Anti-Colonialism activists face €4,000 fines for taking statue from Dutch museum

2 weeks, 1 day ago

Six months prison recommended for man who threw fireworks at pro-Palestine demonstrators

NL Times

The Public Prosecution Service recommended a jail sentence of six months with three of those conditionally suspended on Tuesday against a 22-year-old man from Almere who is accused of being involved in violence on May 11 against pro-Palestine demonstrators on the Museumplein in Amsterdam. The man was part of a group of around ten men who went to the Museumplein …

Museumplein Om Demonstrators

1 month ago

British artist chosen to ‘reinterpret’ controversial statue of Belgium’s King Leopold II

The Telegraph

Leopold’s regime lasted from 1885 to 1908 before, under huge international pressure, the government took the region out of royal hands and renamed it the Belgian Congo, which gained independence in 1960. Mr Locke was conscious of the risk of “triggering” members of Belgium’s Congolese community by being too explicit in his depiction of Leopold’s horrific crimes. ‘Denying atrocities’ Asked …

Belgium Leopold

1 month, 1 week ago

Prosecutors demand jail time, ban on public office for Le Pen over embezzlement charges

Raw Story

French prosecutors demanded Wednesday that far-right leader Marine Le Pen receive a jail sentence and be banned from public office for five years over charges she embezzled European Parliament funds. The prosecution made the request in a Paris court where Le Pen and other defendants from her National Rally party are on trial accused of creating fake jobs at the …

Prosecutors Demand Le Pen Pen Public Office

1 month, 1 week ago

Dutch gov't promises to investigate many far-reaching measures against anti-Semitism

NL Times

The Dutch government is committed to fighting anti-Semitic violence with far-reaching measures, Prime Minister Dick Schoof said in a parliamentary debate on violence in Amsterdam last week. The Prime Minister mainly promised to investigate various measures put forward by parliamentarians, including asking the Public Prosecution Service to also prosecute rioters for terrorism and stripping Dutch nationality from people convicted of …

Amsterdam Dutch Violence Israeli Schoof

2 months ago

Dutch Suspect Extradited to Belgium for Extortion in Gent Case

NL Times

Two Dutch suspects have been arrested in the Netherlands on suspicion of extortion in connection with the drowning of 53-year-old Hakim Mutyaba during the Gentse Feesten event in 2022. One suspect, Ricardo de V., is being held in prison for 14 days longer, while the other suspect, whose identity is not disclosed, will remain in pre-trial detention for two weeks …

Law Crime Gent

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Dutch tourist arrested in Italy for tagging historic Roman wall

Dutch News

A 27-year-old Dutch man has been arrested in Italy for defacing an ancient Roman monument. Visitors alerted guards after seeing the man scrawl a graffiti tag in black marker pen on a wall in the historic city of Herculaneum, near Naples, on Sunday. “Our heritage, our beauty and our identity have been damaged, which is why this act must be …

Italy Dutch Italian Man Roma

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Dutch tourist arrested in Italy for tagging historic Roman wall

Dutch News

A 27-year-old Dutch man has been arrested in Italy for defacing an ancient Roman monument. Visitors alerted guards after seeing the man scrawl a graffiti tag in black marker pen on a wall in the historic city of Herculaneum, near Naples, on Sunday. “Our heritage, our beauty and our identity have been damaged, which is why this act must be …

Italy Dutch Italian Man Roma

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Tourist arrested in Italy after defacing Roman villa that survived Mount Vesuvius eruption

The Independent

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7 months ago

Noordwijk man gets 3 years in prison for online sex abuse of 18 children

NL Times

The court in The Hague sentenced a 37-year-old man from Noordwijk to four years in prison, of which one year is conditionally suspended, for the online sexual abuse of 18 children. The Public Prosecution Service had demanded six years in prison and compulsory institutionalized treatment against the man. The man worked using different methods and he did so in a …

Man

7 months, 1 week ago

Dutch artist expelled from Eurovision Song Contest is likely to face charges, Swedish police say

Associated Press

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The Netherlands’ contestant in the Eurovision Song Contest who was dramatically expelled from the competition hours before the grand finale will likely be charged for making illegal threats, Swedish police said Monday. Joost Klein had failed to perform at two dress rehearsals on Friday and the organizer, the European Broadcasting Union said that police were investigating a …

Dutch Contest Swedish Klein Malmo Eurovision Song

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Former Jumbo CEO will be prosecuted for corruption in sponsorship fraud scandal

NL Times

The Public Prosecution Service will push forward with its case against Frits van Eerd on allegations of corruption and forgery. He was one of several individual linked to a money laundering and fraud investigation that also involved the company's extensive sports sponsorships. The investigation into Van Eerd's involvement is still ongoing, but the OM said it is clear he will …

Money Laundering Jumbo Om Van Van Eerd

9 months, 1 week ago

Popular Hague politician Richard de Mos facing suspended jail term in corruption appeal

NL Times

The Public Prosecution Service recommended a six-month suspended jail sentence and 240 hours of community service on appeal against The Hague politician Richard de Mos. The chair of the Hart voor Den Haag party should be forced to pay a 100,000 euro fine and and be banned from political work for four years. Jail time, community service, and fines were …

Hague Mos Guernaoui De Mos

9 months, 3 weeks ago

ICC awards $56 million in reparations to thousands of victims of convicted Ugandan rebel commander

Associated Press

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Judges at the International Criminal Court on Wednesday granted reparations of more than 52 million euros to thousands of victims of a convicted commander in the shadowy Ugandan rebel group the Lord’s Resistance Army. “Tens of thousands of individuals suffered tremendous harm due to the unimaginable atrocities committed” as rebel fighters led by Ongwen attacked four …

Court Victims Child Reparations Uganda Icc Kony

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Will European museums return Southeast Asia's 'stolen' artifacts?

Hindustan Times

During Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet's state visit to France in January, President Emmanuel Macron pledged support for returning more Khmer artifacts and for technical assistance to expand the National Museum of Cambodia. Macron is often cited as the first European leader to lend a voice to long-standing demands from Asian states for the return of their antiquities after he …

France Dutch Netherlands National Indonesia Museums European

1 year ago

A Rwandan doctor gets 24-year prison sentence in France for his role in the 1994 genocide

Associated Press

PARIS — A Rwandan doctor was sentenced by a Paris court on Wednesday to 24 years in prison for his role in the 1994 genocide in his home country. He has been accused of co-signing in April 1994 “a motion of support” for the interim government that supervised the genocide and of participating in a local committee and meetings that …

France Genocide Rwanda Paris Rwandan Tutsi Munyemana

1 year, 5 months ago

Tourist accused of vandalising Rome’s Colosseum faces trial and five years in prison

The Independent

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Five Years Rome His Girlfriend Martina Tourist Accused

1 year, 5 months ago

Outrage in Rome after tourist filmed carving his and girlfriend’s names into Colosseum

The Independent

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Italy Tourist Colosseum

1 year, 6 months ago

Vatican court convicts climate activists for damaging statue

LA Times

Environmental activists Guido Viero, left, and Ester Goffi hold hands as they arrive at the Vatican on May 24 for a hearing in their trial on charges of damaging a priceless statue in the Vatican Museums. A Vatican court convicted two environmental activists of aggravated damage Monday and ordered them to pay more than 28,000 euros in restitution after they …

Court Damage Museums Base Statue Vatican Last Generation

1 year, 11 months ago

Prosecutors given first chance to press harsher case against seaport drug extractors

NL Times

Five people suspected of trespassing on the Rotterdam Port site to extract cocaine hidden in sea containers will be prosecuted for participating in a criminal offense. It will be the first time that the Public Prosecution Service in the Netherlands will attempt to charge extractors caught at the port with the heavier charge, the OM confirmed to RTL Nieuws. The …

Port Rtl Nieuws

2 years ago

Suspect in brazen Amsterdam armored truck robbery arrested in Guinea

NL Times

A Belgian man was arrested last week in the capital of the Republic of Guinea who is suspected of involvement in the violent robbery of a secured armored truck transport at Schöne Edelmetaal in Amsterdam-Noord last year. A spokesperson for the Public Prosecution Service in Amsterdam confirmed the arrest on Friday after reporting by Flemish media outlets. In November, the …

Robbery Arrested

2 years ago

Three Sentenced to Imprisonment in POCSO Case

News 18

The additional district and sessions court in Mangaluru has sentenced a 49-year-old man to 15 years of rigorous imprisonment under the POCSO Act for sexually assaulting a minor girl for one year in 2016. The survivor’s mother who assisted him in the crime was also sentenced to 14 years in jail and a fine of Rs 25,000 for offences punishable …

Her Mother

2 years, 5 months ago

Dutch collector ordered to return Buddha statue

China Daily

The Zhang Gong Patriarch on display at the Hungarian Natural History Museum in Budapest, Hungary, in 2015. A Dutch collector who says he bought the Zhang Gong Patriarch — an ancient Buddha statue containing the mummified remains of a famous monk — has been ordered to return the stolen relic to its original owners, two villages in Fujian province. In …

Dutch Court High Ruling Statue Return Fujian

2 years, 5 months ago

Up to 8 years in prison for robbing Dutch celebrities

NL Times

The court in Rotterdam on Friday imposed prison sentences of up to eight years on the suspects of a series of violent robberies, including that of YouTube star Nikkie de Jager and a failed robbery of football analyst Rene van der Gijp. The court sentenced Rotterdam resident Eddie N., whose DNA was found in the influencer’s home, to 5.5 years …

Prison Court Dordrecht Robbing Dutch Om Rotterdam

2 years, 6 months ago

Eto'o avoids prison in Spain after admitting 3.8 million euros tax fraud

The Hindu

Former Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o was handed a 22-month suspended prison sentence by a Spanish court on Monday after admitting tax fraud of 3.8 million euros while he was playing for Barcelona. Eto'o agreed to pay a fine of 1.8 million euros and the 3.8 million in tax owed from image rights between 2006 and 2009. "I admit the facts …

2 years, 6 months ago

Belgian king expresses ‘deepest regrets’ for abuses in DR Congo

Al Jazeera

Philippe is the first Belgian official to express regret for atrocities inflicted on the Congolese, but he is yet to apologise. Belgium’s King Philippe has reaffirmed his “deepest regrets” for his nation’s colonial-era abuses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but stopped short of formally apologising, again. On the occasion of my first trip to Congo, right here, in …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Southeast DR Congo seizes 1.5 tonnes of elephant ivory

The Independent

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Tonnes Congo Elephant Ivory

2 years, 7 months ago

Prosecutor breaking rules by not taking serious crimes to court: report

NL Times

Over the past years, the Public Prosecution Service imposed a penalty itself in dozens of serious sex- and violent crime cases instead of taking them to court. The OM imposed a penalty 45 times in the past five years for offenses with a maximum prison sentence of over six years. According to the rules, the OM can only do this …

Impose

2 years, 10 months ago

6 men on trial over spectacular Dresden museum jewelry heist

Associated Press

BERLIN — Six men went on trial Friday in Germany over a spectacular theft of 18th-century treasures from Dresden’s Green Vault Museum in 2019. The heist is alleged to have resulted in the theft of 21 items of jewelry comprising about 4,300 gems worth more than 113 million euros. The head of Saxony’s State Art Collection in Dresden, Marion Ackermann, …

German Spectacular Dresden

3 years, 2 months ago

Three arrests in Netherlands in Belgian cryptocurrency fraud investigation

NL Times

Three people were arrested in the Netherlands in a Belgian investigation into a criminal organization engaged in cryptocurrency fraud, the Belgian Public Prosecution Service said. "If the victim bites, an exchange trick is performed in which the victim loses his cash, gold, or cryptocurrency and is saddled with counterfeit money," the Belgian prosecutor said. The Dutch authorities also seized a …

Netherlands Belgian Cash

3 years, 3 months ago

Decision on removal of colonialist statue in Hoorn put off until after summer of 2022

NL Times

Hoorn will postpone the decision on the fate of the statue of Jan Pieterszoon Coen until after the summer of 2022, the municipality announced on Friday. The municipality said they first want to discuss the so-called “city talks” on racism and exclusion before making a decision about the statue. The image of the Dutch East India Company governor has been …

Voc

3 years, 4 months ago

Dutch man jailed for trying to steal Roman gold from German museum

NL Times

A Dutch man was sentenced to 2.5 to 3.5 years in prison by a German judge after an attempt to steal a Roman gold treasure from a museum in the city of Trier. The German investigators traced the Dutch man through DNA on a sports bag that was left in the museum. The trio are said to have targeted more …

Museum Man German Roman Dutch Man Gold Treasure

3 years, 4 months ago

Uncertainty remains if Dutch suspects in fatal assault in Spain will be prosecuted in NL

NL Times

It is still not yet certain that the group of Dutchmen from Gooi responsible for the fatal assault of a 27-year-old man from Waddnixveen in Mallorca on July 14 will be prosecuted in the Netherlands. Earlier this week, the Dutch Public Prosecution Services had announced that the suspects will be prosecuted in the Netherlands. On July 16, Spanish authorities arrested …

Spain Netherlands Dutch Tourists

3 years, 5 months ago

Belgium's Africa Museum begins long road to return looted artworks to Congo

Hindustan Times

Belgium's Africa Museum, once a celebration of the country's colonial rule, will begin a multi-year process of returning stolen art to Democratic Republic of Congo, the Belgian government said on Tuesday. An ancestral statue known as Lusinga, dated to the 19th century, is pictured at the Royal Museum for Central Africa as the Belgian government has announced plans to return …

Art Museum Belgian Belgium Congo Congolese Tervuren

3 years, 5 months ago

Greek police arrests two trying to sell 'extremely rare' Roman-era statue of the goddess Hecate

Firstpost

In ancient Greece, Hecate was venerated as a goddess of the underworld, capable of both good and evil. Greek police said on 27 June they have arrested two 56-year-old men for trying to sell a rare Roman-era statue of the Greek goddess Hecate for 40,000 euros. Police in Thessaloniki said they also arrested a 35-year-old farmer from nearby Pella, who …

Men Greece Greek Hecate Statue

3 years, 7 months ago

Commentary: Two L.A. museums hold art looted during an African massacre a century ago

LA Times

At least six sculptures, potentially as many as 19, stolen during an 1897 massacre by British colonists in Africa have been sitting quietly in two Los Angeles art museum collections for the past half-century. The mistake, easily corrected with a simple metallurgic test, was so common that the entire genre of art is now known as “Benin bronzes.” Locally, UCLA’s …

Art Europe London Holocaust Nigeria Museums Los Angeles

3 years, 8 months ago

International court upholds Congolese warlord’s conviction

Associated Press

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — International Criminal Court appeals judges on Tuesday upheld the convictions and 30-year prison sentence of a Congolese warlord known as “The Terminator” who was found guilty of crimes including murder, rape and sexual slavery. The group Physicians for Human Rights welcomed the confirmation of Ntaganda’s convictions for crimes committed in the Ituri region of the African …

Court Conviction Icc Congo Crimes Child Soldiers Ntaganda

3 years, 8 months ago

Four Dutch museums have 114 Benin City items in their collections

Dutch News

Dutch museums have at least 114 items stolen by British soldiers from the king’s palace in Benin City in 1897 in their collections, Trouw reported at the weekend. Nigeria has been asking for the objects to be returned since independence in 1960 and the report gives sufficient grounds to talk about restitution, Henriette Lidchi, of the Museum van Wereldculturen, told …

Dutch Museum

3 years, 8 months ago

At least 114 objects exhibited in Dutch museums were stolen from Nigeria

NL Times

The art collections of several Dutch museums, including the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam, contain looted art from Nigeria. It concerns at least 114 objects that were looted by British soldiers in 1897 from the palace of the king of the Benin Empire in the present-day Nigerian city of Benin. The objects belong to the 'Benin Bronzes' and are now part of …

Nigeria Museum Nigerian Looted Art World Cultures

3 years, 10 months ago

Over 30 arrested in third Sunday of protests on Museumplein

NL Times

The police arrested 33 people around an unannounced demonstration on the Museumplein in Amsterdam on Sunday - the third consecutive Sunday with illegal demonstrations on the square. "Unfortunately, the Amsterdam police again had to act today against a spontaneous demonstration that was not allowed on the Museumplein," the municipality of Amsterdam said in a statement. "Because there were signs that …

Museumplein

4 years ago

Gambia fined over airport row, Gabon sanctioned for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang pictures

Firstpost

Gabon skipper Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was sanctioned for posting photos of his teammates who were forced to sleep on the floor while Gabon federation were fined $10,000. In another twist, Gabon skipper and Arsenal star Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was sanctioned for posting photos of his teammates who were forced to sleep on the floor. The Gabon federation were fined $10,000 after Aubameyang …

Federation Gambia Caf Gabon Skipper

4 years, 2 months ago

Seizing Art: This African Man is Waging a Constant Battle Against Colonial 'Pillagers'

News 18

In June, Mwazulu Diyabanza stood in a Paris museum next to a 19th century funerary post from central Africa, and berated France for taking it and tens of thousands of other art works from its former colonies. The Quai Branly Museum in Paris holds some 70,000 African objects, with London’s British Museum holding thousands more, French art historian Benedicte Savoy …

France Museum French Art Diyabanza

4 years, 2 months ago

Activist who removed statue from Dutch museum in tireless pursuit of stolen African art

NL Times

By Marvin Hokstam, of Afro Magazine, for NL Times Mwazulu Diyabanza Siwa Lemba was twelve years old when his mother told him how either Portuguese or Dutch colonialists invaded his great-great-grandfather’s village in the 1800’s. “My great great-grandfather was governor to the king of what was back then known as the country of Zaire; he served as the king’s substitute …

Art Europe Dutch Display Museum Museums African

4 years, 3 months ago

New body to assess 'vital' public and private art

Dutch News

A new committee has been charged with assessing all arts and crafts held in the Netherlands and evaluating what is of vital importance – including objects acquired during colonialism and World War II. The Commissie Collectie Nederland, chaired by former CDA chief Sybrand Buma, is expected to first itemise everything of cultural value in public and private collections before drawing …

Art Dutch Cultural Heritage Netherlands Buma

4 years, 3 months ago

New body to assess 'vital' public and private art

Dutch News

A new committee has been charged with assessing all arts and crafts held in the Netherlands and evaluating what is of vital importance – including objects acquired during colonialism and World War II. The Commissie Collectie Nederland, chaired by former CDA chief Sybrand Buma, is expected to first itemise everything of cultural value in public and private collections before drawing …

Art Dutch Cultural Heritage Netherlands Buma

4 years, 3 months ago

Protester demanding Benin Bronzes toppled museum statues and scared staff, court finds

The Telegraph

A protestor pushed Benin Bronze statues off their plinths and left a museum manager terrified when he tried to seize the African artefacts, a court has found. Stating he was “not over slavery” the 34-year-old from Nigeria demanded fearful staff hand two sculptures over to him or he would “smash” their display cases and seize the figures. The court has …

Martin Ogundele Benin Bronzes Museum Statues

4 years, 3 months ago

Activists released after taking statue from museum in colonialism protest

NL Times

Five activists, who were arrested at the Africa Museum in Berg en Dal on Thursday after trying to remove an African statute from the museum, were all released from custody. "We have to leave the country now, but there are two or three museums with African art here, so we will be back," activists Mwazulu Diyabanza said to the broadcaster. …

Africa Museum Activists

4 years, 3 months ago

Activists held for taking African statue from museum in colonialism protest

NL Times

Activists who want museums to return artifacts taken during eras of colonialism tried to take a wooden statue from the Afrika Museum in Berg en Dal. While on camera, Diyabanza gave a short speech before a colleague handed him the statue and he walked out of the Gelderland museum with the item in his hands. Diyabanza said he had more …

Museum Protest Activists Diyabanza

4 years, 5 months ago

Belgium’s King Philippe sends ‘regrets’ to Congo for Leopold II atrocities

CNN

CNN — The King of Belgium has sent his “deepest regrets” to the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo for the “suffering and humiliation” his nation inflicted while it colonized the region – but stopped short of apologizing for his ancestor Leopold II’s atrocities. On the 60th anniversary of the DRC’s independence, King Philippe of Belgium wrote a letter …

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