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Netherlands: Rutte asks for apology for slavery

Source: AFP (Glomex)

The Dutch government has apologized for "crimes against humanity" almost 150 years after the official end of the slave trade in the country's former colonies. For centuries, people were "commodified, exploited and mistreated" in the name of the Dutch state, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said in a speech in The Hague. For this, he asked for apologies.

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