Henry Wants Reparations By BBC - Caribbean May 28, 2007 ........................................................................................................................................ Jamaica's opposition parliamentarian Mike Henry is calling for the PNP government to take the issue of compensation for slavery to the international courts. The Jamaica Labour Party transport spokesman said he wants the international community to explain why the direct descendants of slavery should not be compensated. Speaking to BBC Caribbean, Mr Henry said it was not enough to ask for an apology without the consideration of financial compensation. He said his immediate concern was to complete the parliamentary process in Jamaica, and have a political decision voted on by the members of parliament, "which will charge any government to take the matter of reparations forward.". "I would like to hear an international court decide if Jamaica is not entitled to reparations as equal to what was paid to the slave owners," he told BBC Caribbean. Mike Henry has expressed disappointment that the issue of reparation was ignored by Britain's deputy prime minister John Prescott during Mr Prescott's visit to Jamaica last week. latest news Jamaica Police Investigages Scam British Prime Minister Sorry for Slavery CARICOM Issues Explored Angllicans Face Difficult Summit Trinidadian Carnival Exodus New Caribbean Program Premiers on NY TV Exemption for Antigua Nurses More Complaints About CARICOM Grenada Goofs: Anthem Mixup Windies Selectors to Mull Over CWC Squad More Cricket World Cup Semis Tickets on Sale JA Airport Revamp Won't Be Ready for Cup Celebrating Bob Marley with Food & Fashion CARICOM Single Space Travel Begins Caribbean Tops Prisoner's List AIDS Discrimination in the Caribbean Whaling Showdown Likely Record Year for Global Tourism Five Killed by Jamaican Police Four Dead in Haiti UN Operation   | | | | |