reparations

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Successive UK governments have rejected calls for reparations, which can range from financial to symbolic measures.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Iran has demanded reparations for destruction wrought in the five-week onslaught.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

But so far, no country has ever paid reparations to the descendants of enslaved Africans or affected African, Caribbean and Latin American nations.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

The motion, proposed by Ghana, urges UN member states to consider apologising for the slave trade and contributing to a reparations fund.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

The reparations were intended to weaken Germany so that it would never take up arms again.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti