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
31 jan 2023 om 05:09 During the introduction of Crown Princess Amalia to the Caribbean islands, the colonial past of the Netherlands receives a lot of attention. This raises the question of whether King Willem-Alexander will apologize on the spot for the slavery past. But that would be inappropriate during this trip, representatives of the … Read more
Door Afran Groenewoud en Priscilla Slomp 19 dec 2022 om 15:17Update: 9 uur geleden Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Monday apologized on behalf of the government for the actions of the Dutch state in the past of slavery. He apologized in several languages in a speech to the National Archives in The Hague. “We in … Read more
19 dec 2022 om 20:16Update: een uur geleden Cabinet gives resistance hero Tula slave (unknown-1795) more than two hundred years after his death rehabilitation. Here you can read about his life and his fight for freedom. Tula’s date of birth is unknown. He lived in slavery on Curaçao in the 18th century. The Dutch ruled … Read more
Door Afran Groenewoud en Priscilla Slomp 19 dec 2022 om 15:26Update: 19 minuten geleden More than two hundred years after his death, the government restored the hero of the Tula slave resistance (unknown – 1795). Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced this in a speech to the National Archives in The Hague on Monday. In this, … Read more