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Dutch Fulbright board members resign over U.S. pressure on academic freedom
15 November 2025 - 14:47
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Two men convicted for projecting discriminatory slogans on building in Bodegraven
24 October 2025 - 21:10
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A protest sign saying "Ceasefire Now" at a demonstration in Amsterdam about the conflict between Israel and the Gaza Strip. 7 May 2024
Politics
Nearly 7,000 public responses to proposed law criminalizing "glorification of terrorism"
14 August 2025 - 22:00
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Cabinet announces that three "extremist speakers" will be denied entry into the country
19 February 2025 - 17:00
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Baudet deletes tweets comparing Holocaust and Covid
16 December 2021 - 16:50
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Court: Media can publish private WhatsApp messages from key witness in assassinations trial
14 September 2021 - 08:22
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Students walk past a rainbow flag flying above the University of Amsterdam’s Science Park campus, 8 Jan 2019
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Prosecutor investigating whether anti-LGBTQ manifesto is punishable
8 January 2019 - 16:00
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Geert Wilders surrounded by bodyguards, Spijkenesse Feb 2017
Politics
Pakistani Islamic party calls to expel Dutch ambassador
30 August 2018 - 09:16
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Ferdinand Grapperhaus
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Dutch cartoonist wins gov't, journalist support in Erdogan fight
20 December 2017 - 13:50
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Geert Wilders surrounded by bodyguards, Spijkenesse Feb 2017
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Appeal in Wilders hate speech trial starts
24 October 2017 - 07:40
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Political attacks on media concern Dutch right-wing leader
23 January 2017 - 14:50
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Crime
Discrimination hotline under fire for stance against LGBT people
2 December 2016 - 14:00
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Dutch journalist arrested in Panama after criticizing Canadian businessman
22 November 2016 - 15:05
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Dozens of layoffs at RNW Media
27 September 2016 - 09:54
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Dutch FM is using journalist's release from Turkey to "score", she says
12 May 2016 - 09:00
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Dutch journalist will never return to Turkey after Erdogan insult arrest
11 May 2016 - 14:05
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Dutch journalist trapped in Turkey returns to Netherlands
11 May 2016 - 07:32
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New charges filed against Dutch journalist stuck in Turkey
5 May 2016 - 13:30
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MPs to create defense fund for journalists persecuted abroad
3 May 2016 - 08:03
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Journalist to drop Turkish citizenship after Erdogan arrest
28 April 2016 - 14:00
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Education Min. won't stifle Tilburg prof., Outspoken Wilders critic
24 March 2016 - 11:12
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Court convicts, fines politician for anti-gay statements
1 February 2016 - 16:12
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Netherlands cannot support blackface Zwarte Piet advises Council of State
26 January 2016 - 14:50
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Hague mayor derides “unconstitutional” ban on Salafism
4 January 2016 - 13:50
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