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King Charles Faces Calls To Compensate For UK's Brutal Past At Summit
Britain's King Charles faced calls to reckon with his country's colonial past Friday, as a summit of Commonwealth allies turned into a factious debate about the legacy of slavery and empire.
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UK To Address Backlog Of Modern Slavery Cases Amid 50 Million Globally Trapped
The UK Government has announced the recruitment of 200 additional Home Office staff to address a backlog of 23,300 modern slavery cases inherited from the previous administration.
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UK Man Enslaved For 26 Years In Filthy Caravan To Receive Rs 3.75 Crore
The Rooney family exploited homeless men for over two decades, resulting in 15 deaths. In 2017, 11 family members were imprisoned for 79 years.
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Church Of England Urged To Give $1.27 Billion To Pay For Slavery Ties
The Church of England on Monday pledged to boost efforts to compensate for historical ties to slavery after a new report called for funding to be increased tenfold to $1.27 billion.
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50 Indian Students May Be Victims Of Modern Slavery In UK: High Commission
The Indian High Commission in London on Friday appealed for students to contact the mission for help and counselling amid fears that over 50 of them may have become victims of modern slavery while working at care homes in North Wales.
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Edinburgh Apologies For Slavery, Colonialism Role In Past
The Scottish capital Edinburgh publicly apologised on Thursday for its role in slavery and colonialism, the latest UK municipality to say sorry for gruesome aspects of Britain's imperial past.
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Nearly 200 Historians Protest Over "Misrepresentation" Of Slavery In UK Citizenship Test
Nearly 200 historians on Wednesday denounced what they said was the "misrepresentation of slavery and empire" in the history section of Britain's citizenship test, calling for it to be corrected.
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Clothing Factory In UK Faces Modern Slavery Probe
A clothing factory named Jaswal Fashions based in the eastern England city of Leicester faces a modern slavery investigation after an undercover reporter alleged sweatshop-like conditions and below minimum wage payments to its workers, many of them from India.
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Two UK Firms Vow To Compensate For Slavery Links
Two major British companies named in a slavery database have pledged to invest more in black, Asian and minority ethnic communities in the wake of global anti-racism protests.
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Indian-Origin Professor In UK, Husband Kept Man In Shed For 4 Years
An Indian-origin couple from southern England has been arrested for allegedly a Polish builder in their garden shed for four years.
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Indian-Origin Couple Charged With Keeping Woman As Slave In UK
An Indian-origin couple has been charged with slavery offences in the UK for holding a 28-year-old compatriot woman in domestic servitude at their home in the East Midlands region of the UK.
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Modern Slavery Rises in UK Led by Sex, Labour Trafficking: Study
The number of people locked in slavery in Britain rose by 22 percent last year, with online dating, social media sites and Internet job advertisements used increasingly to recruit victims, a new report showed on Tuesday.
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Gravity, 12 Years a Slave lead BAFTA nominations
Space thriller Gravity and unflinching slavery saga 12 Years a Slave are among leading contenders for the Academy Film Awards, Britain's equivalent of the Oscars.
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Malaysian family believes UK 'slave' is long-lost relative
A Malaysian family believes a long-lost relative is one of three women allegedly held as slaves in London for 30 years and is travelling to Britain to try to identify her, it said Wednesday.
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Indian-origin 'slave owner' and wife named by British media
The alleged suspects have been named as 73-year-old Aravindan Balakrishnan and his 67-year-old wife Chanda.
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King Charles Faces Calls To Compensate For UK's Brutal Past At Summit
Britain's King Charles faced calls to reckon with his country's colonial past Friday, as a summit of Commonwealth allies turned into a factious debate about the legacy of slavery and empire.
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UK To Address Backlog Of Modern Slavery Cases Amid 50 Million Globally Trapped
The UK Government has announced the recruitment of 200 additional Home Office staff to address a backlog of 23,300 modern slavery cases inherited from the previous administration.
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UK Man Enslaved For 26 Years In Filthy Caravan To Receive Rs 3.75 Crore
The Rooney family exploited homeless men for over two decades, resulting in 15 deaths. In 2017, 11 family members were imprisoned for 79 years.
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Church Of England Urged To Give $1.27 Billion To Pay For Slavery Ties
The Church of England on Monday pledged to boost efforts to compensate for historical ties to slavery after a new report called for funding to be increased tenfold to $1.27 billion.
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50 Indian Students May Be Victims Of Modern Slavery In UK: High Commission
The Indian High Commission in London on Friday appealed for students to contact the mission for help and counselling amid fears that over 50 of them may have become victims of modern slavery while working at care homes in North Wales.
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Edinburgh Apologies For Slavery, Colonialism Role In Past
The Scottish capital Edinburgh publicly apologised on Thursday for its role in slavery and colonialism, the latest UK municipality to say sorry for gruesome aspects of Britain's imperial past.
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Nearly 200 Historians Protest Over "Misrepresentation" Of Slavery In UK Citizenship Test
Nearly 200 historians on Wednesday denounced what they said was the "misrepresentation of slavery and empire" in the history section of Britain's citizenship test, calling for it to be corrected.
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Clothing Factory In UK Faces Modern Slavery Probe
A clothing factory named Jaswal Fashions based in the eastern England city of Leicester faces a modern slavery investigation after an undercover reporter alleged sweatshop-like conditions and below minimum wage payments to its workers, many of them from India.
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Two UK Firms Vow To Compensate For Slavery Links
Two major British companies named in a slavery database have pledged to invest more in black, Asian and minority ethnic communities in the wake of global anti-racism protests.
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Indian-Origin Professor In UK, Husband Kept Man In Shed For 4 Years
An Indian-origin couple from southern England has been arrested for allegedly a Polish builder in their garden shed for four years.
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Indian-Origin Couple Charged With Keeping Woman As Slave In UK
An Indian-origin couple has been charged with slavery offences in the UK for holding a 28-year-old compatriot woman in domestic servitude at their home in the East Midlands region of the UK.
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Modern Slavery Rises in UK Led by Sex, Labour Trafficking: Study
The number of people locked in slavery in Britain rose by 22 percent last year, with online dating, social media sites and Internet job advertisements used increasingly to recruit victims, a new report showed on Tuesday.
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Gravity, 12 Years a Slave lead BAFTA nominations
Space thriller Gravity and unflinching slavery saga 12 Years a Slave are among leading contenders for the Academy Film Awards, Britain's equivalent of the Oscars.
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Malaysian family believes UK 'slave' is long-lost relative
A Malaysian family believes a long-lost relative is one of three women allegedly held as slaves in London for 30 years and is travelling to Britain to try to identify her, it said Wednesday.
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Indian-origin 'slave owner' and wife named by British media
The alleged suspects have been named as 73-year-old Aravindan Balakrishnan and his 67-year-old wife Chanda.
