David van Weel

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Cropped shot of lawyer using laptop and lady justice statue on table.
Crime
Victims’ group seeks €120 pay when court delays cut criminal sentences
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Court gavel with a statue of Lady Justice in the background
CrimePolitics
Hundreds of serious crime convicts handed shorter sentences because trials take too long
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A sex worker holds 200 euros.
Crime
Over 100 Dutch girls, young women forced into prostitution in Belgium, Germany
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A Dutch police officer standing by a police car
Crime
Dutch police failed to investigate over 10,000 serious crimes in 2024: Court of Audit
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David van Weel
Politics
Netherlands to introduce mandatory psychological evaluation for firearm permits
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Young woman protecting herself with the help of pepperspray.
CrimePolitics
Cabinet explores allowing pepper spray for women in high-risk situations
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An air raid siren in the Netherlands, 25 April 2026
Politics
New national siren system to be developed as Netherlands keeps air raid alerts
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Police deploy a water cannon against Extinction Rebellion activists blocking the A12 in The Hague; May 27, 2023.
Crime
Police to test paint in water canons against problem causing protesters
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Riot police
CrimePolitics
Dutch gov't to give mayors more options to intervene in protests-turned-riots sooner
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Rainbow flags hanging from windows in Amsterdam
Politics
Majority in Dutch Senate supports ban on gay conversion therapy
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Harry L. arrested in Istanbul, Turkey, on 17 May 2026
Crime
Turkey extradites brother of wanted drug trafficker Bolle Jos to Netherlands
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The test message from the NL-Alert national warning system seen on 1 June 2026
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No need to panic: National NL Alert warning system tested at noon today
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Jos Leijdekkers
Crime
Dutch gov't will try cutting EU development aid to Sierra Leone over Bolle Jos
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Afghanistan flags wave over an anti-Taliban rally in Rotterdam. August 21, 2021
Politics
Netherlands to grant asylum to most Afghan women and girls under new policy
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A forest ranger.
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Dutch Parliament wants to better arm forest rangers
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Antifa flag at an anti-facism rally in London
CrimePolitics
Gov´t won't label Antifa as terror organization due to lack of centralized structure
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An air raid siren in the Netherlands, 25 April 2026
Politics
Air raid siren to disappear in 2028 due to lack of funds for new system
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Gidi Markuszower during a debate 9 Feb 2023 about Dutch women who went to Syria to join sides during the civil war, and whether they should lose their citizenship
Politics
MP defends remarks on Palestinians, says tone was wrong amid political backlash
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Sex worker on a bed
PoliticsBusiness
Cabinet wants to tighten ban on pimps, and raise legal sex work age to 21
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Riot police officer surrounded by smoke
Crime
Video: Rioters start fire at Loosdrecht asylum shelter with 15 asylum seekers inside
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Kanye West during the Watch The Throne Tour, Gelredome Arnhem, Netherlands, June 15, 2012.
PoliticsCultureEntertainment
Dutch parliament urges government to block Ye from entering ahead of Arnhem concerts
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Hospital
Crime
Man set on fire in his wheelchair in Utrecht discharged from burn center after 3 weeks
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Police investigate a firebomb attack on the D66 party headquarters in The Hague, 7 May 2026
CrimePolitics
Politicians outraged by attack on D66 headquarters; Motive still unknown
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Firefighters at work on the Oirschotse Heide in Noord-Brabant, where a wildfire has broken out. The fire is burning near the Dutch Armed Forces' Major General De Ruyter van Steveninck Barracks, west of Eindhoven.
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All major wildfires extinguished after days of firefighting, weekend of thunderstorms