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Barbados prime minister announces manifesto for slavery reparations

The Guardian UK Thursday 18 June 2026, 17:52 UTC By Natricia Duncan Caribbean correspondent 1 min read
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Document backed by other Caribbean leaders emphasises harm done to women by ‘gravest crime against humanity’Barbados’s prime minister, Mia Mottley, has announced a new manifesto from Caribbean leaders asserting the “moral, ethical and legal case” for reparations over damage caused by hundreds of years of enslavement. Mottley was speaking at a “historic” conference in Ghana to advance the push for reparatory justice after the United Nations adopted a landmark resolution declaring the...

Document backed by other Caribbean leaders emphasises harm done to women by ‘gravest crime against humanity’

Barbados’s prime minister, Mia Mottley, has announced a new manifesto from Caribbean leaders asserting the “moral, ethical and legal case” for reparations over damage caused by hundreds of years of enslavement.

Mottley was speaking at a “historic” conference in Ghana to advance the push for reparatory justice after the United Nations adopted a landmark resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans as the gravest crime against humanity.

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