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Israel detained hundreds of people participating in a flotilla to bring relief aid to the Gaza region. 20 May 2026
Crime
Dutch activists on Gaza Flotilla file sexual violence charges against Israeli soldiers
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Court gavel with a statue of Lady Justice in the background
CrimePolitics
Hague court gives ex-Syrian interrogator 26 years for crimes including rape, torture
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Close-up of a judge’s gavel
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Judges recused from Eritrean people smuggling criminal case
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(Syrian flag at demonstration in Strasbourg, 2015)
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Prosecutors seek 30-year sentence for Syrian man over alleged crimes against humanity
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Court gavel with a statue of Lady Justice in the background
Crime
Syrian on trial for torture as Assad-regime soldier says case is "fabricated"
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A cat is hiding
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Woman, 19, found guilty of torturing, killing cats and hedgehogs
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A Koninklijke Marechaussee officer
Crime
Eritrean human smuggler extradited to Netherlands, faces charges of torture, extortion
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Grindr dating app
CrimeBusiness
Amsterdam man receives 10-year sentence for armed robberies targeting Grindr users
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Court gavel with a statue of Lady Justice in the background
Crime
Massive people smuggling trial starts in NL; Victims tortured, raped & families extorted
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Ministers Caspar Veldkamp of Foreign Affairs and Ruben Brekelmans of Defense visit the Wall of Remembrance of the Fallen for Ukraine memorial in Ukraine, 7 July 2024
Politics
Netherlands wants investigation into Russia torturing Ukrainian soldiers
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The streets of the Red Light District in Amsterdam packed with tourists on a Thursday night in July 2017
Politics
Israeli soldiers cut holiday in Netherlands short for fear of prosecution
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Mazen al-Hamada in 2000
CrimePolitics
Body of activist who disappeared from Netherlands found in Syrian prison
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The sign outside a police station near Leidseplein in Amsterdam. 30 April 2023
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Dutch suspects wanted for kidnapping and torturing man in Spain arrested
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A refugee camp in Aleppo, Syria. December 2013
CrimePolitics
The Netherlands, Canada file torture case against Syria at the Int’l Court of Justice
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A refugee camp in Aleppo, Syria. December 2013
Crime
Syrian torturers from Assad regime reportedly living freely in the Netherlands
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Map with a pin in Kabul, Afghanistan
Politics
Afghanistan: Dutch embassy's security guards on the run from the Taliban
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Torture chamber in an underworld prison discovered in Wouwse Plantage in Noord-Brabant, 22 June 2020
Crime
Convicted cocaine trafficker given 2.5 more years in prison over torture chamber plot
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Jos Leijdekkers
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€75,000 reward for wanted cocaine trafficker
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Naima Jillal went missing in Amsterdam on 20 October 2019
Crime
Photos of tortured woman on Taghi's phone may be missing Amsterdam woman
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Muhammad Gohir Khan in custody
Crime
Attempted assassin of Rotterdam-based Pakistani activist found guilty
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Riot police at an illegal demonstration on the Museumplein in Amsterdam, 24 January 2021
CrimePolitics
UN rapporteur "genuinely afraid" of police brutality, violence escalation in NL
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A coronavirus protest at Museumplein in Amsterdam. 2 January 2022
HealthCrime
UN rapporteur alleges police brutality during Dutch coronavirus protests
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Bali
CrimePolitics
Netherlands tortured people in prison camps during Indonesian war of independence
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Torture chamber in an underworld prison discovered in Wouwse Plantage in Noord-Brabant, 22 June 2020
Crime
Noord-Brabant torture chambers were completely sound proof: study