Slavery Abolition

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Georgina Onuoha, a Nollywood actress, has derided Ike Ekweremadu, former Senate President, and his wife, Beatrice, after they were imprisoned in the UK. In March, the trio was convicted of organ trafficking after a six-week trial, making it the first conviction under the Modern Slavery Act. They received jail terms…

The case marked the first time defendants have been convicted under the Modern Slavery Act of an organ harvesting conspiracy. Though it is lawful to donate a kidney, it becomes criminal if money or another material advantage is rewarded. A Nigerian senator, his wife and a medical “middleman” have been…

Nigerian Senator Ike Ekweremadu has been sentenced to 9 years and 8 months in prison at the Old Baily in London, under the modern slavery act. Mr Justice Johnson told Mr. Ekweremadu and his wife Beatrice Ekweremadu: “People-trafficking of human organs is a form of slavery. “It treats human beings…

Former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice and their middleman medical doctor, Obinna Obeta, will receive their sentence today, following their conviction for organ trafficking in March, in the first verdict of its kind under the Modern Slavery Act. Ekweremadu, 60, his wife, Beatrice, 56…

Ekweremadu, wife and a doctor were convicted of organ trafficking, in the first verdict of its kind under the Modern Slavery Act. The Senate on Wednesday sought for clemency for Ike Ekweremadu, a former deputy senate president and Beatrice, his wife, ahead of their sentencing in the UK. The parliament…

T heresa May has warned more people will be left in slavery in the UK by Government reforms aimed at deterring migrants from crossing the English Channel. The Conservative former prime minister held talks with the Government over her concerns, but described an amendment tabled by ministers as a “slap…

The College Board has announced changes will be made to the new AP African American course framework amid criticism earlier this year that the agency bowed to political pressure and removed several topics from the framework, including Black Lives Matter, slavery reparations and queer life. In a statement on Monday,…

The slave trade helped make their families rich. But, two centuries later, a handful of British aristocrats, part of a new organization called Heirs of Slavery, are lobbying the UK government to offer a formal apology and restorative justice to the descendants of the slave trade. Quartz Smart Investing with…

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