Africa/UK: Outrage as government says ‘forget about slavery’

Two months into the United Nations' official year against slavery, Black Information Link(BLINK), the communication channel of the 1990 Trust, a National Black British organisation, questioned the Home Office over why they do not have any events planned for Britain. The Home Office not only confirmed they had failed to organise a single event for 2004, but also issued an amazing statement saying we should forget the slave trade rather than commemorate it. And they claimed today’s government cannot be held responsible for the millions of lives lost during slavery. The statement sparked outrage from furious campaigners who contrasted it with the government’s active support for Holocaust memorial day, held on 27 January this year.