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Meri stated that Stephan van Baarle had not given a substantive answer to a question from JA21 member Ranjith Clemminck about the financing of reparations to descendants of enslaved people. According to her, the intended recipients had never been slaves themselves and did not know anyone who had. She wrote that slavery in the Dutch colonies had been abolished 163 years earlier. Meri found Van Baarle's tone contemptuous and said he had called Clemminck a "greenhorn." She asserted that an elected representative in the Netherlands had the right to ask critical questions and accused Van Baarle of behaving as if he were in Turkey. She also called him a stain on the parliament and used an insulting description for him. https://t.co/51imqS9OlJ #politiek #slavernij #Nederland (translated)

Bas Paternotte wrote that Minister of the Interior Pieter Heerma (CDA) said in sharp words and with a reference to Van Baarle's skin color that Van Baarle should not expect any reparations. According to Paternotte, the motion by Eerdmans (JA21) against reparations for the slavery past remained in full force. #Nederland #Slavernijgeschiedenis #Herstelbetalingen (translated)

JA21 wrote that Van Baarle was in favor of reparations for the legacy of slavery. According to the party, Ranjith Clemminck had asked about the costs, the recipients, and the manner in which the payments would be executed. According to JA21, Van Baarle had referred to him as a "greenhorn" and directed him to a committee for further elaboration. The party described his response as derogatory and stated that it was against reparations. Those who made such a proposal, according to JA21, must provide concrete answers and substantiate the proposal. #herstelbetalingen #slavernijverleden #JA21 (translated)

Readers of the Volkskrant are wondering when Queen Máxima will initiate an investigation into the role of her ancestors in colonialism, now that the Oranjes have acknowledged that they played a financial role in the colonial history of the Netherlands. #HuisOranjeNassau #kolonialisme #herstelbetalingen (translated)

‘Het gaat ook om erkenning en ervoor zorgen dat de gevolgen van raciale slavernij niet doorwerken in het hier en nu. Dat betekent dat je bestaande structuren moet veranderen, die ervoor zorgen dat mensenrechtenschendingen steeds weer terugkeren.’ #slavernij #herstelbetalingen #menselijkheid

De Verenigde Naties hebben slavernij erkend als de 'ernstigste misdaad tegen de menselijkheid', waardoor een nieuw debat over herstelbetalingen en genoegdoening is opgelaaid, met verwachte voorstellen tijdens de Algemene Vergadering in New York. #slavernij #herstelbetalingen #menselijkheid

Afrikaanse en Caribische leiders hebben tijdens de Next Steps-conferentie in Accra, Ghana, landen die profiteerden van de trans-Atlantische slavenhandel opgeroepen om formele excuses aan te bieden en herstelbetalingen te doen, in navolging van een VN-resolutie die deze slavenhandel omschrijft als de ernstigste misdaad tegen de menselijkheid. #Slavenhandel #Herstelbetalingen #Verzoening