Letter on coronation eve urges monarch to acknowledge the ‘horrific’ legacy of British colonial rule.

Letter on coronation eve urges monarch to acknowledge the ‘horrific’ legacy of British colonial rule.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is the first Portuguese leader to suggest an apology for his country’s role in slave trade.
Essential Middle East discusses racism in the region, its roots, and the way forward.
For as little as $35, Indian women and girls are being sold by traffickers and forced into marriages against their will.
Church to spend $121m to address ‘our shameful past’ for involvement in the 18th-century slave trade.
PM Mark Rutte says the Dutch state has enabled, stimulated and profited from slavery for centuries.
The apology is expected to redress how the Dutch exploited more than 600,000 people.
Mayor of Richmond, Virginia, ordered Confederate symbols removed amid 2020 racial justice protests across US.
Nationwide push to change rules on prison labour leads to ballot measures as US struggles to face legacy of slavery.
Africans also sold other Africans into slavery. Black filmmakers must stop hiding the continent’s imperfect history.
Thousands of Benin Bronzes are scattered around European museums after being looted by the British in the 19th century.
Removing the British monarch as head of state would complete ‘decolonisation process’, Jamaican academic says.
In Cambodia, thousands of foreigners are trafficked, enslaved in compounds and forced to scam by cyber-fraud syndicates.
Investigating human trafficking and enslavement by Chinese cyber-scam operations in Cambodia.