Netherlands
Theo van Gogh murdered on the streets of Amsterdam
By Jörg Victor, November 10, 2004
Theo van Gogh was murdered in Amsterdam on Tuesday, November 2. The 47-year-old film director and publicist was shot and stabbed several times by his assassin on the streets of the Dutch capital. Van ...
Dutch government uses terrorist threat to justify greater police powers
By Paul Bond, September 27, 2004
The Dutch government of Jan Peter Balkenende is seeking to extend further the powers of the police and state. To this end it has now released details of five arrests made earlier in the summer. Those ...
Dutch parliament votes to deport asylum seekers
By Paul Bond, February 21, 2004
The Dutch parliament voted February 17 to expel some 26,000 asylum seekers from the Netherlands over the next three years, marking an escalation in the brutalisation of immigrants across Europe. The b...
Netherlands: Arming the state in response to growing poverty and unemployment
By Jörg Victor, February 19, 2004
The Dutch coalition government consisting of the CDA (Christian-Democratic-Appeal), VVD (the liberal Peoples Party for Freedom and Democracy) and D66 (Democrats ’66) is reacting to the country&r...
