By Marvin Hokstam
PARAMARIBO, Suriname â The compensation many descendants of Dutch slavery feel is due to them became official after members of the Committee Reparations Slavery Past Suriname deposited a claim at the Dutch embassy here.
âWe want to discuss the material and immaterial damage,â said Committee Chairman Armand Zunder as he presented a petition to Dutch charge dâaffaires Ernst Noorman.
Zunder was joined at the presentation by Committee member Guno Rijssel, who stressed âweâre did not go begging. We only demand a satisfactory settlement that is due to us.â
In its petition, the Committee requests that The Netherlands acknowledges the suffering of people who were enslaved here.
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