Dutch PM: Sorry for 250 years of slavery

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 21, 2022 12:06 am

THE HAGUE, Netherlands: The Netherlands' Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Monday officially apologized for 250 years of his country's involvement in slavery, calling it a 'crime against humanity.'

The apology comes almost 150 years after the end of slavery in the northwestern European nation's overseas colonies, which included Suriname in South America, Indonesia in the east and Caribbean islands such as Curacao and Aruba.

OVERDUE APOLOGY Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte delivers a speech on the Netherlands’ involvement in slavery at the National Archives in The Hague on Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. AFP PHOTO

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