By our entertainment editors Dec 18, 2023 at 2:00 PM Update: 29 minutes ago Khalid & Sophie Tuesday is all about apologies for the Dutch slavery past. For the occasion, the talk show will be broadcast from Middelburg in Zeeland. Mark Rutte apologized exactly one year ago on Tuesday. The outgoing Prime Minister then said … Read more
Jul 01, 2023 at 2:38 PMUpdate: 11 minutes ago King Willem-Alexander has apologized for the Dutch slavery past. The king did so on Saturday afternoon in a speech during the National Remembrance Day of Slavery in Amsterdam. “For this crime against humanity, I ask forgiveness,” the king said. 0:50 Play button The king said that … Read more
By Afran Groenewoud and Danja Koeleman 01 July 2023 at 05:00 The pressure on King Willem-Alexander to apologize on Saturday during the annual commemoration of the slavery past is great. What can we expect from the king’s speech 150 years after the abolition of slavery? It is still unclear whether Willem-Alexander, following the government’s lead, … Read more
On Saturday it will be exactly 150 years ago that slavery in Suriname also ended in practice. A year of commemoration around the Dutch slavery past will also begin. A selection of how our country will reflect on the end of slavery this weekend. Slavery committees across the country organize commemorations and celebrations. The most … Read more
27 apr 2023 om 12:24Update: 33 minuten geleden Descendants of enslaved people asked King Willem-Alexander on Thursday whether he would apologize for the slavery past on behalf of the royal family. For the time being, Willem-Alexander asks for patience: he first wants to wait for an independent investigation. On behalf of the government, which also … Read more
07 feb 2023 om 05:01Update: 2 uur geleden Descendants of enslaved people may be given free opportunities to conduct DNA testing of their family history. Some of them would also like to include the risk of hereditary diseases in that research. That knowledge about people with this background is currently lacking, experts tell NU.nl. While … Read more