Gladstone descendants apologize in Guyana for family involvement in slavery

At the national slavery commemoration in Amsterdam, King Willem-Alexander repeated the state's apology and asked forgiveness for the House of Orange-Nassau's failure to act against slavery. He...

The Dutch government announced the return of 478 cultural objects requested by Indonesia and Sri Lanka. The decision followed investigation of their colonial provenance. It challenged the continued...

A presidential proclamation established the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument. Its sites preserve the history of Till's racist murder and his mother's campaign to make the violence...

IBGE released the first national census results specifically identifying the quilombola population. The figures made Black rural communities more visible in public statistics. Recognition through data...

IBGE presented results counting about 1.69 million Indigenous people in the 2022 census. Improved territorial mapping and enumeration methods contributed to recognition. The release challenged...

Brazil's Supreme Federal Court rejected the marco temporal argument restricting Indigenous land recognition by reference to occupation on the date of the 1988 Constitution. Indigenous mobilization...

The Dutch government formally rehabilitated Tula, leader of the 1795 Curaçao uprising against slavery. The ceremony took place on 4 October local time after bad weather interrupted the planned 3...

Australian voters rejected the constitutional amendment proposing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. The result was a setback for the constitutional recognition strategy advanced...

The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights released its second Being Black in the EU report. Survey findings documented discrimination, harassment and ethnic profiling despite formal legal protections....

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier asked forgiveness for German colonial violence during a visit to Songea. Meeting descendants connected official acknowledgment with the histories preserved by...