‘Reparations now’: King and Burnham face protests at Antigua Commonwealth summit
During the Commonwealth heads‑of‑government meeting in Antigua, protesters gathered outside the venue demanding that the United Kingdom acknowledge and address its involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. Demonstrators targeted British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and Antigua’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne, calling for reparations and a formal apology. The activists used the summit as a platform to press their demands.