Following the Westminster Abbey protests Pearl Duncan, who found the records of her slave ancestors in the archives of the Church of England, looks at moving beyond apology

A man who disrupted a service marking the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade has gained support from Christians of African descent.

A protester has interrupted a commemorative service at Westminster Abbey marking the bicentenary of the act to abolish the slave trade.

Christian peace campaigner Brian Haw, who maintained a protest against the Iraq war for over 2000 days in Parliament Square, has had a series of charges against him under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act dismissed in the High Court by Judge Quentin Purdy ‚Ä' who criticized the way the case had been brought.