カテゴリー: Netherlands
Allegations of crimes against humanity laid out against former Philippines president over his deadly ‘war on drugs’Rodrigo Duterte has become the first Asian former leader to appear before the international criminal court, where he stands accused of co…
Conscientious objectors refused to take part in military campaign against Indonesian independence in 1940sFamilies of 20 men who were jailed for refusing to fight to preserve the former Dutch colony in Indonesia have formally asked for their names to b…
Letter aims to bring public anger over 30,000 deaths of Palestinians in Gaza into heart of parliamentsMore than 200 MPs from 12 countries have committed themselves to trying to persuade their governments to impose a ban on arms sales to Israel, arguing…
A Dutch group that reunites children with their birth parents in Bangladesh is fighting to stop all international adoptionRead more: Bangladesh launches investigation into children ‘wrongly’ adopted overseasIt was not long into a research trip to Bangl…
Police start to interview witnesses following Guardian reports on adoptions to the Netherlands nearly 50 years agoRead more: ‘I was told I could visit. Then she went missing’: the Bangladeshi mothers who say their children were adopted without consentP…
Exhibition aims to establish common ground amid fractious debate over violence in post-independence IndonesiaIts political centre, The Hague, may call itself “the city of peace and justice”. But in few European countries is the process of confronting t…
Artefacts taken from Balinese royal palace among items being returned – but do not include prehistoric ‘Java man’The Netherlands is handing back hundreds of valuable artefacts it removed from Indonesia and Sri Lanka during the colonial period, includin…
Two men in New York are accused by the FBI of being covert enforcers for the Chinese government. Such operations are being uncovered worldwideThe FBI this week arrested two men accused of running a covert overseas police operation in New York on behalf…
Court says Russia had overall control of the separatist forces in eastern Ukraine at the time when the plane was shot downRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesA Dutch court has found three men guilty of the murder of 298 people on board flight MH17,…
Dutch government investigating ‘undeclared’ stations in Amsterdam and Rotterdam, claimed to be part of global networkThe Dutch government has said it is investigating reports that Chinese police forces have illegally opened at least two stations in the…
Adrian Chesters, a Briton who was rescued on Saturday, says his son Nathen died while they were adriftThe 14-year-old son of a British man is believed to have died following reports that he went missing on a diving trip in Malaysia.Adrian Chesters, 46,…
Experts say social support, honesty and generosity key to wellbeing, as Afghanistan and Lebanon struggle in global ranking Finland has been named the world’s happiest country for the fifth year in a row, in an annual UN-sponsored index that ranked Afgh…
The two countries will allege Russia breached international aviation law for its role in 2014 downing of the Malaysia Airlines flight over UkraineAustralia and the Netherlands have launched legal proceedings against Russia through the International Civ…
Study finds ‘widespread’ ill-treatment and extrajudicial executions during 1945-9 war of independenceMark Rutte, the prime minister of the Netherlands, has apologised after an inquiry revealed that the Dutch state condoned the systematic use of extraju…
Decision to avoid word in exhibition on Indonesian independence led to accusations of genocide denialThe director of the Rijksmuseum said he was “happy” as Dutch prosecutors announced they would not proceed with an investigation into complaints over a …