strengthen anti-slavery legislation.

The Independent UK

Melissa Thompson: ‘You can’t tell the story of Jamaican food without talking about slavery’

The food writer talks to Prudence Wade about exploring the history of Jamaica and its food for her new book, how it compares to the UK and why you should never, ever mess with jerk

Daily Mirror

Woman 'accused of modern slavery after asking Ukrainian refugee to babysit'

Hannah Debenham says she offered up her home to a 36-year-old mother and her daughter, 10, but soon she faced a legal battle as she was accused of taking advantage of the Ukrainian refugees

Tribune News Service

California lawmakers balked at anti-slavery amendment. 4 more states just passed one.

California lawmakers earlier this year declined to put an anti-slavery measure on the ballot, delaying a decision on a proposal to forbid the practice of using work as a form of criminal punishment.

360info

Special Report: Modern slavery

The exploitation of workers is a global problem but the issues leading up to the men’s FIFA World Cup have sparked a global conversation about what can be done.

360info

Modern slavery rife in the ‘last frontier’ at sea

Sustained pressure, from governments to seafood shopping consumers, could help end the suffering of migrant workers in offshore illegal fisheries.

360info

Gloves off in Malaysia’s modern slavery struggle

Malaysia has touted its employment law reform as a crackdown on modern slavery, but it could all unravel without a few fixes.

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