Berisha: The floods happened by the hand of the slave

15:43 21/11/2022 “The flood was preventable” The chairman of the Democratic Party, Sali Berisha, traveled to the flooded areas of the Ninshkodra area to see the situation up close. After a stop in the village of Kuç, Berisha shot arrows at the government because according to him the rainfall situation was completely manageable and preventable, … Read more

Melbourne couple paid Tamil ‘slave’ $3.39 a day, beat her with frozen chicken over eight years

Melbourne couple paid ‘slave’ $3.39 a day, beat her with a frozen chicken and expected her to be on call 24/7 during eight-year ordeal where she slept one hour a night, court hears By Australian Associated Press Published: 00:54 BST, 8 April 2021 | Updated: 00:54 BST, 8 April 2021 A Tamil woman allegedly kept … Read more

Meet the boxer who was trafficked and kept as a slave: Bilal Fawaz is now fighting back

Bilal Fawaz was banned from going to school. When visitors arrived at his London home, the then 14-year-old was ordered to stay upstairs. He was beaten. His days were spent doing household chores. He wasn’t allowed to leave the house. He was a slave. The teenager, who had recently landed in London from Africa, was … Read more

Haberdashers’ Aske’s schools could change name after discovering founder’s links to slave trade

Haberdashers’ Aske’s £21,000-a-year private schools could change name after discovering founder had shares in slave trading company which transported 100,000 Africans to plantations in the West Indies and America The Habs schools could change their name due to its founder’s links to slavery Robert Aske had shares in the Royal African Company which enslaved 100,000 … Read more

Lloyd’s of London: We’ll root out treasures with links to slave trade

Lloyd’s of London has pledged to publish a catalogue of its 3,000 treasures to root out any connections with the slave trade.  The world’s oldest insurance market is seeking an archivist to examine its vast trove of goods obtained over more than three centuries, including paintings, furniture, swords and silverware. Lloyd’s has posted an advert … Read more

Edinburgh University to review buildings linked with slave trade

Scotland’s first black professor Sir Geoff Palmer will lead an Edinburgh University review into buildings and statues linked with the slave trade. The consultation follows controversy over the university’s decision to rename the David Hume Tower due to the 19th century philosopher’s controversial views on race – including that black people are ‘naturally inferior to … Read more

Labour-run Welsh government spends £17k on slave trade links audit

Audit which examined Welsh statues, buildings and street names and slavery links cost taxpayers £17,401 according to freedom of information request. Pictured: a statue of slave trader Sir Thomas Picton in Cardiff The Welsh government spent more than £17,000 on an audit of almost 600 statues, buildings and street names to examine their links to … Read more

Labour-run Welsh government spends £17k of taxpayers money on slave trade links audit

Audit which examined Welsh statues, buildings and street names and slavery links cost taxpayers £17,401 according to freedom of information request. Pictured: a statue of slave trader Sir Thomas Picton in Cardiff The Welsh government spent more than £17,000 on an audit of almost 600 statues, buildings and street names to examine their links to … Read more

The villages with links to slavery: Historic England lists places that have ties to slave trade

Villages, halls, churches and pubs have all been branded as beneficiaries of the ‘transatlantic slavery economy’ by Historic England. A sweeping review by the public body linked rural communities to ‘money made in transatlantic slavery’ which ‘permeated English society for centuries’. Historic England, an arm of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport which … Read more

‘Woke’ travel guide on Edinburgh’s slave trade links says statue of MP should be pulled down

‘Woke’ travel guide on Edinburgh’s slave trade links says statue of 18th century MP Henry Dundas should be pulled down Travel guide calls for removal of Tory MP Henry Dundas statue from Edinburgh Dundas delayed abolition of slavery in British colonies for more than a decade Book looks at debate over renaming buildings and monuments … Read more