France demanded to pay slavery reparations to Haiti

The appeal of Bob Rae to the United Nations for the support of Haiti has carried.

France demanded to pay slavery reparations to Haiti

A large number of Latin American social organizations and personalities, such as Argentine 1980 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, demanded Thursday that France recognize and compensate Haiti for the indemnity it imposed after the country's independence in 1804.

The Embassy of Haiti in France joins the Fondation pour la Mémoire de l'Esclavage to commemorate the bicentenary of the debt of independence On April 17, 2025 marks the bicentenary of the order of Charles X, by which France imposed compensation on Haiti in exchange for the recognition of its independence. Two centuries have passed, but the economic and symbolic weight of this recognition paid at the high price, despite the courage of our valiant…

Haiti, the first country to free itself from the yoke of slavery through a successful uprising, gained its independence from France in 1804. But the price to pay for daring to challenge the global slave order was swift. On April 17, 1825, under the threat of cannon fire from the French fleet […]

Dr. Chavis confronts digital racism and demands reparations at U.N. forum

By: Stacy M. Brown, BlackPressUSA.com National Newspaper Publishers Association President & CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. delivered a forceful address during the fourth session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, calling on global leaders to confront algorithmic discrimination, reject media-driven imperialism, and fully recognize the crimes of slavery through official reparatory justice. Representing the Black Pr…

Calls for Haiti reparations resound at UN on bicentennial of independence debt

The fourth session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent closed with calls for reparations for Haiti on the bicentennial of the independence debt.