Slavery Abolition

Published On 18 Aug 202218 Aug 2022 Allegations that China is overseeing the forced labour of Uighurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang are credible and persuasive, a UN expert on slavery has found. In a report to the UN General Assembly, Tomoya Obokata, the special rapporteur on contemporary forms of…

As she positions for a presidential bid, the defeated representative imagines herself as Lincolnesque. That’s absurd. August 17, 2022 Liz Cheney wanted to prove that the Republican Party was not a wholly owned subsidiary of Donald Trump. She failed. Miserably. The three-term US representative from Wyoming didn’t just lose her…

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) compared herself to former President Abraham Lincoln during her concession speech shortly after her loss to Trump-backed Republican challenger Harriet Hageman. Cheney claimed she lost her primary election only because she failed to “go along with President Trump’s lie about the 2020 election.” “It would have…

Fresh off her primary loss, Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming said Tuesday she has lost this battle against former President Donald Trump, but she still plans to win the war against him and his “poisonous” brand of politics and implicitly compared herself to Civil War-era President Abraham Lincoln. The vow…

Last year, the U.S. branch of the Jesuits pledged to raise $100 million for a reconciliation initiative in partnership with descendants of people once enslaved by the Catholic order. On Tuesday, a leader of those descendants expressed deep dissatisfaction with the order’s lack of progress since then. Joseph Stewart, in…

The case was heard at Oxford Crown Court Picture: ED NIX Charges were dropped against an alleged drug runner who claimed he was the victim of modern slavery. Agibou Deen, 27, of Cubitt Town, east London, had been charged with possession of cocaine and heroin with intent to supply it…

RIYADH: This week, Twitter held its #TwitterConnect event in Riyadh, bringing together advertisers, influencers and media partners to discuss the company’s achievements. Antoine Caironi, interim regional director of Twitter for the Middle East and North Africa region, said: “Twitter remains the most prominent communication platform through which you can follow…

For many Black Kentuckians and Tennesseans, August 8 is a day to mark freedom Black communities in Kentucky and Tennessee have celebrated the eighth of August for more than 150 years. It's a day for barbecue, loved ones and marking freedom from slavery. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: For many Black people…

This article was originally published at The Post Millennial, a part of the Human Events Media Group. According to the Daily Mail, American officials confirmed that there are "lost" women and children that were targeted at either Polish refugee camps or taken from Ukraine directly to Russia where they are…

Dr. Ben Carson said in an appearance on Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy on Fox News that "so much progress has been made" since the day enslaved people learned of the Emancipation Proclamation, which ended slavery. Carson was speaking about Juneteenth, the federal holiday that marks the date…