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Caribbean Reparations Commission Meets UK Clergy, MPs, Demands Action

7/16/2026

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Caribbean Commission Meets

The Caribbean reparations commission met senior Church of England clergy in London while preparing a new negotiation framework.
Caricom’s reparations commission held meetings with British parliamentarians in London during a four-day official visit.
Hilary Beckles, commission chair, said the Caribbean is the most colonized and reparations are overdue.
The commission condemned the UK’s abstention from a March UN slavery-reparations resolution.

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Caricom Demands Britain

Caricom’s delegation publicly delivered a manifesto demanding Britain relinquish six Caribbean overseas territories in a formal statement.
Caricom’s reparations commission met British parliamentarians in London during a four-day official visit.
The manifesto names Turks and Caicos, Anguilla, Montserrat, Cayman Islands, Bermuda and British Virgin Islands.
Fifteen Caribbean nations compiled demands, saying decolonisation will end “second-class inhabitant” status for their people.

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Caribbean Commission Meets

The Caribbean reparations commission met senior Church of England clergy in London while preparing a new negotiation framework.
Caricom’s reparations commission held meetings with British parliamentarians in London during a four-day official visit.
Hilary Beckles, commission chair, said the Caribbean is the most colonized and reparations are overdue.
The commission condemned the UK’s abstention from a March UN slavery-reparations resolution.

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