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Kingston, Jamaica – in a historic move that could reshape the conversation around colonial legacy and justice, the Jamaican government has announced its intention to submit a formal petition to King Charles III, calling for reparations for the transatlantic slave trade.
The announcement, made by Culture Minister Olivia “Babsy” Grange during the 2025/26 Sectoral Debate in Parliament, signals a bold legal strategy to secure redress for centuries of enslavement and exploitation endured by Africans and their descendants in Jamaica.
The petition seeks to have King Charles refer three urgent questions to Jamaica’s final appellate body, the......
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In a harrowing act of violence that has shocked the world, an 18-month-old boy—fleeing war-torn Iran with his pregnant mother—was violently slammed headfirst onto the floor of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport by a Belarusian man, leaving the child in a coma with life-threatening injuries.
The attacker, identified as 31-year-old Vladimir Vitkov, was captured on CCTV appearing to scan his surroundings before seizing the toddler and hurling him to the ground with chilling force. The boy, named Yazdan, suffered severe skull fractures, spinal trauma, and internal bleeding, according to doctors at Moscow’s Roshal Children’s Centre.
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A British woman born in Sheffield trapped in Jamaica for more than a decade pleads with Home Office Minister for passport.
Audrey Brooks was born in Sheffield in 1970 — she is a British citizen by birth, delivered in the same steel city where her Jamaican parents married in 1962, worked, paid taxes, and raised their family. Decades later and despite holding a British passport as recently as 2007, she finds herself repeatedly denied when applying for a new one. Today, she feels abandoned by the very country her parents helped to rebuild.
Audrey's parents Idyln and Hepburn Brooks
Audrey's father worked at a shipping container terminal; her mother served......
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A former British Army Soldier has had his application for citizenship and leave to remain in the UK refused more than 15 times and has been detained under immigration powers.
For 17 years, Trevor Rene has called Britain home. He has built a life here, married a British citizen, and served in the British Army Reserve, swearing an oath to protect Queen and Country. Yet, despite his service and sacrifice, the Home Office has denied him citizenship almost every year for the past 15 years, refusing to acknowledge his rightful place in the nation he offered his life to protect.
Trevor Rene with wife Diane, Mr. Rene served faithfully with the Royal Electrical and......
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Baroness Floella Benjamin did not mince her words in calling for justice. Addressing the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Access to Justice earlier this week, she laid bare what many already knew: the Windrush Compensation Scheme is not just broken—it’s “designed to fail.” And behind its failure lies a more corrosive truth: institutional racism is still deeply embedded in the very machinery that once criminalised and deported British citizens for the colour of their skin.
Baroness Foella Benjamin speaking at APPG on access to Justice (June 16, 2025) - Home Office Scandal
In 2018, Prime Minister Theresa May was forced to publicly......
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In a move that has sparked both cautious optimism and pointed criticism, the Home Office has appointed Reverend Clive Foster as the UK’s first Windrush Commissioner — a role created to oversee the government’s response to one of the most egregious racial injustices in recent British history.
Rev. Clive Foster at Windrush National Orginisation Dinner 2024 (image WNO)
Foster, a senior pastor and community leader from Nottingham, is said to bring "lived experience" and a long-standing commitment to social justice. But critics argue that his appointment reflects a familiar pattern of, symbolic representation over meaningful......
By Tracy Ann Dunkley
When Tyler Perry and Taraji P. Henson join forces, the result is never less than magic—and Straw, their latest offering now streaming on Netflix, is no exception. But this isn’t just another thriller. For me, it became something intensely personal. As a woman who understands the quiet storms many single mothers endure, this film didn’t just speak—it shouted, cried, and ultimately, healed.
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With Straw I was expecting a good watch. I wasn’t prepared for the emotional reckoning it would become. The film follows Janiyah Wilkinson (Taraji P. Henson), a single mother pulled under by a tide of debt, injustice and......
By JamRadio Newsdesk | 08:33 GMT
London, 16 June 2025 — Independent MP Ayoub Khan has called for an emergency recall of Parliament to vote on any proposed deployment of British military assets to the Middle East, following Israel’s recent airstrikes on Iranian military infrastructure.
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In a strongly worded statement posted on social media, Khan declared: “The British public did not vote for this! Parliament must be recalled immediately to decide on this before we start putting our military in harm’s way and to waste £billions which we need in our country! Israel started this! So they can deal with......
By Tracy Ann Dunkley | 12:30 GMT
In one of the most distressing scandals in modern British history, thousands of girls — some as young as 11 — were groomed, raped and trafficked by organised gangs in towns such as Rotherham, Rochdale, Telford and Oxford. Perhaps most alarming is the fact that authorities were aware of the abuse and yet repeatedly failed to act.
Despite persistent warnings from whistle-blowers, survivors and front-line professionals, police forces, local councils and child protection services neglected to intervene — often citing concerns about reputational harm, community tensions or bureaucratic inertia.
The 2014 Jay Report revealed that......
By JamRadio Newsdesk | 22:15 GMT
LONDON, UK — Tensions are rising between the United States and several Eastern Caribbean nations after a leaked memo from the U.S. State Department, reported by The Washington Post, revealed potential visa sanctions targeting Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Saint Lucia.
At the heart of Washington’s concern is the controversial citizenship by investment (CBI) programmes offered by these island nations—initiatives that allow foreign nationals to purchase citizenship, often with little to no residency requirements. The leaked document, signed by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, accuses the......
