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Netherlands PM Rutte apologises for role of Dutch state in slavery

Netherlands Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte

The Hague, The Netherlands Reuters Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Monday apologised on behalf of the Dutch State for its historical role in slavery, and for consequences that he acknowledged continue into the present day. “Today I apologise,” Rutte said in a nationally televised speech at the Dutch National Archives. “For centuries the Dutch state […]