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(01:01) Human rights testing is outsourced when arms exports are eased

During the summer recess, when the Rutte IV government had long since resigned, the government issued a letter to relax the Dutch arms export policy. The strict arms export policy tests whether defense equipment can be used in the event of human rights violations by the country purchasing the equipment. The government now proposes to apply for an export license in the country where the complete weapons system is manufactured, which would effectively abolish the strict Dutch export policy.

(23:51) From the Sacred Veil: Abuse in the Catholic Church

The Flemish TV series “Godforgotten” created a sensation. In the series, victims of abuse and abuse in the Catholic Church in Belgium tell what happened to them as children, how they suffer to this day, and how the Church systematically covered serious crimes with a cloak of love and left the cold behind. About the origins and impact of the series, about a number of journalistic choices and how abuses in Belgium came to light little by little.

We also discovered that one of the key players in the abuse cover-up, who disappeared from the scene for more than ten years, has returned to the Netherlands and will once again offer Mass as a priest on Sundays. What does this look like for victims?

Presented by: Rick Delhaas