Minister of Culture Youth and Sport Dr Frank Anthony has said that the world must understand that the slave trade and the atrocities committed during the 400 years of slavery are indeed crimes against humanity.
According to a release from the Government Information Agency (GINA), he made this statement during his presentation at the Regional Conference on Reparations held in St Vincent and the Grenadines.
Minister Anthony stated that the argument that such crimes were “legal” under the then European law is no longer valid under international jurisprudence. He expressed Guyana’s commitment to the cause of reparations, and said the country was prepared to join with the rest of the Caribbean in representing this case to the
