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Jamaica to bring slavery reparations petition to King Charles

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Jamaica to bring slavery reparations petition to King Charles

Grange will also meet with British Museum officials to "advance discussions on the repatriation of artefacts" taken from Jamaica during the colonial era.

Olivia Grange, Jamaica's culture minister, will be leading the delegation to the UK The Jamaican government will hand a petition to King Charles regarding slavery reparations on Monday, the country's culture minister, Olivia Grange, has said.

The three questions which the Jamaican government is asking the King to refer to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) are: whether the enslavement of Africans in Jamaica was legal under English law, whether it broke international law, and whether Britain now has a legal duty to provide redress.

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