“Atoning for a wrong”: US colleges confront slavery ties with descendant scholarships
DAVID SHERFINSKI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that while, from Harvard to Georgetown, universities and colleges are facing up to their links to slavery, but advocates say more must be done…
African, Caribbean nations join forces to call for reparations for slavery
Reuters Representatives from various African and Caribbean entities joined forces at a historic event this week in the capital of Barbados, Bridgetown, to demand reparations for slavery and its legacy in today’s society. The University of the West Indies, the Economic, Social and Cultural Council of the African Union, Barbados’ government, grant-making network Open Society […]
EU says slavery inflicted “untold suffering”, hints at reparations
Reuters The European Union said on Tuesday that Europe’s slave-trading past inflicted “untold suffering” on millions of people and hinted at the need for reparations for what it described as a “crime against humanity”. From the 15th to the 19th century, at least 12.5 million Africans were kidnapped and forcibly transported by mostly European ships […]
The Interview: Rev Amos Brown, vice chair of California’s reparations task force, calls for action
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks with the civil rights veteran and onetime student of Rev Martin Luther King, Jr…
“A model for reparations”: How historic Pittsburgh Black church and hockey team reached an historic land-use accord
PETER SMITH, of Associated Press, reports on the agreement between Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church and the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins…
Canada unveils revised $C23 billion compensation deal for Indigenous children
Ottawa, Canada Reuters Canada’s Federal Government and a group of Indigenous people have reached a revised $C23.34 billion agreement to compensate First Nations children and families for the decades of harm caused by a discriminatory welfare system. The terms of the deal, announced by the Canadian Government in a statement on Wednesday, were revised to […]
The Explainer: Vatican repudiates the ‘Doctrine of Discovery’
Responding to Indigenous demands, the Vatican has formally repudiated the “Doctrine of Discovery” – papal documents from the 15th century that legitimised the colonial-era seizure of native lands. The Associated Press provides some background facts and figures…
France: About 200 church sex abuse victims get compensation
Paris, France AP About 190 victims of child sexual abuse by priests or other church representatives have been promised financial compensation so far from France’s Catholic Church under a sweeping reparations program, the independent body in charge of the process said Thursday. A report from the Independent National Authority for Recognition and Reparation, or INIRR, said […]
US faith leaders urge Biden to sign executive order for reparations study by Juneteenth
United StatesRNS More than 200 US interfaith leaders have requested that President Joe Biden establish a commission to study reparations for African Americans by signing an executive order by the newly recognised federal holiday Juneteenth. “Our faith traditions hold as central the essential worth of each person as having been created in the image of […]
Poland says Germany refused talks on World War II reparations
Warsaw, Poland Reuters Germany has rebuffed the latest push by Poland’s nationalist government for vast reparations over World War II, saying in response to a diplomatic note that the issue was closed, the foreign ministry in Warsaw said on Tuesday. A spokesperson for the German foreign ministry said it had responded to a letter sent […]