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France Acknowledges Devastating Effect of Debt Imposed on Haiti for Freedom

April 17, 2025April 19, 2025Roger Cohen and Ségolène Le StradicComments Off on France Acknowledges Devastating Effect of Debt Imposed on Haiti for Freedom

After two centuries, a contrite tone from President Emmanuel Macron, though no talk of reparations for French actions that thwarted the development of its former colony.

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Korean Victim of WWII Sex Slavery Who Fought for Japan’s Apology Dies

February 18, 2025February 18, 2025CHOE SANG-HUNComments Off on Korean Victim of WWII Sex Slavery Who Fought for Japan’s Apology Dies

She campaigned for a formal apology and reparations from Japan for what it did to thousands of women like her, mostly Korean, during World War II.

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5 Women Win Reparations From Belgium for Crimes Under Colonial Rule

December 2, 2024Jenny Gross and Elian PeltierComments Off on 5 Women Win Reparations From Belgium for Crimes Under Colonial Rule

In a landmark case, a court ruled that the women, now in their 70s and 80s, who were taken from their parents in Belgian Congo, were victims of a crime against humanity.

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80 Years After Killings, Senegal Wants the Facts From France

December 1, 2024December 1, 2024Elian Peltier and Saikou JammehComments Off on 80 Years After Killings, Senegal Wants the Facts From France

The mass slaying of West African soldiers by colonial forces at the end of World War II in Senegal remains shrouded in secrecy. But Senegal’s new government won’t abide the mystery.

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Liberia Moves to Create War Crimes Court, Decades After Civil Wars Ended

May 3, 2024May 4, 2024Dounard Bondo and Ruth MacleanComments Off on Liberia Moves to Create War Crimes Court, Decades After Civil Wars Ended

Until now, key players had blocked the establishment of a court that could hold them accountable for atrocities like murder, rape and torture.

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In Kenya, King Charles Will ‘Walk a Tightrope’ on Britain’s Past

October 29, 2023MARK LANDLERComments Off on In Kenya, King Charles Will ‘Walk a Tightrope’ on Britain’s Past

More candid than his mother, he is likely to acknowledge the monarchy’s brutal colonial history but avoid inviting calls for reparations.

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Europe Vowed to Make Russia Pay for the War. It’s Not That Easy.

July 28, 2023July 28, 2023Monika Pronczuk and Eshe NelsonComments Off on Europe Vowed to Make Russia Pay for the War. It’s Not That Easy.

Confiscating Russian state assets frozen by the United States and Europe could breach international law and set a dangerous precedent, experts say.

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Why So Many Nations in the King’s Realm Want to Say Goodbye

May 5, 2023May 5, 2023DAMIEN CAVEComments Off on Why So Many Nations in the King’s Realm Want to Say Goodbye

Whether through a hard break or a soft fade in ties, nations that have kept the British monarch as their head of state are moving toward separation.

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Macron Honors Toussaint Louverture, Haitian Revolutionary

April 27, 2023April 27, 2023Constant Méheut and Catherine PorterComments Off on Macron Honors Toussaint Louverture, Haitian Revolutionary

The French president paid tribute to Toussaint Louverture, the leader of the Haitian Revolution, but said nothing about the lingering effects of France’s slaving past.

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Mark Rutte Apologizes for Netherlands’ Role in Slave Trade

December 19, 2022December 19, 2022Claire MosesComments Off on Mark Rutte Apologizes for Netherlands’ Role in Slave Trade

People were “exploited and abused in the name of the Dutch state,” Mark Rutte said, but some descendants of enslaved people say the government did not involve them in the apology.

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