Tag: Slavery
Jacques Bouthier case: pedophilia, slavery, rape … The suspicions of the investigators on the ex-CEO
Jacques Bouthier, indicted for child sexual abuse and rape, is accused of being at the center of the organization of human trafficking. The ex-CEO of Assu 2000 is sleeping in…
pedophilia, slavery, rape … The suspicions of the investigators on the ex-CEO
Jacques Bouthier, indicted for child sexual abuse and rape, is accused of being at the center of the organization of human trafficking. The ex-CEO of Assu 2000 is sleeping in…
slavery still persists in the country, reports the UN
The fight against slavery is progressing in Mauritania where this practice is treated as a crime against humanity in the Constitution. This is the observation made by the United Nations…
Hear Aimé Césaire for the National Day of Memories of the Slave Trade and Slavery
First poem by Aimé Césaire, Notebook of a return to the native country recounts the French West Indies before the decline of the colonial empire, in 1939. A text marked…
Nancy Huston, from continent to continent, from America to Africa
Born in Calgary, Canada, Nancy Huston, who now lives in Paris, is the author of numerous novels published by Actes Sud and Leméac, including “Instruments of Darkness” (1996; Goncourt Prize…
China ratifies international conventions on forced labor
China on Wednesday ratified international conventions prohibiting forced labor. This ratification comes as the Chinese regime is accused of using forced labor in its Muslim-majority region of Xinjiang. The standing…
From the land of prawns to the Celtic Sea, Olivette Otele
You have to go as far as Wales to meet her, to the Celtic Sea to let your prejudices die there. And all the way to Bristol to see him…
Ink and the chain: in the footsteps of the memory of slavery in La Rochelle
New stopover in our great journey in the footsteps of the memory of slavery. After Nantes, Liverpool, Louisiana or the islands of Guadeloupe, we take the direction of La Rochelle,…
Utrecht apologizes for slavery past: ‘Recognition means we can draw lessons’
Utrecht mainly played a role through the provincial government, the States of Utrecht. In 1721, he encouraged, among other things, the establishment of a Utrecht Company, which had direct interests…
Apologies for slavery past: ‘What’s that got to do with me?’
On the Facebook page of RTV Utrecht, various reactions were received to the message that Utrecht is apologizing for their part in the slavery past. “It’s been years behind us,…