Winnipeg-raised grandparent scammer given 4 years to pay back $70K to victims he fleeced
Chief Justice Raymond Whalen threw Charles Gillen a second chance on Monday, sentencing him to house arrest and ordering him to pay back his elderly victims instead of going to prison.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/grandparent-scammer-avoids-further-prison-time-slapped-with-70k-restitution-order-9.7148332?cmp=rss
Feierliche Übergabe gestern auf Schloss Hohentübingen: Das „Pou der Hinematioro“ kehrt nach Neuseeland zurück. An der Zeremonie nahmen auch Mitglieder der Māori-Gemeinschaft Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti teil. #Restitution #KolonialesErbe #Maori #Neuseland #Ethologie #Provinienzforschung
United Nations declares slave trade 'gravest crime against humanity' | DW News

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On the resolution of recognising the enslavement of Africans and the transatlantic slave trade.

Yesterday was a day of rupture.

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Pardoning Fraud Felons

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https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/03/pardoning-fraud-felons/

»Decisions about #restitution are primarily political and institutional in nature. These decisions raise questions of responsibility: what obligations do present-day collections have towards the circumstances in which their holdings were acquired, and what role do institutions wish to play in global debates on heritage, memory and justice?« #Repatriation https://theconversation.com/not-an-artefact-but-an-ancestor-why-a-german-university-is-returning-a-maori-taonga-274071

#Restitution Alors que la Suisse se dote d’une commission d’expert·es pour envisager les restitutions de biens culturels «problématiques», Le Courrier invite deux de ses membres à échanger sur ce sujet aussi passionnant que potentiellement clivant.

✍️ Un entretien signé Samuel Schellenberg à retrouver sur notre site ⬇️
https://lecourrier.ch/2026/02/19/prendre/

(P)rendre - Le Courrier

On ne sait pas encore exactement ce qu’elle fera. Mais sa simple création est une excellente nouvelle: dès le 1er mars, la Suisse comptera une Commission nationale d’expert·es pour le patrimoine culturel au passé «problématique». La structure émerge après celles de la France, de l’Allemagne ou du Royaume-Uni, tout en allant plus loin: elle s’occupera […]

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600 Werke afro-brasilianischer Kunst einer Sammlung aus Detroit wurden an Brasilien restituiert. Die bisher größte Rückgabe dieser Art in der Geschichte des Landes. #Restitution https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/19/666-afro-brazilian-artworks-repatriated-detroit-brazil
More than 600 works by Afro-Brazilian artists returned to Brazil

The repatriation, from a private collection in Detroit, is the largest of its kind in Brazil’s history

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