Ministers file complaint against FvD MP over Nazi photo

3 weeks, 5 days ago

The Netherlands takes issue with Israel’s handling of official report on Amsterdam riots

NL Times

The Netherlands wants to have an official discussion with the Israeli government about the manner in which the latter distributed a report about recent violence in Amsterdam which targetted fans of Israeli football club Maccabi Tel Aviv. The Cabinet is particularly concerned about how an official document produced by an Israel ministry regarding an incident in the Netherlands was published …

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1 month ago

Ethnically diverse people felt disregarded after Amsterdam riots, NSC Deputy PM says

NL Times

Words matter, that is the conclusion that NSC Deputy Prime Minister Eddy van Hijum drew from the riots in Amsterdam, the political reactions to them, and the resulting crisis in the coalition. I think that we should pay serious attention to that in our approach,” Van Hijum said on Friday as he entered the Council of Ministers. But that must …

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1 month ago

Heinen denounces claims of racism in Dutch government as "lies"

Dutch News

Finance minister Eelco Heinen has angrily denied claims that racist comments were made during last week’s cabinet meeting, which prompted the resignation of junior minister Nora Achahbar. Heinen said “lies” were circulating about the language used in the meeting, where ministers discussed the previous week’s violence in Amsterdam surrounding the football match between Ajax and Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv. …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Justice minister uncomfortable about silence on racists remarks during Cabinet meeting

NL Times

Justice Minister David van Weel finds it "uncomfortable" that the Cabinet can no longer say anything about the alleged racist statements during the Council of Ministers meeting, he said on the program WNL op Zondag. Het kabinet houdt de lijn vast dat er geen sprake was van racisme, zegt @ministerjenv David van Weel over het crisisberaad vrijdag na het opstappen …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Dutch coalition gov’t survives after minister quits over Amsterdam violence

Al Jazeera

Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof’s right-wing coalition government has survived despite the resignation of a minister over alleged racist comments by cabinet colleagues related to clashes in Amsterdam between Israeli football fans and Palestinian supporters. Junior Finance Minister Nora Achahbar unexpectedly quit the cabinet on Friday to protest against claims by some politicians, including far-right leader Geert Wilders, that Dutch …

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Dutch government faces collapse over handling of anti-semitic violence in Amsterdam

Firstpost

The Dutch cabinet met in emergency session on Friday amid reports the coalition could implode over the government’s handling of violence linked to a Europa League soccer match involving an Israeli team, local media reported A picture from Israeli Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters demonstrating and lighting flares in Amsterdam before the football match. Image: Reuters The Dutch cabinet met in …

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1 month, 1 week ago

MPs condemn outburst of violence in Amsterdam, call for action

Dutch News

MPs focused on last week’s football-related violence in Amsterdam in a heated debate on Wednesday, with far-right leader Geert Wilders calling for withdrawing Dutch nationality from the perpetrators and GroenLinks PvdA leader Frans Timmermans stating that criticism of Israel cannot be equated with anti-Semitism. Caroline van der Plas, leader of the pro-countryside BBB, blamed the violence on “Moroccan and North …

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1 month, 1 week ago

All parties denounce anti-Semitism Amsterdam riots; Wilders blames Muslims, Moroccans

NL Times

There was widespread condemnation of anti-Semitism in the parliamentary debate on the Amsterdam riots on Wednesday. “Anti-semitism can’t be fought with Muslim hatred,” GroenLinks-PvdA leader Frans Timmermans said to Wilders, according to NOS and NU.nl’s liveblogs on the debate. D66 leader Rob Jetten: “You don’t combat anti-Semitism with even filthier racism.” Wilders started the debate in the PVV’s classic anti-Muslim, …

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Trinamool MPs file complaint against Bengal BJP chief's comments on police

India Today

The Trinamool Congress filed a complaint with the Election Commission against West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar's alleged comments on the police. The party urged the poll panel to issue directions to BJP leaders to desist from "making unverified, defamatory and inflammatory statements" against the West Bengal Police and the TMC. It also said that the Election Commission should penalise …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Counterterror office had concerns over Kristallnacht event, Ajax-Maccabi match before riots

NL Times

The national counterterrorism office “requested attention” from local authorities in Amsterdam to the possible consequences of the football match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv, which coincided with the commemoration of Kristallnacht, a wide-scale assault on Jews in Nazi Germany a year before World War II started. Minister David van Weel wrote in a letter to the lower house of …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Israeli Foreign Min. heading to Netherlands; Parliamentary debate on violence next week

NL Times

Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Gideon Sa’ar will travel to the Netherlands on Friday to talk with his Dutch counterpart, Caspar Veldkamp, about attacks on Israeli football supporters in Amsterdam on Thursday. Minister David van Weel of Justice and Security said that the perpetrators of the violence against Israeli football fans would be tracked down and punished. Earlier on Friday, Schoof …

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7 months ago

Bihar: Accused arrested for burning Hindu religious flag with Lord Hanuman's image in Gaya's Mufassil

Op India

Recently, Bihar’s Gaya Police confirmed that they arrested an accused in connection with a viral video in which several miscreants were seen burning a Hindu religious flag. इस संबंध में फतेहपुर थाना कांड संख्या 292/24 दर्ज कर, उक्त आरोपी को गिरफ्तार कर थानास्तर से अग्रतर कार्रवाई की जा रही है । — GAYA POLICE पुलिस ) May 23, 2024 Responding …

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9 months ago

Starmer defends record saying he’s convicted ‘more people smugglers than Sunak’s helicopter rides’

The Independent

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Watch as Sunak’s Rwanda bill faces test in House of Lords

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Keir Starmer should get an ‘I Love Rwanda’ coffee cup – as he’s just given Rishi Sunak another roasting

The Independent

Who would have thought that the leader of the Labour Party would “win” Prime Minister’s Questions on the subject of immigration? Someone should get Keir Starmer an “I Love Rwanda” coffee cup – as he’s just given Rishi Sunak another roasting. He spoke of an MP who had bravely told Boris Johnson that the Rwanda policy wouldn’t work, and asked …

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1 year ago

Police complaint against Trinamool MP for mimicry of Vice-President

India Today

A day after Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee was seen mimicking Vice President Japgdeep Dhankar on the premises of Parliament, a complaint has been filed against him at a police station in the national capital. According to South Delhi's Deputy Commissioner of Police, the complaint was forwarded by an advocate named Abhishek Gautam at the city's Defence Colony Police station. …

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1 year ago

Podcast: The Ministerial Migration Merry-Go-Round Edition

Dutch News

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep up our stocks of stroopwafels and orange tompouces? The country can and must be governed, coalition scout Ronald Plasterk said after handing in his homework, but who wants to govern the country like this? Pieter Omtzigt still has serious doubts about the PVV’s relationship with the constitution, Dilan Yesilgöz doesn’t want the …

1 year ago

Podcast: The Ministerial Migration Merry-Go-Round Edition

Dutch News

Want to support the DutchNews podcast and keep up our stocks of stroopwafels and orange tompouces? The country can and must be governed, coalition scout Ronald Plasterk said after handing in his homework, but who wants to govern the country like this? Pieter Omtzigt still has serious doubts about the PVV’s relationship with the constitution, Dilan Yesilgöz doesn’t want the …

1 year, 2 months ago

Political storm over ‘cash for query’ allegation against TMC MP Mahua Moitra intensifies

The Hindu

The political storm over BJP MP Nishikant Dubey’s “cash-for-query” allegation against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra intensified, with Ms. Moitra serving a legal notice to Mr. Dubey and advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai who supplied the alleged evidence against her. Union Minister of State for Information Technology, Rajeev Chandrashekhar, was among several BJP leaders who spoke out against Ms. Moitra, saying, …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Sunak may have breached ministerial code with Party conference photo – Labour

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Rishi Sunak may have breached the ministerial code over a …

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1 year, 3 months ago

FIR in Manipur Against Editors Guild: Our Selective Reactions to ‘Bad News’

The Quint

Uproar on account of police First Information Report against an independent media body’s report on Manipur has raised key questions on the prevailing spirit of getting questioned, accommodating contrarian views, and on the doctrine of proportionality in reactions. Admittedly, the report was unflattering for the State in its suggestion of partisanship in the handling of the Manipur situation, and the …

State Report Fir Manipur

1 year, 5 months ago

Communists falsely claim that RSS behind the Manipur viral video incident

Op India

Today several Communist leaders and social media users circulated an image of two men in RSS uniform claiming that they are the culprits behind the horrific incident in Manipur seen in the viral video. On the 23rd of July, Former MP and CPI leader Subhashini Ali uploaded pictures of the two men in RSS dress along with the screengrab of …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Bergkamp urges Twitter to take action on threats to politicians

Dutch News

Parliamentary chairwoman Vera Bergkamp has written to Twitter calling on the company to take action against people who use the social media platform to threaten politicians. She told the company it had a “responsibility to create a safe space for free expression and to ensure that on Twitter, people have safe, inclusive and authentic conversations.” Ik maak mij grote zorgen …

Bergkamp Urges Twitter

1 year, 6 months ago

Bergkamp urges Twitter to take action on threats to politicians

Dutch News

Parliamentary chairwoman Vera Bergkamp has written to Twitter calling on the company to take action against people who use the social media platform to threaten politicians. She told the company it had a “responsibility to create a safe space for free expression and to ensure that on Twitter, people have safe, inclusive and authentic conversations.” Ik maak mij grote zorgen …

Bergkamp Urges Twitter

1 year, 8 months ago

Starmer recommits to campaign blaming Sunak for living costs

The Independent

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1 year, 10 months ago

DC Edit | BBC â€˜surveyâ€™: Just bad optics

Deccan Chronicle

The “survey” by the income tax department on the offices of the BBC hardly three weeks after the British broadcaster aired a documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his role in the 2002 Gujarat riots cannot but be the worst message the largest democracy on earth can pass on to the rest of the world. The department launched …

Bbc Hardly

2 years ago

Minister to apologize for racism at Foreign Affairs; Asks victims to come forward

NL Times

Minister Wopke Hoekstra of Foreign Affairs will apologize for the widespread racism in his department. He and Liesje Schreinemacher, his fellow Minster at the department, will “talk later this week” with several “employees with a bi-cultural background,” Hoekstra said. He will “definitely” ask them to file a complaint, and “then we will certainly not hesitate to act on it.” Hoekstra …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Sharp criticism over handling of allegations against Labour MP Gijs van Dijk

NL Times

Experts are very critical of the investigation into alleged transgressive behavior by former PvdA parliamentarian Gijs van Dijk. PvdA chairman Esther-Mirjam Sent called the findings “serious” and said it is “undesirable for Gijs van Dijk to hold a position on behalf of the PvdA in the next four years.” But according to Marjan Olfers, professor of law, and Rob van …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Dutch government under fire in debate over emissions cuts

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2 years, 5 months ago

Politician reported to police for allegedly inciting farmer violence

Dutch News

Gideon van Meijeren, an MP for the Forum for Democracy, has been reported to the police for allegedly inciting violence in a speech to farmers earlier this month, reports NOS. He reportedly told a ‘Boeren Forum’ meeting in Tiel on Saturday July 2 that it is ‘important to realise that it is not always healthy if there is a taboo …

Inciting Violence

2 years, 5 months ago

Politician reported to police for allegedly inciting farmer violence

Dutch News

Gideon van Meijeren, an MP for the Forum for Democracy, has been reported to the police for allegedly inciting violence in a speech to farmers earlier this month, reports NOS. He reportedly told a ‘Boeren Forum’ meeting in Tiel on Saturday July 2 that it is ‘important to realise that it is not always healthy if there is a taboo …

Inciting Violence

2 years, 6 months ago

Court orders police case against UP MLA for insulting national flag

India TV News

Highlights Special MP-MLA court directed police to register a case against RLD MLA Complaint pertains to Anil Kumar hoisting the national flag upside down Court took the step based on a complaint filed by lawyer S K Tyagi A special MP-MLA court here has directed police to register a case against RLD MLA from Purkazi constituency Anil Kumar on charges …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Hugo de Jonge under fire over private email use for official business

Dutch News

Prime minister Mark Rutte has been summoned to parliament to explain why former health minister Hugo de Jonge used his personal iCloud email address for communications about various work-related issues, even though this contravenes official recommendations. Rutte, and home affairs minister Hanke Bruins Slot have been told to report back on whether the information from the iCloud account can be …

De Jonge

2 years, 8 months ago

Hugo de Jonge under fire over private email use for official business

Dutch News

Prime minister Mark Rutte has been summoned to parliament to explain why former health minister Hugo de Jonge used his personal iCloud email address for communications about various work-related issues, even though this contravenes official recommendations. Rutte, and home affairs minister Hanke Bruins Slot have been told to report back on whether the information from the iCloud account can be …

De Jonge

2 years, 9 months ago

Police officer standing for FVD leaves post over 'Nazi' comments

Dutch News

A police officer standing as a candidate for the far-right Forum voor Democratie party has left the force after calling for the Dutch government to meet the same fate as the Nazis over its coronavirus policies. Brian Geertshuis posted messages online on a Porsche fans’ forum under the name Brian951 attacking the former health minister, Hugo de Jonge, and other …

Nazi Police Officer

2 years, 9 months ago

Police officer standing for FVD leaves post over 'Nazi' comments

Dutch News

A police officer standing as a candidate for the far-right Forum voor Democratie party has left the force after calling for the Dutch government to meet the same fate as the Nazis over its coronavirus policies. Brian Geertshuis posted messages online on a Porsche fans’ forum under the name Brian951 attacking the former health minister, Hugo de Jonge, and other …

Nazi Police Officer

2 years, 9 months ago

Eroding civility in Parliament: MPs want leader to tackle threats, intimidation

NL Times

A majority in the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of Dutch parliament, wants the Kamer president to have more power to intervene if parliamentarians intimidate or threaten their colleagues in debates. "Free parliamentary debate, this fundamental principle of democracy, is under serious pressure," the FvD member said in the debate about civility in and of the Tweede Kamer. "The current …

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2 years, 9 months ago

MPs increasingly worried about sharing information with pro Russian FvD: AD

Dutch News

MPs are increasingly worried about sharing confidential information about the Dutch role in Ukraine with pro-Russian Forum voor Democratie politicians, the AD reported on Tuesday. The PVV has the benefit of the doubt.’ VVD MP Ruben Brekelmans said ‘alarm bells’ went off when FvD leader Thierry Baudet continued to show support Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. GroenLinks leader Jesse …

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2 years, 9 months ago

MPs increasingly worried about sharing information with pro Russian FvD: AD

Dutch News

MPs are increasingly worried about sharing confidential information about the Dutch role in Ukraine with pro-Russian Forum voor Democratie politicians, the AD reported on Tuesday. The PVV has the benefit of the doubt.’ VVD MP Ruben Brekelmans said ‘alarm bells’ went off when FvD leader Thierry Baudet continued to show support Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. GroenLinks leader Jesse …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Amsterdam cultural center facing violent threats after excluding FvD from elections debate

NL Times

Amsterdam debate center De Balie hired extra security on Wednesday due to threatening phone calls about an upcoming election debate. The calls started after far-right party FvD posted on Instagram that De Balie "canceled" them by not inviting them to participate in the debate, De Telegraaf reports. The post included a photo of the FvD leader in Amsterdam Anton van …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Canadian Minister Freeland’s ‘Nazi’ Banner Highlights Ukrainian Right Wing Party’s Role In Holocaust

News 18

Twitter users lashed out at Canadian deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland for holding a banner which has Nazi roots. The banner bore a pro-Ukraine slogan: “Slava Ukraini.” The slogan which has become popular on social media, even Boris Johnson in a tweet used this slogan along with hundreds of Ukrainian and anti-war supporters, did not cause the condemnation of Freeland …

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2 years, 10 months ago

A ‘high bar’ needs to be cleared before prime minister should be ousted – Scully

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2 years, 10 months ago

Opposition outraged, but not surprised by Covid response criticism

NL Times

Opposition parties in parliament responded critically to the Dutch Safety Board report on the previous Cabinet's mistakes in the first phase of the coronavirus pandemic. Former Health Minister Hugo de Jonge and RIVM boss Jaap van Dissel also responded to the report. That nursing home employees had to work without protective gear in the first phase of the pandemic is …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Anti-vaxxers vow to continue targeting politicians after Keir Starmer mobbed

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2 years, 10 months ago

PM Modi's picture on COVID vaccination certificates cannot be considered as advertisement, says Kerala HC

Firstpost

The petitioner had contended that the certificate was a private space with personal details on record and therefore, it was inappropriate to intrude into the privacy of an individual Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Tuesday said the Prime Minister has every right to give a message on COVID-19 vaccination and ruled his photo in the jab certificate cannot be …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Right-wing broadcaster Ongehoord Nederland linked to anti-Semitic website

Dutch News

One of the leading members of right-wing broadcaster Ongehoord Nederland runs a website that has regularly published anti-Semitic propaganda, the NRC has revealed. According to the paper, Gefira’s online bulletins and social media posts contain claims that mass migration in Europe is a Jewish plot to ‘dilute the Western community‘, assert that Jews were responsible for 50% of the Netherlands’ …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Right-wing broadcaster Ongehoord Nederland linked to anti-Semitic website

Dutch News

One of the leading members of right-wing broadcaster Ongehoord Nederland runs a website that has regularly published anti-Semitic propaganda, the NRC has revealed. According to the paper, Gefira’s online bulletins and social media posts contain claims that mass migration in Europe is a Jewish plot to ‘dilute the Western community‘, assert that Jews were responsible for 50% of the Netherlands’ …

Media Dutch Nrc Karskens

3 years, 5 months ago

Govt likely to bring privilege motion notice against TMC MP who tried to 'assault' Union ministers

India TV News

The government is likely to seek action against TMC MP Shantanu Sen, who tried to "assault" Union ministers Hardeep Singh Puri and Ashwini Vaishnaw in Parliament on Wednesday, sources said. A meeting of Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi, Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha Piyush Goyal, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and V Murleedharan is currently underway …

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