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Cambridge University in row over claims Stephen Hawking benefited from slavery-linked funds

Cambridge is in a dispute with academics after an exhibition linked Stephan Hawking with the slave trade

Evening Standard

Flawed UK visa scheme led to ‘horrific’ care worker abuse, says watchdog

Anti-slavery commissioner says scheme to plug staffing gaps post-Brexit was a ‘blunt instrument’ that enabled exploitation of the vulnerable

The Guardian - UK

Exploited, recognised as a slavery victim, now facing deportation: one seafarer’s UK ordeal

After years of helping Scottish criminal investigations and despite fearing for his life in India, Vishal Sharma’s asylum claim has been rejected

The Guardian - UK

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Artist traces Manchester’s links to slavery on blue cotton gown

Manchester Art Gallery exhibition features gown inspired by outfit worn by abolitionist Sarah Parker Remond

The Guardian - UK

Review: D.C. Museum Exhibit Illuminates the Brutalities of Slavery

The "In Slavery's Wake" exhibit celebrates black Americans' resistance to slavery and Jim Crow.

Reason

Footage shows UN judge claiming ‘immunity’ to police before slavery conviction

Lydia Mugambe was found guilty of all four charges at Oxford Crown Court on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Trump's move to restore old Army base names highlights Nebraska man's heroics at 18 in World War I

Fort Benning’s name honored a Confederate general who supported slavery for more than a century

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Slavery victim was forced to sleep beside dogs and beaten to death, court told

The body of 55-year-old Dimitrios Tsavdaris was found in a foetal position in a flat in Hackney, north London.

Evening Standard

Record high modern slavery referrals ‘shows shocking scale’ of issue in UK

Greater London was the area where exploitation in the UK was most commonly said to have occurred

Evening Standard

‘I don’t want my sons in fatigues’ – Jess Phillips defends aid cuts

The minister was asked about the Government’s decision to cut overseas aid to fund a boost to defence spending.

The Independent UK

‘Let’s dig into the archives and tell the truth’: interrogating Yale’s connections to slavery

Pulitzer prize winner David Blight follows his biography of Frederick Douglass with a deep dive into his university’s dark past

The Guardian - US

Brooklyn’s fraught history with slavery is examined in a new exhibit

With 10 archival files, Trace/s upends simplistic narratives about New York’s history with enslavement

The Guardian - US

‘People cry, get angry’: remembering the enslaved in Ghana’s remarkable sculpture park

Kwame Akoto-Bamfo started by shaping one clay head in 2009. Now thousands are displayed at the Nykyinkyim Museum, each representing an African who was lost to slavery

The Guardian - UK

UK risks becoming dumping ground for goods from exploited workers, MPs say

Committee says firms should be required to say how they will tackle modern slavery in supply chains

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The Conversation

Homeless Britons say cost of addiction is forcing them into modern slavery – so why are they not being recognised as victims?

All names have been changed to protect the identities of interviewees.

The Conversation

What’s a constitutional crisis? Here’s how Trump’s recent moves are challenging the Constitution’s separation of powers

In a short few weeks, President Donald Trump has upended many core parts and functions of the U.S. government. He dismantled the U.S. Agency for International Development and fired thousands of government employees. He has also fired several inspectors general and board members of independent agencies.

The Independent UK

Who were Margaret Morgan and Edward Prigg?

Margaret Morgan was born into slavery in Maryland and had been living with her husband and their children in the free state of Pennsylvania for five years when hired slavecatchers led by Edward Prigg seized them one night in 1837

The Independent UK

Law school project finds slavery citations still being used today

Students at Michigan State University's law school have found that slavery is still baked into American jurisprudence

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The Independent UK

Pastor with ties to Pete Hegseth claimed slavery promoted ‘affection between the races’ in South

Pastor Douglas Wilson, of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches, made the statements in his 1996 book Southern Slavery: As It Was

The Conversation

Some of Australia’s largest companies are failing to ‘know and show’ their respect for human rights

In our complex, interconnected world, there are risks of human rights violations throughout global supply chains. Examples include not only modern slavery and child labour, but also gender discrimination and violations of land, food and water rights.

The Guardian - US

Caribbean leaders vow to maintain pursuit of slavery reparations

Countries meeting at Caricom summit not seeking ‘handout’ but ‘appropriate apology’ and compensation

The Independent UK

Gil Won-ok, survivor of Japan’s wartime military sexual slavery, dies at 96

Gil was a vocal critic of Japan’s refusal to take legal responsibility for wartime atrocities

The Guardian - UK

Thanks to Trump, it is now in Europe’s self-interest to compensate Africa for slavery

As the US rips up its rules-based order and threatens sovereign nations, this is the time to make allies. Reparations might help, says Liliane Umubyeyi of the African Futures Lab

Latin Times

Democrat Introduces Bill for Slavery Reparations As Trump Continues Crackdown Against DEI Efforts

Rep. Ayanna Pressley has reintroduced H.R. 40, a bill to study reparations for slavery, amid President Trump's dismantling of DEI initiatives.

The Independent UK

Rescued from virtual slavery in Myanmar's online scam centers, 260 foreigners are being repatriated

Thailand's army says some 260 people believed to have been trafficked and trapped into working in online scam centers are to be repatriated after they were rescued from Myanmar

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