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24th April 2022
10:37am BST
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Other signs read “down with neo-colonialism” and “Britain your debt is outstanding."
The Antigua and Barbuda Reparations Support Commission had previously urged Edward and Sophie to avoid “phoney sanctimony” over slavery.
https://twitter.com/Nadine_Writes/status/1518019368281640961
“We hear the phony sanctimony of those who came before you that these crimes are a 'stain on your history'," the group said in a letter. “For us, they are the source of genocide and of continuing deep international injury, injustice and racism. We hope you will respect us by not repeating the mantra. We are not simpletons."
Prime Minister of Saint Lucia Philip J. Pierre, elected in September 2021, had also called for "urgency" while talking to the United Nations General Assembly.
“Caribbean countries like ours that were exploited and underdeveloped to finance the development of Europe have put forward a case for Reparations for Slavery and Native Genocide and we expect that case to be treated with the seriousness and urgency it deserves," he said.
https://twitter.com/stvincenttimes/status/1518016703346745345
Pierre also slammed “the double standards in the international system” in “acknowledging and compensating victims of crimes against humanity."
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