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Panel advises Dutch Government to apologise for slavery

The Netherlands Amsterdam BLM protest

Amsterdam, The NetherlandsReuters An advisory panel in the Netherlands has told the government to acknowledge that the 17th to 19th century transatlantic slave trade amounted to crimes against humanity, and to apologise for the Dutch role. The independent panel, whose recommendations are not binding, was set up following protests over the murder of George Floyd, […]

US adds Turkey to list of countries implicated in use of child soldiers

Syria Turkish backed fighters

Washington DC, USReuters The United States on Thursday added Turkey to a list of countries that are implicated in the use of child soldiers over the past year, placing a NATO ally for the first time in such a list, in a move that is likely to further complicate the already fraught ties between Ankara […]