Netherlands Prime Minister, Mark Rutte has formally apologised on behalf of the Netherlands government for its historical role which aided slavery, and for all consequences that he acknowledged is still haunting the victims till present day.
“For centuries, the Dutch state and its representatives have enabled and stimulated slavery and have profited from it.
“It is true that nobody alive today bears any personal guilt for slavery … [however] the Dutch state bears responsibility for the immense suffering that has been done to those that were enslaved and their descendants.”
~ Al Jazeera