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Netherlands PM Mark Rutte apologises for Dutch government’s role in slavery

THE HAGUE, Netherlands, December 19, 2022 - While Britain and the United States, two of the major beneficiaries of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade remain shamelessly silent about their role in that international human atrocity,  Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte, today in a nationally televised broadcast, formally apologised on behalf of the Dutch state for its historical role in slavery, and for  the arising consequences that he acknowledged continue into the present day.

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Netherlands PM Mark Rutte apologises for Dutch government’s role in slavery

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