NETHERLANDS POLITICS SLAVERY

Discussion on politicians apologies for Dutch slavery past at Catshuis in The Hague

epa10354978 Johan Roozer, of the Suriname National Committee for the Remembrance of Slavery, speaks to reporters as he arrives at the Catshuis, the official residence of the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, in The Hague, the Netherlands, 08 December 2022, for a discussion about apologies for the country's slavery past. Several organizations have expressed concern about the plan of eight members of the Dutch government to apologize for the Dutch slavery past on 19 December. The Netherlands on 01 July 1863 abolished slavery in the East and West Indies. The date is nationwide celebrated annually on 'Keti Koti' (lit.: 'broken chains' in the Surinamese language Sranantongo), on 01 July, since 2009. EPA/REMKO DE WAAL

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