Archive List for slavery

Dutch PM Rutte apologises for the Netherlands’ role in slavery

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has issued a historic apology for the Netherlands’ role in 250 years of slavery. It comes amid a wider consideration of reparations for those affected, including efforts to return looted art. It has been long in the making, but for many descendants, it is not enough. Al Jazeera’s Ferdia Carr reports. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #Netherlands #DutchSlaveryTrade #DutchSlaveryHistory #MarkRutte

Forced to Scam: Cambodia’s Cyber Slaves | 101 East Documentary

Do you have information about cyber fraud compounds? Securely contact us at cyberslaves@proton.me *** Chinese cyber-scam operations are stealing tens of billions of dollars from victims around the world. But few realise that thousands of those perpetrating these frauds are victims too. Young men and women are enslaved, tortured and forced to scam in countries like Cambodia. In an exclusive report, 101 East investigates Chinese cyber-slave syndicates operating in Cambodia and exposes the powerful and politically connected people protecting them. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish #CyberSecurity #Cambodia #Documentary

US Elections Explainers: How do Americans pick their president?

Confused about the Electoral College? Start Here makes it simple. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #US_Elections_2020 #Start_Here_Explainer #Al_Jazeera_English

Visiting the first free black town of the new world in Colombia

Haiti is the first country where black slaves declared their freedom as an independent nation. But what is far less known is that 200 years earlier, slaves in Colombia established the first free black town in the new world. Al Jazeera’s Lucia Newman reports from San Basilio de Palengue, Colombia. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/

Sierra Leone: Efforts to preserve slave trade history

A national organisation in Sierra Leone is looking to raise funds and awareness to preserve what was once the country’s biggest slave trade port. The station on Bunce Island was set up 350 years ago to ship thousands of Africans to the Americas. Al Jazeera’s Nina Devries reports from Bunce Island. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/