Sentence examples similar to filing for reparations from inspiring English sources

In 2014, residents of North Carolina who had been sterilized by the state between 1929 and 1974 were able to file for reparation from a state fund.

An intensive effort will now begin to locate 2,264 former internees and their heirs before an Aug. 10 deadline for filing for the reparations, said Robin Toma, lead attorney in the lawsuit.

They have filed separate claims for reparations for the deaths of their parents, but have not been compensated and say that they need the money now being denied them.

Now he is angry and says he has filed suit through the Iraqi Foreign Ministry for reparations.

The lawsuit points to successful recent suits filed by Holocaust survivors, suggesting that its demand for reparations is not far-fetched.

In the latest move in the campaign for reparations, descendants of black slaves filed lawsuits in New York and California, demanding corporations pay back profits reaped from the work of their enslaved ancestors.

Attention has come to it only during the past few years, as the lawsuits for reparations on behalf of the few remaining survivors have been filed.

Who, for instance, pays for reparations?

Calls for reparations have a long history.

I'm for reparations, definitely.

You call for reparations, you're right.