Jamaica hails King’s decision to refer slavery reparations petition to privy council as ‘really big deal’

Reported by The Guardian World · yesterday 03:15 · Natricia Duncan Caribbean correspondent

The move comes after Jamaica’s culture minister Olivia Grange travelled to the UK earlier this month to lodge the historic petitionKing Charles has referred a landmark slavery reparations petition from Jamaica to a high-level UK appeals court for legal advice, Jamaica’s culture minister announced…

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