Civil rights organization Bits of Freedom said on Tuesday that it is very concerned about the nomination of Dick Schoof as prime minister. "In the entire domain in which he has been active, repression wins over legal protection. Discrimination often plays a major role," said Bits of Freedom director Evelyn Austin. Her concerns were shared by CMO, an organization that lobbies on behalf of issues affecting the Muslim community in the Netherlands.
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The caretaker Cabinet wants to give the descendants of enslaved people the opportunity to change their name without cost. Adults currently have to pay 835 euros to complete the legal name change process. Enslaved people were often assigned a name connected to either those who kept them enslaved, or the plantation where they were based. The Cabinet said it believes that the policy will help create awareness about the history of slavery, and to demonstrate more compassion for its impact on successive generations of people.
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The Dutch Cabinet is allocating extra money to help current and former prisoners return to society. An extra 12 million euros will be made available for their reintegration, Legal Protection Minister Franc Weerwind wrote in a letter to the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of Dutch parliament. It should ensure that current and former prisoners gain more perspective, should reduce recidivism rates, Weerwind said on Monday. “Everyone deserves a second chance after a misstep. The extra investments will help detainees to return outside the walls of a prison in a good way.”
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