25 November 2006 |
Chile- Augusto Pinochet accepts responsibility for wrongs |
Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet accepts responsibility for wrongs committed during his 18-year rule.
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25 February 2007 |
USA-Virginia state’s role in slavery |
Virginia’s state legislature passes a resolution expressing “profound regret” over the state’s role in slavery.
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1 March 2007 |
Japan-women were forced into military brothels across Asia during World War II |
In a reversal of Japan’s acknowledgement of wrongdoing in 1993, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe denies that women were forced into military brothels across Asia during World War II.
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19 March 2007 |
USA politicized firing of eight federal attorneys in 2006 |
U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales apologizes for the politicized firing of eight federal attorneys in 2006.
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25 March 2007 |
British- Prime Minister Tony Blair to urged to apologize |
The Archbishop of York (England) urges British Prime Minister Tony Blair to apologize – not merely express sorrow and regret – for Britain’s role in slavery.
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26 March 2007 |
Britain “deep sorrow and regret” for Britain’s role in slavery |
U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair expresses “deep sorrow and regret” for Britain’s role in slavery.
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27 March 2007 |
Japan apologizes for the use of sexual slavery |
After weeks of criticism for refusing to acknowledge that Japan forced some 200,000 women from Korean and China to serve in military brothels in World War II (even though Japan had apologized for this in 1993), Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe apologizes for the use of sexual slavery.
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27 March 2007 |
USA-Maryland’s state legislature issues an apology for slavery |
Maryland’s state legislature issues an apology for slavery
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28 March 2007 |
Canada-settlement with survivors of Indian residential schools |
The Canadian government announces that it will not include an apology in its settlement with survivors of Indian residential schools.
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28 March 2007 |
Queen Elizabeth - apology for slavery |
At a service to mark the 200th anniversary of Britain’s abolishment of the slave trade, a protestor approaches Queen Elizabeth and demands that she personally apologize for slavery.
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30 March 2007 |
U.S. - veterans at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center |
U.S. President George W. Bush apologizes for bad conditions and the neglect of veterans at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
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24 April 2007 |
USA - Slavery |
The Alabama state House and Senate pass resolutions expressing regret for slavery.
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2 May 2007 |
Canada apology for abuses at Indian residential schools. |
The Canadian House of Commons unanimously endorses a motion to apologize for abuses at Indian residential schools. (Conservatives reversed their previous refusal to apologize.)
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23 May 2007 |
Pope Benedict- “unjustified crimes” committed during colonization |
Pope Benedict acknowledged that “unjustified crimes” were committed during colonization in the Americas, but he stopped short of apologizing.
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3 July 2007 |
NATO expresses regret for the deaths of civilians in Afghanistan |
NATO expresses regret for the deaths of civilians in Afghanistan.
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8 July 2007 |
France- traditional Bastille Day pardon of prisoners. |
French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he will not issue a traditional Bastille Day pardon of prisoners.
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15 July 2007 |
Israel offers amnesty to 180 Fatah militants after they pledge to end attacks |
Israel offers amnesty to 180 Fatah militants after they pledge to end attacks.
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15 July 2007 |
USA- sexual abuse by Catholic priests |
U.S. Cardinal Roger Mahony apologizes for sexual abuse by Catholic priests and agrees to pay $660 million to the victims.
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29 August 2007 |
The U.S. military- seizing 8 Iranians in Iraq |
The U.S. military expresses regret for seizing 8 Iranians in Iraq.
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31 August 2007 |
Virginia Governor pardons leader of slave revolt |
Virginia Governor Timothy Kaine posthumously pardons Gabriel Prosser for leading a failed salve rebellion in 1800.
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12 September 2007 |
1857 Mountain Meadows massacre of 120 unarmed immigrants in Utah-Mormons |
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) issues an apology for the 1857 Mountain Meadows massacre of 120 unarmed immigrants in Utah.
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20 September 2007 |
Germany will pay $2,800 in compensation to 50,000 Jews |
Germany says it will pay $2,800 in compensation to 50,000 Jews who were forced to work by the Nazis but who did not qualify for payouts under a previous fund for former slave laborers.
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18 October 2007 |
U.S. issues apologizes to Canadian Maher Arar |
At a congressional hearing, individual members of the U.S. Congress issue apologizes to Canadian Maher Arar for his rendition to Syria and denounce the Bush administration’s refusal to apologize
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31 October 2007 |
Spain passes historical memory law. |
Spain passes a “law of historical memory” to help support the documentation and commemoration of mass graves of some one hundred thousand people killed during the rein of Francisco Franco
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3 November 2007 |
Canada- radiation during atomic testing in the 1950s |
Canadian veterans who were exposed to radiation during atomic testing in the 1950s criticize the Canadian federal government’s offer of $24,000 in compensation per victim, pointing to a similar redress in the U.S. that gave payments of $75,000 in the 1980s.
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