Amsterdam Police Strike Announced for this Afternoon

The police trade unions NPB, ACP, VMHP, APV and ANPV have announced that today between 12:00 and 18:00, the Amsterdam police will hold a general strike. All police bureaus will be closed, although a skeleton force will be available for emergencies. Further actions have been announced in view of the dispute with the government about a new labor agreement.

www.powned.tv/nieuws/binnenland/2012/05/politie_amsterdam_staakt_morge.html

 

Major Misconduct by Police Heads toward Traumatized Agents

The Dutch Police neglect employees who have psychological problems and are at home due to them. Efforts are made to force them to resign, or alternatively, to fire them in doubtful ways. Police agents complain about abuse of power, intimidation, pestering and manipulation. Many agents who suffer from post-traumatic stress disturbance do not get any assistance from the police and have to pay their medical costs themselves. According to the trade unions, at least 40 agents are involved in legal battles against the police. One of their demands is recognition of post-traumatic stress disturbance as a professional disease.
www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/12081045/___Agenten_met_trauma_gepest___.html

On National Liberation Day, Muslims ask for Release of Murderer

On National Liberation Day, 4 May, twenty radical Muslims of the Sharia4Belgium group demonstrated before the high security prison in Vught. They asked for the liberation of Mohammed Bouyeri, who was sentenced to life in prison for the cruel murder of mediamaker Theo van Gogh in 2004. They said that the Dutch were feasting while many innocent “brothers” are in jail. At the end of last year, the same group disrupted a debate about the modernization of Islam in Amsterdam.

www.elsevier.nl/web/Nieuws/Nederland/337963/Moslims-voeren-actie-voor-vrijlating-Mohammed-Bouyeri.htm

Garbage Disposal Increasing in Nature Areas

Jeffrey Huizenga of the State Forest Management organization in the northern Netherlands said that garbage and waste deposited in nature areas has been increasing. Much of this is building material waste which varies from asbestos slabs to fluorescent lighting, but also car tires and waste from illegal cannabis plantations. In one town, the forest management put containers in for the garbage. Huizenga said that so much is dumped that they need to be emptied daily. Discussions are underway to install cameras in nature reserves in the province of Friesland.

www.staatsbosbeheer.nl/Nieuws%20en%20achtergronden/Nieuws/Steeds%20meer%20afval%20in%20natuurgebieden.aspx

Another Scandal about Memorial Day

Once again, the National Committee which deals with Memorial and Liberation Days, 4 and 5 May respectively in the Netherlands, has given preference to the German attitude after the war over the wishes of the families of the victims of the German SS’s murderers. The committee, together with the municipality of the town of Breda refuses to include the names of the 22 victims of the Dutch-German war criminal and murderer Klaas Carel Faber in the list of memorial ceremonies. German President Joachim Gauck will visit Breda on National Liberation Day on May 5th. A protest committee has been organized which opposes the visit of Gauck unless he brings Faber, who has received a life sentence in the Netherlands but escaped from jail, with him from Germany.

www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/12051378/__Weer_rel_rond_Comit_4_en_5_mei__.html

Rioting by Squatters in Amsterdam

In Amsterdam, there have been riots by squatters on the 1st of May. Several hundred squatters demonstrated against “the vultures of politics and the multi-nationals.” The participants were warned that they could not wear face coverings. When they refused to remove them, the police arrested 20 demonstrators.
ww.spitsnieuws.nl/archives/binnenland/2012/05/krakers-kunnen-zich-niet-gedragen

Major Abuse of Children in Youth Care Homes

Children in foster families and Youth Care Homes are three to four times more often victims of sexual abuse than children who live at home. For children who are slightly mentally retarded the figure is ten times as high. Half of the children interviewed, who were victims of sexual abuse, refuse to name the perpetrators in answer to an anonymous questionnaire. These are findings of a not yet published report by researchers from Leiden University, ordered by the Samson commission of inquiry.

www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2686/Binnenland/article/detail/3248749/2012/05/01/Kinderen-in-jeugdtehuizen-schokkend-vaak-misbruikt.dhtml