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Sweden 'open' to slave trade reparations
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Sweden 'open' to slave trade reparations

Sweden's top diplomat in the Caribbean said an effort by a group of countries in the region to seek reparations from former colonial powers for the effects of the Atlantic slave trade should be "taken seriously".
Lund students in new 'racist' blackface outrage
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Lund students in new 'racist' blackface outrage

Two students from Lund University in southern Sweden have sparked accusations of racism after coming to a party with black-painted faces, reminding some of a mock slave auction from 2011 that drew international condemnation.

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Making fun of slavery belittles black people
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Making fun of slavery belittles black people

The dropping of a hate speech case against students who staged a "slave auction" at Lund University clears the way for racists and contravenes Swedish human rights commitments, representatives from anti-racism groups argue.

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Jesse Jackson: Lund party 'a racist spectacle'
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Jesse Jackson: Lund party 'a racist spectacle'

The American civil rights activist Jesse Jackson has reacted strongly against the ‘slave auction’ held recently at a student association in Lund and the subsequent racial slurs directed against the person who reported the incident to the police.
Guest workers forced into 'slave-like' employ
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Guest workers forced into 'slave-like' employ

Foreign guest workers are being tricked into coming to Sweden and forced to work under slave-like conditions, according to a new report which identifies the trade as a lucrative part of international organised crime.