Netherlands: New prime minister Dick Schoof is former intelligence chief who illegally spied on citizens and remains vague about democracy’s red lines
“Technocrat” or far-right spymaster?
Tag: Netherlands
Netherlands: Far right coalition to curb protest, challenge Refugee Convention
In combination with bottom-up neoliberal redistribution and a brutalisation of ethics and language, this new fascist wave threatens to develop into…
Ten years illegal: Actions against the Dutch ban on squatting
This year, October 1st marks the ten year anniversary of the Squatting Ban coming into effect in the Netherlands.
ADM eviction: Amsterdam ignores UN request
Last week we reported that, following a years-long legal battle, ADM squat in Amsterdam has been granted an interim measure request by the UN Human…
Netherlands: man fleeing homophobic violence denied asylum as he is ‘not gay enough’
A man fleeing anti-gay violence has been denied asylum seeker status in the Netherlands based on an assessment by the IND (The Immigration and Natu…
Netherlands: harsh sentences for squatters
The six squatters who occupied a water tower in Utrecht last October to mark 7 years since squatting were made illegal in Netherlands were sentence…
Anarchists talk about Den Haag and the 2015 riots
Den Haag in the Netherlands has gone through some of the deepest upheavals in the country, including riots in 2015 over the police killing of Mitch…
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