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- Asia Pacific, Human rights, International criminal court, International criminal justice, Law, Netherlands, Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, World news
Rodrigo Duterte appears at ICC hearing in The Hague by video link
Allegations of crimes against humanity laid out against former Philippines president over his deadly ‘war on d…
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Families seek to clear names of men who refused to fight for former Dutch colony
Conscientious objectors refused to take part in military campaign against Indonesian independence in 1940sFami…
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Politicians from 12 countries unite to press for arms ban on Israel
Letter aims to bring public anger over 30,000 deaths of Palestinians in Gaza into heart of parliamentsMore tha…
- Adoption, Bangladesh, Europe, Global development, Netherlands, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
The stranger across from me was my sister: how one adoptee uncovered a tragic past
A Dutch group that reunites children with their birth parents in Bangladesh is fighting to stop all internatio…
- Adoption, Bangladesh, Children, Europe, Global development, Netherlands, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
Bangladesh launches investigation into children ‘wrongly’ adopted overseas
Police start to interview witnesses following Guardian reports on adoptions to the Netherlands nearly 50 years…
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Dutch self-image challenged as country confronts its colonial past
Exhibition aims to establish common ground amid fractious debate over violence in post-independence IndonesiaI…
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Netherlands to return treasures looted from Indonesia and Sri Lanka in colonial era
Artefacts taken from Balinese royal palace among items being returned – but do not include prehistoric ‘Java m…
- Asia Pacific, Canada, China, Freedom of speech, Netherlands, Protest, Surveillance, US news, World news
Explainer: China’s covert overseas ‘police stations’
Two men in New York are accused by the FBI of being covert enforcers for the Chinese government. Such operatio…
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Three men found guilty of murdering 298 people in MH17 shooting down
Court says Russia had overall control of the separatist forces in eastern Ukraine at the time when the plane w…
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China using illegal police bases in Netherlands to target dissidents, say reports
Dutch government investigating ‘undeclared’ stations in Amsterdam and Rotterdam, claimed to be part of global …
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Boy, 14, missing in Malaysia diving trip believed to have died
Adrian Chesters, a Briton who was rescued on Saturday, says his son Nathen died while they were adriftThe 14-y…
- Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Europe, Finland, Health, Health & wellbeing, Iceland, Lebanon, Netherlands, Romania, Serbia, Switzerland, US news, Zimbabwe
Finland named world’s happiest country for fifth year running
Experts say social support, honesty and generosity key to wellbeing, as Afghanistan and Lebanon struggle in gl…
- Australia news, Malaysia, Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, Netherlands, Plane crashes, Russia, Ukraine, United Nations, World news
Australia and the Netherlands launch legal action against Russia over MH17 disaster
The two countries will allege Russia breached international aviation law for its role in 2014 downing of the M…
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Dutch PM apologises for state’s role in abuses in 1940s Indonesian war
Study finds ‘widespread’ ill-treatment and extrajudicial executions during 1945-9 war of independenceMark Rutt…
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Dutch officials drop case against Rijksmuseum over ‘racist’ word
Decision to avoid word in exhibition on Indonesian independence led to accusations of genocide denialThe direc…