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  "id": 4627241,
  "title": "UN committee presents legal case for broad slavery reparations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/un-committee-presents-legal-case-for-broad-slavery-reparations-4627241",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T10:25:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RFI English",
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    "url": "https://www.rfi.fr/en/international/20260831-un-committee-presents-legal-case-for-broad-slavery-reparations"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Countries are \"legally obliged\" to provide broad reparations for harms resulting from both direct and indirect involvement in the transatlantic African slave trade, a United Nations committee has said. This comes amid a fresh interpretation of a global accord, published on Monday.",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "UN committee presents legal case for broad slavery reparations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/un-committee-presents-legal-case-for-broad-slavery-reparations-4608422",
        "published": "2026-08-31T08:01:56.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "UN committee presents legal case for broad slavery reparations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/un-committee-presents-legal-case-for-broad-slavery-reparations",
        "published": "2026-08-31T08:21:55.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "UN racial discrimination committee presents legal case for broad slavery reparations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/un-racial-discrimination-committee-presents-legal-case-for-broad",
        "published": "2026-08-31T08:25:52.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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