The Decade of Atonement
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March-April 1999
by Emily Mitchell, from Index on Censorship
1998 Canada The government of Canada apologizes to its aboriginal people for suppressing their languages and cultures.
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1998 Japan Ryutaro Hashimoto, Japanese prime minister, expresses 'deep remorse' for Japan’s treatment of British POWs in WWII.
1998 Australia The Anglican Church apologizes for its participation in the policy of forcibly removing aboriginal children from their mothers, suggesting that “to aboriginal people an apology carries a weight that many white Australians have scarcely begun to understand.”
1998 Rome The Vatican apologizes for its silence and inaction in defense of the Jews during WWII, but stops short of criticizing Pope Pius XII.
1998 United States President Clinton on the 1994 genocide in Rwanda: “The international community, together with nations in Africa, must bear its share of responsibility for this tragedy as well. We did not act quickly enough after the killing began. We should not have allowed the refugee camps to become safe havens for killers.” In Uganda on the slave trade: “The United States has not always done the right thing by Africa. European Americans received the fruits of the slave trade and we were wrong in that.”
From Index on Censorship (May/June 1998). Subscriptions: $52/yr. (6 issues) from Lancaster House, 33 Islington High Street, London, N1 9LH UK.
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