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Jamaican delegation to travel to UK to lodge formal slavery reparations petition with King Charles
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Visit to monarch planned for 6 September and will take Jamaica’s mission for reparatory justice to the ‘next level’Jamaican officials will travel to the UK in September to formally lodge an unprecedented petition with King Charles to seek legal guidance on their slavery reparations claim from Britain, the country’s government announced on Tuesday.Speaking in the parliament of the Caribbean nation, Olivia Grange, the culture minister, confirmed that the trip was planned for 6 September, and was intended to take Jamaica’s mission for reparatory justice to the next level. Continue reading...
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