Portrait of tyrant Thomas Picton moved to side room in Welsh museum
Exhibition includes two specially commissioned works reframing story of former Trinidad governor For more than a century, the portrait of Thomas Picton hung in a...
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Oxford University may return items looted from Nigeria by Britain in 1897
University council supports claim for 97 artefacts, including bronzes, currently held in city’s museums Oxford University could return almost 100 artefacts that were looted by...
Anticolonial hero statue to occupy Trafalgar Square fourth plinth from September
Antelope by Samson Kambalu depicts John Chilembwe wearing hat in defiance of colonial rule in Nyasaland, now Malawi A sculpture of a preacher who was...
UK officials raised concerns over Rwanda policy, documents show
Charity says disclosures in legal case paint picture of home secretary desperate to push policy through The Home Office pushed through its policy of sending...
Home Office in fresh row with UNHCR over Rwanda asylum policy
Despite court hearing, Home Office continues to claim UNHCR is supportive of controversial scheme The Home Office has been accused of misrepresenting the UN refugee...
‘I could have been a Mo Farah’: trafficked boxer denied his shot at Olympic glory by Home Office
Kelvin Bilal Fawaz reveals how Farah’s TV interview was a reminder of how his own boxing career was lost to life in immigration limbo A...
Victims of Brazil’s worst environmental disaster to get day in UK courts
Court of appeal judgment allows £5bn lawsuit against mining giant BHP by more than 200,000 victims of 2015 Mariana dam disaster More than 200,000 victims...
Female trafficking survivor targeted for UK removal to Rwanda, says charity
Exclusive: Women for Refugee Women says it is in touch with first woman considered for removal A woman in immigration detention has been targeted for...
Neglect Africa now and we will face labour shortages globally, IMF warns
West’s response to effects of Covid and Ukraine war condemned as shortsighted ‘collective failure’ to invest in future human capital The international community would be...
UK Home Office plans second flight to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda
Flight could take off within weeks and before court has ruled on whether scheme is lawful The Home Office is planning a second flight to...
