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Jamaican minister 'encouraged' by Buckingham Palace's engagement with slavery reparations petition

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Olivia Grange, the Jamaican culture minister, is leading a delegation in London asking King Charles to seek legal advice on whether Britain should pay reparations for slavery. The petition, filed by Jamaica and endorsed by other Caribbean nations, asks the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council to consider whether the transport of enslaved Africans was lawful and if Britain owes a "reparatory remedy". Grange is "encouraged" by Buckingham Palace's engagement with the process, while King Charles has expressed personal regret over slavery in the past. Jamaica wants reparations to address ongoing economic underdevelopment and social inequality stemming from slavery, which affected at least 12.5 million Africans between the 15th and 19th centuries.

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The Jamaican government has filed a petition with King Charles III seeking reparations for the transatlantic slave trade. The petition asks three questions: whether the enslavement of Africans in Jamaica was legal under English law, whether it broke international law, and whether Britain now has a legal duty to provide redress. The petition is the first time a Commonwealth country has used this particular legal route to pursue reparations. The Jamaican government hopes that answers to these questions will pave the way for a "long outstanding settlement" for the hundreds of years of abuse suffered by African ancestors in Jamaica. The delegation, led by Culture Minister Olivia Grange, also plans to meet with British Museum officials to discuss the repatriation of cultural artifacts taken from Jamaica during the colonial era. Jamaica is seeking £7.6 billion in reparations for slavery, and hopes that answers to these questions will be a step towards this goal.

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Jamaica's petition, which is endorsed by the Caribbean Community and Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama, comes after a U.N. committee last month said countries were legally obliged to consider reparations and take other measures for the transatlantic slave trade to address its enduring legacy.

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🔮 "We feel it is important that going forward there is some support that would help us to build back stronger."

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Jamaican minister 'encouraged' by Buckingham Palace's engagement with slavery reparations petition · assertive framing

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The Jamaican government on Monday formally asked King Charles to seek legal advice on whether Britain should pay reparations for slavery, with the country's culture minister saying she is "encouraged" by the engagement of Buckingham Palace so far. asserted

she → ask → Palace

Olivia Grange is leading a Jamaican delegation in London which filed a petition asking Charles to refer three questions about transatlantic slavery to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC). asserted

which → lead → Council

Jamaica wants the JCPC, the final court of appeal for UK overseas territories and some Commonwealth nations, to consider whether the transport of enslaved Africans to Jamaica and their enslavement was ever lawful and whether Britain is legally obliged to provide a reparatory remedy. asserted

Britain → want → remedy

Charles – who remains Jamaica's head of state, though the country has taken steps towards removing him from that role – has previously expressed deep sorrow over slavery in a speech to Commonwealth leaders in 2022. asserted

country → remain → 2022

Britain, like other former colonial powers, has so far rejected demands for reparations, though Grange said she saw promise in how Buckingham Palace had helped with the process of filing Jamaica's petition. " asserted

Palace → reject → petition

We're not pre-empting the process, but we are encouraged," she told Reuters, shortly before the petition was formally filed. asserted

petition → pre → Reuters

A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said Charles "has on many occasions expressed his personal and wholehearted commitment to promoting greater understanding around the issue of slavery and finding ways to address historic wrongs for the benefit of communities today". asserted

Charles → say → communities

REPARATIONS SOUGHT TO ADDRESS SLAVERY'S LEGACY asserted

REPARATIONS → seek → LEGACY

At least 12.5 million Africans were kidnapped, forcibly transported by European ships and sold into slavery from the 15th to the 19th centuries. asserted

Africans → kidnap → centuries

Advocates have long called for reparations to address the ongoing legacy of slavery, such as economic underdevelopment and social inequality. asserted

Advocates → call → underdevelopment

"There's so much that has impacted negatively on Jamaica as a result of the enslavement of our ancestors," Grange said. asserted

Grange → be → ancestors

"We feel it is important that going forward there is some support that would help us to build back stronger." asserted

us → feel → ?

trade → endorse → legacy

Many European leaders, though, have opposed even talking about the issue and critics argue that today's states and institutions should not be held responsible for slavery. asserted

states → oppose → slavery

There has been a growing backlash towards the idea of reparations and Britain's right-wing populist Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, in April proposed denying visas to people from countries seeking reparations, which include Jamaica. asserted

which → grow → Jamaica

Grange, however, said that momentum was building for the campaign: asserted

momentum → say → campaign

There will always be some negative responses, but we stay focused." asserted

we → stay → ?