Slavery Abolition

Key PointsFrontline workers will be equipped to report modern slavery under a new plan in NSW.The plan also calls for the removal of products made through modern slavery labour from NSW government contracts.Advocates are urging other Australian jurisdictions to adopt similar measures. Advocates hope a new plan to combat modern…

Prosecutors in Indonesia have still not charged the majority of men implicated in a slave-labor scandal at a local official’s oil palm plantation.The New York Times reported that only 13 of some 60 men, including military and police officers, remain free despite dozens of victims and witnesses accusing them of…

Americans from coast to coast celebrated Juneteenth this weekend, taking to the streets to commemorate the end of slavery after the Civil War. Black people in the U.S. have observed Juneteenth since the late 1800s. In the summer of 2021, after nationwide protests over systemic racism renewed interest in Juneteenth,…

Americans across the country this weekend celebrated Juneteenth, marking the relatively new national holiday with cookouts, parades and other gatherings as they commemorated the end of slavery after the Civil War. While many have treated the long holiday weekend as a reason for a party, others urged quiet reflection on…

Conservative pundit Candace Owens mocked Juneteenth on Monday, sparking criticism from those celebrating the holiday that marks the end of slavery in the United States. Juneteenth, which became a federal holiday in 2021, commemorates the day Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to 250,000 African Americans who were still…

Many Americans are celebrating Juneteenth, marking the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people in the United States learned they were free. For generations, Black Americans have recognized the end of the darkest chapter in US history with joy, in the form of parades, street festivals, musical performances or…

Laura Trevelyan left her job as a BBC journalist to campaign for more reparations to families affected by the legacy of slavery...Read More

The  descendants of some of the country’s biggest slave owners have launched a joint appeal for the Government to apologise – and atone for Britain’s role in slavery – including a programme of restorative justice. The signatories include the current Earl of Harewood. Symeon Brown went to meet David Lascelles…

May 06, 2023 - 6:39AM Oovvuu A wealthy Nigerian politician and his wife have been jailed for plotting to traffic a young man to the UK to harvest his organ for their sick daughter in a legal first. Following a landmark modern slavery case, multi-millionaire Senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, his…

Netflix A couple of key casting additions have taken place on Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator” sequel whilst the project has also switched a previously cast key role. The project is a follow-up to the 2001 best picture Oscar winner, which followed Maximus Decimus Meridius (Russell Crowe), a former general who is…