reparations

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Iran has demanded reparations for destruction wrought in the five-week onslaught.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Most of the reparations paid by governments came in the form of compensation to slave owners in the 19th Century, rather than to those who had been enslaved.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Countries affected by slavery have been asking for reparations for more than a century.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

In a September 2025 statement, its High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, went further, saying that such justice must include "reparations in various forms".

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

The sooner the question of reparations could be resolved, he said, the better.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman