If the Dutch government wants to make amends after apologizing for its slavery past, it should give Suriname some space. That's what leaders of several Surinamese organizations say before the commemoration of the abolition of slavery. Deputy Prime Minister Wopke Hoekstra will be in Suriname to give a speech during the national commemoration.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Monday officially apologised for 250 years of the Netherlands' involvement in slavery, calling it a "crime against humanity".
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte addresses a speech on the Netherlands' involvement in slavery, in the National Ar