Commonwealth leaders to defy UK on slavery reparations

Source: BBC News [UK State Media]

“Commonwealth heads of government are preparing to defy the United Kingdom and agree plans to examine reparatory justice for the transatlantic slave trade, the BBC has learned. Downing Street insists the issue is not on the agenda for the summit of 56 Commonwealth countries, which begins in the Pacific island nation of Samoa on Friday. But diplomatic sources said officials were negotiating an agreement to conduct further research and begin a ‘meaningful conversation’ about an issue which could potentially leave the UK owing billions of pounds in reparations. Frederick Mitchell, foreign minister of the Bahamas, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: ‘Once you broach the subject it may take a while for people to come around but come around they will.'” (10/24/24)

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd6vy79p750o