Jamaica has announced it will petition King Charles to refer a series of legal questions on slavery reparations to the Privy Council, marking the latest step in the Caribbean nation's long-running campaign for redress from Britain.Culture Minister Olivia Grange confirmed the move at the annual Seville Emancipation Jubilee in St Ann, describing it as "the next step in the long journey for reparations."The petition will ask the King, in his capacity as Jamaica's head of state, to refer three questions to the Privy Council: whether the forced transportation and enslavement of African people in Jamaica was lawful under the common law, whether it constituted crimes against humanity under international law, and whether Britain is under an...
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