Caribbean reparatory justice leaders rejected proposals from British Prime Minister Andy Burnham that offered debt resets and £40m in infrastructure aid while barring reparations. Ralph Gonsalves, a senior figure in the Repair Campaign, noted that the Caribbean Community's 10-point plan requires full debt cancellation, monetary compensation, and ecological repair rather than standard aid. Advocates including British Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy and human rights lawyer Prof Kingsley Abbott stated that impacted communities must have direct agency over these arrangements.
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Caribbean leaders refuse to accept discretionary foreign aid or debt restructuring as a s…: Caribbean leaders refuse to accept discretionary foreign aid or debt restructuring as a substitute for slavery reparations.
Campaigners assert that historical colonial extraction is directly responsible for the mo…: Campaigners assert that historical colonial extraction is directly responsible for the modern economic burdens carried by former colonies.
Human rights advocates insist that people of African descent must actively guide and defi…: Human rights advocates insist that people of African descent must actively guide and define any reparative justice initiatives.
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Offers of debt relief and development assistance from the UK cannot be a replacement for reparations for centuries of slavery, leading figures in the Caribbean reparatory justice movement have said.
Their comments follow British prime minister Andy Burnham’s announcement on Friday that he wanted to begin a structured dialogue on slavery and reparations and was open to Britain apologising, but ruled out reparations.
Instead, he proposed discussions on debt resets for smaller Commonwealth nations and announced £40m ($54m) for critical infrastructure in the Caribbean over the next three years.
As leaders of the 56-member Commonwealth bloc meet in a private retreat at their summit in Antigua, Ralph Gonsalves, a former prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines and a senior figure in the reparatory justice movement’s Repair Campaign, said that while countries in the region were likely to welcome Burnham’s offer, the Caribbean would resist any attempt to treat debt restructuring or development assistance as a form of reparation.
A 10-point plan drawn up by the Caribbean Community’s reparations commission, which outlines the region’s vision for reparations, specifically asks…
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