Dutch online store bans ‘Black Pete’ merchandise as “hurtful”
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsThomson Reuters Foundation Dutch online retailer Bol.com has become the latest firm to ban products depicting “Black Pete”, a caricatured figure from pre-Christmas celebrations, in response to anti-racism campaigns. All products depicting “Black Pete” in a discriminatory way must be removed from the platform by the end of September, Bol.com, one of the […]
Dutch church has been running services continuously for a month to stop deportations
A Dutch church has been running a 24-hour-a-day church service for the past month in an effort to stop an Armenian family from being deported. Australia’s ABC reports Bethel Church in The Hague has been running the service since 26th October in a bid to prevention the deportation of the family of five based on a […]