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Sunday 12 February RNW - NEWS AND ANALYSIS FROM THE NETHERLANDS IN 10 LANGUAGES, WORLDWIDE 24/7 ON RADIO, TV AND ONLINE

This week in the Netherlands

Published on : 11 December 2009 - 5:41pm | By Davion Ford
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In 1947, Dutch troops killed more than 400 people from the villiage Rawagedeh on Java island, Indonesia. 62 years after the massacre, a group of survivors has filed suit against the Netherlands.

 

Also this week:

  • Police officers involved in the shooting death of a 19-year-old boy will not be prosecuted
  • Health authorities sound the alarm on Q-fever
  • Plus much more in News in Brief

Discussion

BKB 14 September 2011 - 3:30pm / USA

European countries have much to answer for; the Dutch are no exception. They spent 500 years ravaging the world, stealing its wealth to build its palaces and economies, ethnically cleansing local populaces to pour its overpopulations into them and generally leaving the earth mostly impoverished. Spare me the BS about war, Japanese etc.

Anonymous 15 December 2009 - 4:43pm / Lalaland.
War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it. War is the unfolding of miscalculations and cruelty.
Davion Ford 15 December 2009 - 1:19pm / the Netherlands
I would like to thank Anonymous for pointing out my error related to the year the Rawagedeh massacre took place. Fortunately I did have it correct in the actual video but I do apologise for the misleading info in the text.
Anonymous 15 December 2009 - 5:19am / indonesia
Didn't dutch troops abandoned indonesia in 1942?And most of indonesian youths joined the japanese army.If there was a massacre in japanese area by dutch there must be a reaction fro the japs

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