‘ब्रिटेन ने किया विकास, हर्जाना मांगने की बजाय उल्टे भुगतान करना चाहिए’, बोलीं पूर्व गृह मंत्री ब्रेवरमैन – former minister suella braverman british colonialism jamaica compensation britain ntc bktw
Britain’s former Home Minister of Indian origin Suella Braverman is in the news again. This time the reason why Braverman is in the news is his statement regarding British colonialism. Suella Braverman has said that countries that were under British colonial rule should pay back the development work and investments made during the empire, rather than demanding reparations from Britain.
Braverman said this in response to a post by Labor Party MP Bel Ribeiro-Eddie on social media platform X. The Labor Party MP had posted on X and given this information that Jamaica Is going to demand damages from King Charles III. In response to this post, the Labor Party MP posted that the British Empire did a lot of good work for the world.
Suella Braverman further said in her post that slavery was certainly a system worth abhorring, but there is no legal basis for expecting 21st century British citizens to pay for what happened in the 18th century. He further said that if the Government of Jamaica Britain If the British were truly serious about seeking reparations, the colonies should also repay Britain for its investment and development efforts.
The former Home Minister of Britain said that it is because of them that they have become a prosperous democracy today. It is noteworthy that the Government of Jamaica has announced that on September 6, its officials will go to Britain and formally submit the petition to King Charles III. In this petition, legal opinion will be sought on the claim of compensation for Britain’s role in slavery.
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Jamaica’s Culture Minister Olivia Grange described it in Parliament as a step to take the compensatory justice campaign to the next level. He had informed the Parliament that the King of Britain would be requested to seek opinion from the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on whether it was legal to forcibly bring Africans to Jamaica. Was this a crime against humanity? Does Britain have a legal responsibility to compensate Jamaica for slavery and its long-term effects?
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