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Hoorn not ready to apologize for its historic ties to the slave trade
1 year ago

Hoorn not ready to apologize for its historic ties to the slave trade

NL Times  

The municipality of Hoorn said it will not issue an apology for its historic connection to slavery, and also will not officially recognize that past. "As one of the few cities that were represented in the VOC and the, Hoorn was strongly involved in the Netherlands' system of slavery," according to the researchers. When presenting the study, the municipality spoke …

Dutch Slavery Netherlands City City Council Apologize Slave Trade
Police searching for missing English man, 20, who fled hospital in Hoorn
1 year, 6 months ago

Police searching for missing English man, 20, who fled hospital in Hoorn

NL Times  

Authorities in the Netherlands asked people to be on the lookout for a missing 20-year-old British man who was last seen near a hospital in Hoorn. Delafay, known to friends as Taiga Akabane, travelled with his boyfriend to visit an acquaintance, the missing man's sister, Holly Delafay, told Plymouth Live. Holly Delafay said police considered here brother to be a …

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Alleged pimp facing 4 years in prison for forcing vulnerable women into prostitution
1 year, 7 months ago

Alleged pimp facing 4 years in prison for forcing vulnerable women into prostitution

NL Times  

The Public Prosecution demanded prison and community service sentences against a man and two women who allegedly forced two vulnerable women into prostitution. Forced prostitution in The Hague and Delft The first case dates back to the summer of 2021, when a 20-year-old woman from The Hague found herself in a hotel room in her hometown. Sex trafficking scheme from …

Community Service Sex Prostitution Victim Man Woman Forced
Suspect confesses to killing pregnant Amsterdam student, but claims self-defense
1 year, 10 months ago

Suspect confesses to killing pregnant Amsterdam student, but claims self-defense

NL Times  

The 43-year-old man who was convicted last year of killing Sumanta Bansi in 2018 now claims he did so in self-defense. The Public Prosecution Service briefly mentioned on Monday that there are findings in the investigation that contradict B.’s new claim. At the time, the University of Amsterdam student lived with B.’s family. In it, he said that he killed …

Bansi Student B
Body found in Hoorn confirmed to be pregnant Univ. Amsterdam student
2 years, 3 months ago

Body found in Hoorn confirmed to be pregnant Univ. Amsterdam student

NL Times  

The Public Prosecution Service has confirmed that the human remains found on Tuesday in Hoorn belong to 22-year-old Sumanta Bansi, who went missing in 2018. She had moved to the Netherlands from Suriname to study and was living with B. and his family in Hoorn when she went missing. Before she went missing, Bansi learned that she had become pregnant …

Her Family Bansi Hoorn
Decision on removal of colonialist statue in Hoorn put off until after summer of 2022
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 …

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Hoorn to commence with city talks about removal of colonialist statue of J.P. Coen
3 years, 8 months ago

Hoorn to commence with city talks about removal of colonialist statue of J.P. Coen

NL Times  

The municipality of Hoorn will start with city talks on Monday to discuss the matter of the statue of J.P. Coen on the Roode Steen. Conversations are said to take place on streets, through podcasts, talk show conversations, and vlogs, which aim to form a debate about an "inclusive city." Still, as far as the mayor is concerned, it goes …

City Statue Talk Coen Voc Hoorn
Car crashes into Hoorn home knocking residents off their couch
3 years, 8 months ago

Car crashes into Hoorn home knocking residents off their couch

NL Times  

A car ploughed into a house at Gerard den Brabanderhof in Hoorn in an incident that occurred on Sunday evening. According to the police, a driver lost control of the vehicle around 9:25 p.m. while navigating a curve. Though they were sent flying from one room of the home to another, there were no injuries though those involved were “quite …

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Rutte condemns 'scandalous' attack on coronavirus testing centre
3 years, 9 months ago

Rutte condemns 'scandalous' attack on coronavirus testing centre

Dutch News  

Prime minister Mark Rutte has described Wednesday morning’s explosion at a coronavirus testing centre in Noord-Holland as ‘scandalous’. ‘That health board staff who are working hard to keep us safe, and protect this country against coronavirus, should be targeted is terrible, really scandalous,’ Rutte told reporters. ‘We’ve been leaning on frontline staff heavily for a year and then we get …

Centre Rutte Coronavirus Testing
Citizens' initiative to move colonialist statue in Hoorn scrapped, but included in 'city talks'
4 years, 3 months ago

Citizens' initiative to move colonialist statue in Hoorn scrapped, but included in 'city talks'

NL Times  

A citizens' initiative to move the statue of J.P. Coen in Hoorn was scrapped in a city council meeting on Tuesday evening, but the city council agreed to add this initiative to the agenda for previously announced "city talks" about the statue and racism and discrimination in Hoorn. In June, the statue of Jan Pieterszoon Coen provoked fierce protests against …

City Statue Voc Hoorn Scrapped City Talks
12 arrests after protests against Dutch East Indies statue in Hoorn
4 years, 6 months ago

12 arrests after protests against Dutch East Indies statue in Hoorn

NL Times  

Skirmishes after a largely peaceful protest in Hoorn led to a dozen arrests near the statue of a controversial figure in Hoorn. A few hundred people attended the demonstration against a statue of Jan Pieterszoon Coen, a 17th century officer who mercilessly used violence against indigenous peoples to take control of the spice trade for the Dutch East India Company. …

Dutch Statue Coen Hoorn