Etiket: slavery
Cabinet is going to apologize for the Dutch slavery past
The cabinet will apologize for the Dutch slavery past in December, insiders confirm after a report from RTL Nieuws. The expectation is that the apologies will be offered in December…
Commemorative year Slavery past: structurally more attention and recognition for our shared past | News item
News item | 14-10-2022 | 17:32 The slavery past is a very painful, important and until recently underexposed part of our shared history. From next year, from 1 July 2023…
EO makes series about Dutch slavery past
The EO is working on a youth series about the Dutch slavery past. Kofi’s Tori is being played in Suriname and can be seen from November 10 on Zapp.nl and…
Cambridge University: We benefited significantly from slavery
The British University of Cambridge acknowledged on Thursday that it had benefited “significantly” from slavery. Research commissioned by the university shows that Cambridge made large-scale investments in companies heavily involved…
Worldwide 50 million people live in modern slavery
There were 50 million people worldwide living in modern slavery last year. Some 28 million people were victims of forced labor and 22 million people were in forced marriage. This…
Slavery past central during visit of Minister Bruins Slot and State Secretary Van Huffelen to the Caribbean part of the Kingdom | News item
News item | 02-09-2022 | 15:43 Hanke Bruins Slot, Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK), and Alexandra van Huffelen, State Secretary for Kingdom Relations and Digitization, will visit…
MPs to Suriname, Curaçao and Bonaire for research on slavery history | NOW
A nine-member delegation from the House of Representatives started a nine-day working visit to Suriname, Curaçao and Bonaire on Saturday. The MPs of various political groups led by Kiki Hagen…
Kamer pays special visit to Suriname, Curaçao and Bonaire in the context of slavery past
Jan Anthonie Bruijn, chair of the Senate and Vera Bergkamp, chair of the House of Representatives lay a wreath at the National Monument to Slavery Past, during the national commemoration…
First exhibition of Museum aan de A: Groningen and slavery. ‘The site of the Groningen West India Company was right behind this’
Little fingers have been touching the nutmeg. In the first exhibition space in Museum aan de A, formerly the Northern Maritime Museum, the number 14,000 is written in the corner.…
the track star was a victim of human trafficking and slavery
Mo Farah It was the symbol of British athletics until last week it announced its retirement. But this has not been the most shocking announcement that he had planned to…